San Antonio’s resident cosmic country honky tonk weirdo freak, Garrett T. Capps, is back with his band of cosmonauts, NASA Country, with a new record that will knock your socks off. A prequel to his acclaimed ‘Shadows Trilogy,’ Everyone Is Everyone, is due for release on October 4th from Spaceflight Records.
Garrett and NASA Country love San Antonio, but they also love blending space rock and country into a spicy mix they call ‘cowboy kraut.’ They also occasionally play Tex-Mex rock ‘n roll, and you can usually find Garrett at The Lonesome Rose, the honky-tonk bar he co-owns, if he’s not out on the road touring.
Garrett is also the only artist I’ve ever seen who has listed a phone number on his Bandcamp page, so if you want to call him and tell him how much you love his music, I suppose you can!
His excellent new record starts with “The Way It Goes Sometimes,” jumping right into the fast-paced motorik beat, mashed up with Garrett’s Texas twang, and featuring a swirling soundscape of deep-space instrumentation.
Garrett and NASA Country have permission to take off from here, and with this solid opener, the new record is officially launched.
“What If We Did?” is a bit more countryfied, and the guitar sounds great. The Shadows Trilogy-styled psychedelia is still very much present, especially in the echo effects on Garrett’s voice, as he sounds like he’s calling out to us from the deep.
“Ouray” was the first single release and may be the most energetic track. The catchy hooks are sugary sweet, made even better by Garrett’s howl in the chorus, ouray-oohhhhhhh! It’s a certified space-country anthem.
The title track is less than two minutes long. It reminded me of “People Are Beautiful” from his last record with NASA Country due to the repeated refrain of “Everyone Is Everyone” and Garrett’s spoken-word-like hippie poetry.
“Flow State” is true to its name in the fluid groove, showcasing NASA Country’s penchant for free-flowing psychedelia. “Money Riff” is a wild ride, sounding like an electro-metal track with Garrett’s voice coming at us harsher. Let’s rock!
“Sunday Blues” is more melancholy, stretching over a languid and hazy six-plus minutes. The record fittingly closes with “Into The Great Unknown,” as Garrett and NASA Country take our hands and drift with us into the furthest reaches of their cosmic-country multiverse. Garrett’s lyrics are especially poignant in this song, and it’s another one with some softer edges.
As Everyone Is Everyone unfolds, Garrett T. Capps and NASA Country invite you into their cosmic honky-tonk galaxy, replete with alien guitars and Tex-Mex flavors. With each track, they weave together Texas roots and celestial grooves, creating a wild, psychedelic journey. Is it country music? Is it Krautrock? Definitions hardly matter, so just buckle up and enjoy Garrett’s strange musical universe. Enjoy!
Pre-order Everyone Is Everyone by Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country on Bandcamp here.
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