After multiple decades of finger-picking and leaving it all on the stage, veteran rockers tend to fit into a puzzle of sorts—a cookie-cutter complexion of both the rock star they once were and they one they will always be. Far be it for David Lowery, who first hit the indie-rock scene in the ’80s with Camper Van Beethoven, then again in the ’90s with Cracker, to fall into such a stereotype. At 50 years old, the man is still out-performing musicians half is age, and on February 1, Lowery’s debut solo album, The Palace Guards, will be released through the 429 label. The title track and first single from the LP bears all the signature wit and observations of Lowery at his finest, though the new record represents the direction he’s never gone: songs that fit neither here nor there but that deserve equal attention.
“The Palace Guards” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/ThePalaceGuards.mp3
