The title track to Tan Cologne’s album Cave Vaults On The Moon In New Mexico (due out February 14, 2020) pairs textural guitar with wandering vocals and ethereal guitar swells and a swaying bass line. It’s reminiscent of a more desert-y Mazzy Star, more psych folk, bendy tones and introspective reverie in the cadence of the singing like taking down stream of consciousness observations. The imagery from the music video directed by Wes Sheridan, is of long drives through the deserts of the American West, around Taos, New Mexico specificially, and stopping in at the kinds of dive bars you never see if you spend most of your time in big cities and avoid “flyover” country completely. But places where people can take it easy, have some drinks and play a little pool and talk about the life and the events of the day in relative peace. The kinds of places where everyone is welcome if you don’t make a nuisance of yourself. The tranquil quality of the song and its almost pastoral mood reflects that slower pace of life and the time and inclination to think and feel deeply but without the burden of the intensity and drive for which people from cities operating at a faster pace pat themselves on the back for keeping up even if the that isn’t always the best approach to everything in a normal human life. Watch the video on YouTube and follow Tan Cologne at the links provided.
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