Calexico: Garden Ruin

Garden Ruin
Garden Ruin
2006QuarterstickAlt Country

I’m not sure how the classify this music. Like pretty indie Americana or singer songwriter music for aged hipsters? Whatever it is, it’s kind of a drag. It’s not like an Elliot Smith kind of drag, but not far off. Only instead of death and needles and shit, he’s singing about hippie shit (as far as I can discern). I gotta say the lilting voice, gently plucked acoustic and overly sincere songs don’t do it for me. I don’t recall where I picked this one up, but I certainly wouldn’t cry myself to sleep every night if it had stayed put.