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For the follow-up to their 2022 debut ‘Look Up’, Drunk Uncle isolated themselves into a cabin on an East Texas farm to write and record . The result "O, brittle weather!" is a thoughtful, probing album that explores a cacophony of sounds in a playful and whimsical way. The album will be out on May 24th via Count Your Lucky Stars (pre-order). Today, we are happy to premiere the song ‘Banquet’
"Banquet is a thematic turning point on O, Brittle Weather!,” says the band’s Peyton Heinig. “Abruptly cutting from decisive, ear-wormy choruses dwelling on stasis, to chaotic, stream of consciousness ramblings about change and momentum towards optimism. Tonally, the song is a summary of the progression of the entire album— the feeling of laying on a mattress developing into pleading with oneself to be better."
‘O, brittle weather!’ feels like a telling of a great story- songs like pages colored with splashes of acoustic and electric guitars, floating bass, keys, horns, and percussion that ranges from a whole kit to a single tambourine that succinctly cues up the next chapter. Narrated by melodic vocals belting out emotional poetry, "O, brittle weather!" seems to plead with you to keep listening until the last word. Then, it begs you to listen again.
Most bands are content to just collect a handful of songs and group them together as an album. Drunk Uncle strived to make something bigger than themselves. And wouldn't you know it, they succeeded.
