The Dead Texan

by The Dead Texan

Overview

The solo entry from Adam Wiltzie -- best known as one-half of Stars of the Lid -- comes under the nom de rock the Dead Texan and exists as less of a song cycle than an imaginary movie score. Accompanied with a DVD of seven videos made by filmmaker Christina Vantzos only asserts this notion, but Wiltzie's guitar-based art is equally if not better suited to stand on its own. Beautiful, slumbering compositions get peculiar titles like "The 6 Million Dollar Sandwich" and "A Chronicle of Early Failures." If the lush, piano-flushed "La Ballade d'Alain Georges" is the finest of the instrumental tracks, Wiltzie's two intimate vocal pieces (the organ-bolstered "Glenn's Goo" and the ambient shoegazer-ish "The Struggle") are easily the disc's highlights. ~ John D. Luerssen

Product Details

Release Date:	09/16/2022
Label:	Kranky
UPC:	0796441807215
Rank:	47527

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Dead Texan   Primary Artist
Christian Goyer   Fender Rhodes
Chantal Acda   Voices
Teuk Henri   Guitar

Technical Credits

Craig S. McCaffrey   Artwork
Pieter de Wagter   Mastering