Behind The Headlights
Self-Released, 2022
9/10
Listen to Behind The Headlights
The Austin, Texas artist Jeremy Nail returns with a 5th album, and it’s one that surrounds themes of loneliness, and specifically the kind that requires self-examination and the ability to re-prioritize your life.
“Man Who Drove Away” opens the listen with a very reflective tone, where Nail’s soft and poetic singing is met with soothing guitar, and “Crimes Of The Heart” follows with a dreamy folk influenced display of gentle, even meditative song craft.
Closer to the middle, “Silent War” uses strings and piano with much grace, where Nail’s stirring voice mesmerizes us, while “Try As I Might” emits much emotion as Nail discusses the loss of a family member with his expressive nature.
Arriving near the end, “We Are One” uses hypnotic guitar amid the eloquent singing, and “Endless Plain” exits the listen with a bare but powerful anthem about being brave enough to make your own choices.
A record that was fleshed out during the early period of the pandemic, Nail offers us primarily quaint and very literate tunes here, and the strong attention to detail and many contributors on strings, French horn, upright bass, synth and many guitars makes for a unique and absorbing listen in the area of indie-folk.
Travels well with: M. Lockwood Porter- Communion In The Ashes; Ever More Nest- Out Here Now