Pistol Annies – ‘Blues You’re A Buzzkill’
Today’s track of the day is an unusually slow selection for Far Out, especially for a Friday evening. However, you must remember that not everyone has that urge/opportunity to wrap themselves in a thick blanket of debauchery, spend their pay-day wages on litres upon litres of dignity-reducing liquor before rolling home in the small hours to entertain the bathroom sink and an infuriated spouse. So, being the thoughtful souls we are, we present the Pistol Annies‘ subdued number ‘Blues You’re A Buzzkill’ taken from the country collaboration’s latest album Annie Up.
The Pistol Annies band derives from the combined creative efforts of American country artist Miranda Leigh Lambert, Ashley Monroe and fellow musical muse Angaleena Presley, with the former two of the trio both having burgeoning solo careers amidst Annie’s partnership.
The Pistol Annies became renowned for their spunky, harmony-weighted sound in their 2011 debut album Hell On Heels and, in all honesty, have not strayed too far away from that label in the new record.
‘Blues You’re A Buzzkill’ follows that blueprint exquisitely as the trio exude a typical country sound full of lap-steel guitar wails and sorrowful lyrics.
This song sounds as if it has come straight off of an old Texan Porch or born amongst the embers of a lulling campfire on America’s wild southern plains.
Maybe if you’re one of those people that won’t be gracing the local, late-night, boozy establishments of town with your presence this evening, then you could wrap yourselves in the Pistol Annies track and at least pretend you’re somewhere else.
Check out the track below.
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