Presenting New Cult, Old Cure, Gilded Lows’ darker side of alt.-country.
Songwriter Spencer Carter describes his band Gilded Lows in terms of “dark wave doo-wop,” drawing musical inspiration from Joy Division as much as artists like Scott Walker, Roy Orbison, or the man in black himself, quite suitably. And Carter’s influences aren’t so disparate – Ian Curtis’ eerie baritone, Walker’s enigmatic pull, Orbison’s soul-crushing balladry… Gilded Lows’ debut album New Cult Old Cure dives into dark alt.-country depths that evoke the spirit of Cash, and even something a bit goth in its wake, perhaps?
Hell yeah, your AMM host is into this. Catch a late night set by Gilded Lows tomorrow night, Wednesday March 27, at the White Horse on Comal. They share the bill with Ellis Bullard and Chaparral.
