I know that I have written this before, but it bears repeating; there is a whole new crop of twenty-something’s who are emerging. They might just have cut their teeth in an environment that included the stripped down sonics of the landmark album Oh Brother Where Art Thou? It set T Bone Burnett on an amazing path for this last decade exploring roots sounds. And I attribute this new wave to these flavors, these instruments, percolating through their formative years. I think that album marked a watershed event, and that things changed after that.
There is an explosion of young bands with great taste and unique personalities. We got introduced to Frontier Ruckus originally in Baltimore when Music Fog was new, at Andy Rubin’s eclectic book and objets d’art shop, Cyclops Baltimore. They hail from Michigan. There is yearning in the wind of their music, there is a stoicism, a questioning. Yet Frontier Ruckus’ website is poetic and quirky. They are hard at work on a new album, which is slated for release next month called Eternity of Dimming. There is a tour forthcoming as well that starts in mid-March. They weave a spell, that is for sure. We filmed them during last year’s Music Fog marathon during Americana Fest in Nashville. The track we bring you today can be found on Deadmalls & Nightfalls. This is the Music Fog version of “Nerves Of The Nightmind.”
-Jessie Scott
