Like Emiko Blalock’s “Fairuza”, “Great River” is composed of just voice and acoustic guitar. “Great River” carries a hazy, Topanga Canyon-esque sense of longing across five minutes of strumming and singing that’s more meditative than sprawling. Local Seattle band GreenhornBluehorn are Ball of Wax veterans (from Volume 32) who have a warm, familiar folk-pop sound that features the vocal harmonies of the Brothers Antal, transplants from upstate New York who originally got started in town in band called Falcon. The Antals are deft, compelling singers, making GreenhornBluehorn’s sound easy to get into.
Come get into GreenhornBluehorn at the Ball of Wax 34 release show coming up on November 30th at Conor Byrne in Ballard.