Ballad of a Thin Line Man

by Giant Sand

Ballad of a Thin Line Man cover art

Howe Gelb's prolific collective delivers a remarkably ragged and heavily distorted interpretation of Americana on their sophomore release. The desert-scorched production perfectly encapsulates their transition from kinetic cowpunk into a more sprawling, psychedelic, and deeply sarcastic alternative rock aesthetic.

Genres

  • Cowpunk

Tracklist

  1. Thin Line Man
  2. All Along the Watchtower
  3. Graveyard
  4. Body of Water
  5. Last Legs
  6. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
  7. A Hard Man to Get to Know
  8. Who Am I?
  9. The Chill Outside
  10. Desperate Man
  11. Reptillian - Bonus Track