Austin folks rock band Briscoe dive into their spirited debut album ‘West of It All,’ a heartfelt coming-of-age document that channels the heat, the marvel, and the warmth of the American Southwest.

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Hey child we’re right here tonight, let’s sit outdoors by the hearth mild, and hearken to the coyotes howl our names into the evening…

The heat, the marvel, and the warmth of the American Southwest come to life on Briscoe’s debut album.

Mild and tender, rousing and spirited, West of It All is a heartfelt coming-of-age document from two pals on a journey of inward connection and outward discovery: A group of charming and charged folks rock songs delving deep into the guts, thoughts, and soul. Reflecting on their previous, their current, and their future, Briscoe open up their world to listeners, inviting all to affix them on an journey that’s directly intimate and common – as human as any story may very well be.

When the nicely runs dry
And the meals runs out
And the phrases you communicate
Are the one issues that contact your mouth

Will you be content material
With the tales instructed
Of your days of youth
To your days of previous

Oh my, oh me
Tonight my darling we sing
We’ll shout, on excessive
As we look ahead to the nicely to run dry

– “The Properly,” Briscoe

Launched September 15, 2023 through ATO Data, West of It All is Briscoe’s tell-all escape, their unapologetic indulgence, their dream come true, and far more. The debut album from Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton, who started making music collectively as college students at College of Texas at Austin, is a milestone value celebrating for a number of causes: It’s not solely the fruits of years’ value of non-public and inventive development, but additionally an affirmation of all of the arduous work and energy the duo have put into their challenge over time.

Recorded with producer Brad Cook dinner in North Carolina, West of It All follows Briscoe’s self-titled debut EP, which they independently launched in 2020, and finds them collaborating with drummer Matt McCaughan (Bon Iver) and multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook dinner (Megafaun, Hiss Golden Messenger) to create a full-bodied folks rock sound that’s as majestic as it’s rugged: Drawing on influences that embody roots rock, nation, blues, and extra, West of It All is a well-oiled illustration of Briscoe’s cohesive, but multi-faceted artistry – one which captures the core of who they’re, whereas nonetheless offering them with loads of room for development within the years to return.

“West of It All introduces us to the world nicely and highlights the issues we love each musically and personally,” Heintzelman and Lupton inform Atwood Journal. “With folks instrumentation, impressed lyrics, harmonies, and thematic references to each the locations and the people who we love. We’re pleased with this document and really feel that it places our greatest foot ahead. It’s a group of songs impressed by our experiences in nature, relationships with the parents we love, and our heroes who’ve handed earlier than. The songs from West of It All have been impressed by the power to flee the busyness of our faculty years and discover relaxation within the hum of a two-lane freeway headed to larger skies with the individuals we love.”

“Our imaginative and prescient for this document was to make a group of songs that have been true to ourselves and true to our experiences over the previous few years,” they add. “Combing by way of many songs as we recorded, these 10 songs caught with us as songs that we expect are true to us and our experiences. West of It All introduces us to the world nicely and highlights the issues we love each musically and personally. With folks instrumentation, impressed lyrics, harmonies, and thematic references to each the locations and the people who we love. We’re pleased with this document and really feel that it places our greatest foot ahead.”

Briscoe describe their album as unadulterated, reminiscent, and novel. The album’s title is a reference to the pair’s completely happy place: “West of It All represents every thing West of Austin, Texas for us,” they clarify. “From the rolling greens of the Texas hill nation, to the Chisos mountains of West Texas, West of It All is time spent within the nice open air with these we love essentially the most.”

They seize that love on the tender tune “Straightforward Does It,” a heartfelt and harmony-fueled Eagles-esque ode to the “land of the skies so blue.”

Properly the moon fell by way of the dusty blinds
And located her within the quiet of the evening
She was all curled up, quick asleep
A world away, her troubles out of sight

Straightforward mama you’ll be able to shut your eyes
It’s an excellent factor now and the solar’s gonna rise actual quickly
Straightforward does it we are able to compromise
We will simply decelerate within the land of the skies so blue

That very same ardour bleeds into each second on West of It All – and from the seductive ache and uncooked love of album opener “The Properly,” to the sweetly smoldering guitars and unbridled lyrical intimacy of “Coyotes,” the soul-stirring, wide-eyed marvel of “Wild Factor,” the colourful, love-soaked imagery of “Scattered Thoughts,” and the tough n’ tumble fervor of “When the Desert,” Briscoe ship an expertise crammed with euphoria, vulnerability, and maybe greater than something, relatability.

These songs aren’t simply near their hearts; their tales and themes will certainly really feel acquainted to all who’ve discovered sanctuary away from house, discovered love in surprising locations, and located their very own method by way of a world filled with surprises.

