Snoweater by Ovando
This is a collection of songs written between 2016 and 2025. The recording was directly inspired by the tape cassette, guitar-and-synth sound of Bruce Springsteen's 1983 "Hollywood Demos" (you can find versions of some of those songs on the first disc of Tracks II, but for a long time it only existed on torrents and obscure YouTube channels).
The songs themselves are mix of personal moments and characters that came to me while living for a year outside the small town of Augusta, Montana. It was a place where the prairies met the Rocky Mountain front, where the wind would rip at 50-60 miles per hour for days on end, and where you could only get cell service if you climbed a certain hill.
A "Snoweater" is a nickname for the warm winds that occasionally blow down the front during the winter, melting all the snow on the prairie.
Tracklist
| 1. | Good Morning, America | 4:56 |
| 2. | Three-Legged Dog | 2:42 |
| 3. | The City That Trees Built | 3:07 |
| 4. | Harlowtown | 5:20 |
| 5. | Petroleum County | 3:59 |
| 6. | Mexico | 2:58 |
| 7. | Calgary | 4:14 |
| 8. | Born Free | 3:45 |
Credits
Erik Neumann played upright bass on "Good Morning, America." I used drum machine and bass loops for "Born Free," "Harlowtown," and "The City That Trees Built."
"Good Morning America" riffs on the chorus of Willie Nelson's "City of New Orleans."
"The City That Trees Built" riffs off the chorus of Ontario's provincial anthem "A Place To Live, A Place To Grow," which my dad would sing ad nauseam when we were kids.
