Together with his new single and video, ‘Abnormal Soil’, heartland rock songwriter Alex Woodard asks us to consider what we’re doing after we’re making our consumption selections.

The earth is the supply of every little thing we put on, eat, and in the end, every little thing that makes us who we’re. Through the use of pesticides and corrosive chemical compounds, we’re pushing ourselves increasingly in the direction of the demise of our planet and every little thing on it, together with ourselves. There isn’t any planet B. As soon as this one is destroyed, that’s it. Alex Woodard asks us to consider the bottom beneath our ft, and to think about what it’s we’re doing.

Alex Woodard has made a reputation for himself as an ingenious literary storyteller, he’s the writer of a string of books that fall someplace between memoir, fable, thriller, inspirational prose, historic drama and sociopolitical essay. All of the whereas, he’s accompanied his books with recordings, which lengthen and amplify on the themes he’s written about, and along with his newest launch, ‘Abnormal Soil’, he’s promised to launch a track cycle later this 12 months. ‘Abnormal Soil’ follows the story of an Oklahoma farmer, as he fights towards despair, and struggles to beat the determined scenario all agricultural employees discover themselves in. The battle takes him on a journey deep into the prairie previous, the place he discovers the roots of the ecological catastrophe we’re presently confronted by. A minimum of Woody Harrelson has reviewed the monitor, and he says,

“Abnormal Soil brings to life the determined realities of the American heartland but additionally provides a glimpse into a greater future…a name to motion for us all.”

The title monitor from ‘Abnormal Soil’ is heartfelt, pained, and brooding, a people track that’s written from the viewpoint of the farmer himself. Like all of Woodard’s songs, it’s each frank and forthright, economical, and above all, deeply motivated. The music video that accompanies the monitor reveals the viewer, warts and all, what the fashionable agriculturalist is confronted with, in all its hazard and backbreaking labour. Cracked soil, barrels of pesticide, heavy equipment, and the unforgiving prairie. Alex Woodard additionally options within the clip, taking part in guitar, and the priority working deep in his face as he enhances the narrative of the track, alerting the general public as to the calamity that every day faces the American farmer. It’s a message which may save not simply agriculture, but it surely may also save us as effectively.

You’ll be able to watch the music video for ‘Abnormal Soil’ beneath, and discover out extra about Alex Woodard and his music on-line on Spotify, and Instagram. Try the official web site for ‘Abnormal Soil’ right here.

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