Laith & the Texas Birds / Cruise Control

https://laithmusic.bandcamp.com/album/lightning-2
Laith is a Texas songbird. And songbirds don’t fly south for the winter, but they do fly low for the blues. Laith knows that to fly low is to feel high and to feel high is to get struck by lightning. And lightning is the heart of this record. Texas lightning.

https://503cruisecontrol.bandcamp.com/
Cruise Control is a band of friends from Portland, Oregon who strum up their love for classic country music through a filter of power pop songwriting. (Think wholesome Carter Family harmonies meets The Velvet Underground, or The Louvin Brothers jamming with Dwight Twilley.) On their debut album, “1st”, the vocals weave sweet like threading sugar while acoustic rhythms give way to big-time choruses, blending twangy picking and fuzzy leads.