Kacy & Clayton

Kacy & Clayton – Strange Country (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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New West Records is proud to present Strange Country, the new full-length album from the young and gifted cousin-duo Kacy & Clayton. The ten-song collection was recorded over seven freezing Canadian winter days at Ghetto Box Studios, a historic community hall turned studio. The product of a lifetime of deep kinship, the record showcases the purity and astounding beauty of Kacy Anderson’s voice, one that has been notably compared to Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny. Only Clayton Linthicum’s intricate guitar work, expert time changes and vocal harmonies could forge the foundation for Kacy’s voice to soar even higher – the result being an enormously satisfying and organic album. Drawing a wide swath of inspirations ranging from the Greenwich Village folk scene to the ancestral music of Southern Appalachia and the British Isles, the cousins fashion songs steeped in those traditions, simultaneously paying homage and building on those sounds.

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Kacy & Clayton & Marlon Williams – Plastic Bouquet (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Brought together in 2016 by Jeff Tweedy, the mastermind behind Wilco, Kacy Lee Anderson and Clayton Linthicum are into psychedelic folk of the type seen in the British folk revival of the sixties and seventies. Their sepia-toned melody is enriched with borrowings from Southern Appalachian sounds and country rock (Buffalo Springfield, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, Sir Douglas Quintet). This time, the two Canadians, distant cousins from Saskatchewan, have opened their arms to Marlon Williams, a stunning New Zealand crooner in the Chris Isaak/Richard Hawley mould, who juggles deftly between rock, country, folk and even soul. Despite the thirteen thousand kilometres separating Christchurch in New Zealand and Saskatoon in Canada, these three came together around their shared passion for folk, vintage country and troubadour traditions. “We wanted to see if we could meld hemispheres,” Williams explains. “I’m bringing this Pacific style of country music with the harmonies and choral elements. Kacy & Clayton have a super identifiable sound. They embody everything I love about North American folk. There’s a rural weariness where they’re telling tales that have been told a million times in their own way. I feel the strength in it… We found a dynamic that worked well, because we all love old Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard and have the same sense of humor.” Plastic Bouquet works because the chemistry and complicity are immediate and total. No-one is trying to hog centre stage, and the mic passes smoothly from hand to hand. These tasteful players know just how to punctuate and colour their timeless storytelling (the organ on I’m Unfamiliar, the steel guitar on Old Fashioned Man); and they know how to make their compositions enticing. Amazing. – Marc Zisman

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Kacy & Clayton – The Siren’s Song (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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During Autumn 2016, Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum crossed paths with Jeff Tweedy. The leader of Wilco loved these two Canadians, distant cousins from Saskatchewan, so much that he invited them to his famed Chicago studio, The Loft. There, Kacy & Clayton created their fourth album produced by Tweedy. Supported by Mike Silverman on drums and Shuyler Jansen on bass, the album is denser and a lot less streamlined than its predecessors. The Siren’s Song not only combines psychedelic folk with the spirit of 60s and 70s British revival folk, but also draws inspiration from southern music from the Appalachians and country rock (Buffalo Springfield, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, Sir Douglas Quintet). With her voice strongly reminiscent of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane (particularly striking on the album’s opening song The Light of Day), Kacy Anderson brilliantly glorifies each song. Superb!

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