New Music // Trampled By Turtles - Alone
Monday, April 2, 2012 at 2:16PM Words // Scott Pingeton
Trampled By Turtles are probably best known for their virtuosic, breakneck bluegrass barnburners, but you're seriously missing out if you don't take the time to appreciate the slower tracks as well. With room to breathe, the lyrics, melodies and instrumentation can really shine. I've spent many hours with their last album Palomino over the past couple years, and while I love "Wait So Long" and "It's A War", I find myself listening to "New Orleans" and "Separate" at least as often. "Alone", the lead single off the band's upcoming album starts as a soft, sweetly plucked ballad and steadily builds to a rousing, stomping finish. It was one of many highlights of the hot and sweaty TBT set I caught at SXSW and it's been stuck in my head ever since.
Stars and Satellites is out April 10 - do yourself and pre-order it here (I did).
