Locust Parade (0:52)
Ranch Rags (7:09)
Who Will Weep For The Sparrow? (1:41)
Wild Blue Air (4:42)
New Hills (3:38)
To feel the sun, you must leave your home. To taste the sun, you must leave your mind. The Once & Future Herds are another tree in the Jewelled Antler forest. Comprised of Glenn Donaldson, Donovan Quinn, and Loren Chasse, the Herds run rampant in fields of bluegrass while spelunking through golden caves. Organic acoustic instruments are strummed and plucked with branches and twigs while the merrymen dance around, praying for God to bring rain to their tongue. "Ranch Raga" is an appropriately titled hypnotic dirt affair. One can just see a group of gnomes sitting on a porch in Montana, playing music, whimsically singing as their horses graze the green fields. Chasse contributes some of his trademark percussion, using whatever natural elements could be found. He could be rattling a bag of bones for all I know, it's all a part of these ritualistic passages. Masked men serenade dancing women, arming them with hope for a new dawn on "Wild Blue Air." Donaldson's falsetto follows his bouzouki on this journey, while rustic violin scratches tow the line. The Once & Future Herds aren't dead or alive, they are feasting on the land like those that came before them. Another Jewelled Antler gem.
Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis
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