Feast of Wire

by Calexico

Feast of Wire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 February 2003
  • Label: Labels, City Slang, Spunk!, Quarterstick
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:32
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Link Wray, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Jacob Valenzuela

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Feast of Wire' serves as a sweeping, cinematic exploration of the American Southwest, seamlessly blending indie rock with traditional Tejano and mariachi influences. The record constructs a warm, nocturnal desert atmosphere, utilizing diverse instrumentation ranging from soaring trumpets to pedal steel guitars.

Genres

Descriptors: desert, wild-west, bilingual, orchestral, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Sunken Waltz
  2. Quattro (World Drifts In)
  3. Stucco
  4. Black Heart
  5. Pepita
  6. Not Even Stevie Nicks...
  7. Close Behind
  8. Woven Birds
  9. The Book And The Canal
  10. Attack El Robot! Attack
  11. Across The Wire
  12. Dub Latina
  13. Guero Canelo
  14. Whipping The Horse's Eyes
  15. Crumble
  16. No Doze

Credits

  • Victor Gastelum - artwork [cover art]
  • John Convertino - drums, percussion, producer, written-by
  • Joey Burns - guitar, double bass [upright bass], accordion, percussion, cuatro, cello, bells [orchestra], pump organ, mandolin, banjo [bowed], vibraphone [vibes], synthesizer, melodica, vocals, producer, written-by
  • David Babbitt - layout
  • John Golden - mastered by
  • Craig Schumacher - mixed by, producer, recorded by
  • Paul Niehaus - pedal steel guitar [pedal steel], written-by
  • Kay Nothstein - photography by
  • Nick Luca - recorded by
  • Jacob Valenzuela - written-by
  • Link Wray - written-by

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