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THE WILD HOMESICK
A junkyard of minimalistic deconstructed Americana, Adam Gnade's new record, The Wild Homesick, is a strange, warm, troubled summer record full of doom and affirmations. It's water moccasins and honeylocust trees, motel swimming pools and fruit bats in the dusk, allusions to suburbs, ranch houses, trailerparks, and debt. Says Adam, "The Wild Homesick is the story of a group of people who are stuck. They're stuck for a variety of reasons, stuck in the places they live, stuck in lives they hate, incapacitated by debt; whatever it is, they're stuck and they're terrified."
He continues, "Structurally, I've never done a record like this. It's 10 songs divided into four suites of music over the course of less than 20 minutes. Tiny 30 second-long songs packed with music up against uncharacteristically long ones with barely any backing but a little xylophone. Lots of slide guitar and banjo and lots of lyrics. More lyrics than past records. I think I'm finally hitting closer to what I wanted 'talking-songs' to be in the first place." Released by Punch Drunk Records, The Wild Homesick is the first in a series of four seasonal records. This, the summer record, takes place in Texas
The first 20 orders of The Wild Homesick come with a free 7", "Your Friends Will Carry You Home," featuring Adam along with members of Gang of Four, Modest Mouse, Tracker, Granddaddy, 31 Knots, and Menomena.
— Punch Drunk Records
THE WILD HOMESICK
Summer Suite, Part 1—Sundown Over the San Angelo Travelodge the Day of the Great Thunderstorm
—When We Were Thirsty We Saw the Heat Mirage on the Desert Floor
—Come Back Home
—This One'll be a Motherfucker
Summer Suite, Part 2
The Numbers Roll Forward
—You Will Rise
—Normal Good Folks and the End of the World
And Their Wheels as a Whirlwind, Parts 1 and 2
—The Light is Darkened in the Clouds There Of
—I Wanna Float in the Motel Pool and Drink a Fuckin' 40
I Will Put Away My Pain and Be a Beacon