“We’re tremendous excited and pleased with the best way this document turned out and really feel like there’s a tune for everybody,” Briscoe replicate candidly. “Two songs that we’re significantly excited for are ‘When the Desert’ and ‘Hill Nation Child.’ Each of those songs enterprise a bit extra into rock n’ roll than our typical folks sound, and are enjoyable tunes that characterize our house state with satisfaction.” 

The duo are additionally fast to spotlight two of their favourite lyrics on an album filled with inspiring poetry and contemplative prose: “She was standing within the nook, perhaps 10 ft tall” from the heartache-fueled “Sparrows,” and “Scattered papers on the ground, from the times and weeks earlier than, scattered pages, scattered ideas, scattered thoughts” from the document’s smile-inducing, love-fueled penultimate tune, “Scattered Thoughts.”

The world present in-between simply these two strains alone speaks to each the intimacy, and the sheer vastness, of West of It All. Paying homage to bands like The Lumineers, The Eagles, The Head and the Coronary heart, and The Avett Brothers, Briscoe immediately enchant ears and hearts alike with their uncooked, unfiltered, and sincere lyrics and their wealthy, radiant folks rock sound.

Decelerate, don’t you progress too quick love
Attempt to discover a purpose, attempt to discover a rhyme
All of your trying and your looking
Hasn’t been too fruitful, hasn’t been too variety

I took years off of my lifetime
Worrying about you, worrying an excessive amount of
I’ll put years again on my lifetime
As soon as I discover a option to go and provides it up

She solely loves me from the skin
I don’t assume she’s coming in
I haven’t felt it for a very long time
However I’m feeling it once more
I’m feelin’ it once more

– “Feelin’ It Once more,” Briscoe

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The Properly

Impressed by Philip’s time as a HydroGeology pupil on the College of Texas, The Properly relates the theme of residing for the second to a nicely working dry on the Western plains. The straightforward instrumentation and powerful refrain harmonies again the message portrayed within the nicely. – Philip L

Coyotes

Impressed by nights spent beneath the Texas stars, Coyotes is a tune about love for a girl and love for a land. I like Coyotes as a result of it’s lyric and concord ahead, my favourite two elements of songwriting. – Philip L

Wild Factor

Wild Factor got here to be when an expensive buddy discovered himself head over heels for a woman that he had come to know. The tune captures the common feeling of falling so deeply for somebody that nothing else actually appears to matter in any respect. – Truett H

Sparrows

Sparrows is heartbreak tune impressed by time spent in Paris, France and John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden.” The tune goals to seize the impact wherein evil has on a relationship, as proven by way of that of Adam and Cathy Trask within the novel. Sparrows holds a particular place in our hearts as one of many few unhappy songs on the document, and has already turn into one in all our favorites to play reside. – Truett H

Excessive On You

Excessive On You is our home windows down, two-lane freeway highway journey tune. That is one in all our favourite songs as a result of Truett and I commerce lead vocals and wrote the tune collectively. Impressed by the people rock of the 70’s, the enjoyable lyrics and upbeat drum equipment make this one simple listening. – Philip L

When The Desert

West Texas is a rugged place filled with robust individuals, imply cactus, and rattlesnakes. My grandfather was an oilman in West Texas the ’80s and I grew up listening to his tales of his time spent out on the rigs. This tune was particularly impressed by him and his love for the land. – Philip L

Straightforward Does It

Straightforward Does It’s an easy-listening, mild tune about stepping away from the hardship of on a regular basis life and slowing down within the nice open air. As one of many few songs on the document co-written by the 2 of us, it trades lead vocals and showcases our harmonies properly. – Truett H

Feelin’ It Once more

One of many “unhappy” songs on the document, Feelin’ It Once more is a narrative of a relationship misplaced and the feelings that include that. Not based mostly on occasions in my life, this tune was an attention-grabbing option to write from the lens of another person. – Philip L 

Scattered Thoughts

“Scattered Thoughts” is a candy tune with lyrical inspiration coming from my candy woman. This can be a tune that was within the writing course of for years with cautious consideration to each lyric: It turned out as one in all my favorites from the document and one which demonstrates robust songwriting and harmonies. – Philip L

Hill Nation Child

Hill Nation Child brings the vitality because the caboose of the document. Paying homage to the magnificence of the Texas Hill Nation and to the southern rock music that we each take pleasure in, this tune lets us reside out our desires of being rock stars for a couple of minutes. The righteous slide half courtesy of Phil Cook dinner and the ripping saxophone by Philip Lupton give Hill Nation Child all kinds of enjoyable dynamics.

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