Description
Maggie Björklund isnt a household name. Despite the surname unfamiliarity (shes Danish), the singer/pedal steel guitarists debut solo album Coming Home is drawn very much from a familiar source, wedding Maggies warm folksy style together with the contributions of musicians like Calexico, Mark Lanegan, and Jon Auer of the Posies.
Maggie, though born and raised in Denmark, has nailed the wide open American West with her knockout pedal steel skills and resilient vocals. Coming Home is an album that straddles delirium and ecstasy, when the vultures circling overhead look like doves. Psychedelic desert pop music. Its the sound of a bead of condensation rolling down a beer glass at a grimy cantina. Its the sound of the glare off the windshield when you turn the 67 Caddy west. Its the sound after the gunfight.
Interspersed with her evocative instrumentals are tracks with guest vocalists including Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, the Gutter Twins) on Intertwined and the albums title track, Jon Auer (Posies, Big Star) on Vildspor and Playground Stars and Rachel Flotard (Visqueen) on Summer Romance and The Anchor Song, as well as vocals from Maggie herself.
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