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Cowboy Junkies

A heavy, feedback-laced departure into folk-noir. Hushed vocals meet distorted electric guitars in a murky, late-night atmosphere of Southern Gothic tension.

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It's like a ghost story told over a wall of beautiful, distorted guitar noise.

A heavy, feedback-drenched exploration of Southern Gothic themes and nocturnal isolation.

Open · vs · Cowboy Junkies
Midnight+1.9σ

Midnight saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
I Did It All for You
5:07
02
Dragging Hooks (River Song Trilogy, Part III)
7:49
03
Bread and Wine
4:37
04
Upon Still Waters
3:23
05
Dark Hole Again
7:43
06
Thousand Year Prayer
4:17
07
I’m So Open
4:10
08
Small Swift Birds
3:47
09
Beneath the Gate
4:08
10
Close My Eyes
4:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden eruption of jagged, distorted guitar feedback that pierces through the quietude of the opening track
The nearly eight-minute slow-burn of Dragging Hooks where the rhythm section maintains a hypnotic, funeral-march pulse
The way Margo Timmins' voice remains a calm, centered anchor even as the instrumentation around her becomes increasingly chaotic and abrasive
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