Peregrine by Wilson Marks
Mostly tracked live to tape over a few days with Daniel Durham (upright bass) and Aaron Parks (drums) at Good Danny's with Grant Johnson at the engineering helm, this group of songs leans whimsical and electric, with a couple of piano tunes - and a few instrumentals. Themes include tricks of the light, polarity shifts, birds, love, mortality- and likening a kiss to a prayer, or a whistling to having a bird stuck in one's mouth.
Tracklist
| 1. | Save the Nest | 2:51 |
| 2. | First and Last | 1:17 |
| 3. | Couldn't Drain the Devil | 3:43 |
| 4. | Traveling Song | 5:08 |
| 5. | Petrichor | 2:32 |
| 6. | Rainbows | 3:24 |
| 7. | Less Like | 4:22 |
| 8. | Odd Fellow's Rest | 3:54 |
| 9. | Tacit | 1:28 |
| 10. | Backwards Foreward | 1:23 |
| 11. | Same Page Now | 2:37 |
| 12. | Sincerely, Margaret | 3:26 |
| 13. | Bluebird | 3:16 |
Credits
Daniel Durham - upright bass
Aaron Parks - drums
Grant Johnson - stomps, typewriter, engineering wizardry, mixing
Wilson - voice, guitar, piano, synths on 'nest'
Cover Photo taken by Joseph Marks
Art and Design by Dan Grissom / Biscuit Press
Mastered by Sarah Register
License
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Wilson Marks studied jazz in New Orleans and tacos in Austin TX. Pop-sensible melodies over technical, jazz-inspired fretwork. His voice is one part gravel (a la Tom Waits), one part whimsical (more like Harry Nilsson). Songs of love and longing, but more magical than your average fare, like the love and longing from one alien to another, from a merman to his mermaid.