Today comes news about the much anticipated second album from Prairiewolf. It's titled Deep Time, and it is set for release on September 20th. Joining Centripetal Force and Prairiewolf for this album is the UK label Worried Songs. Collaboration is part of the Centripetal Force ethos and recruiting Chaz and his label helps ensure that listeners across the pond have an easier and more affordable option when it comes to buying records. Deep Time will be available digitally, as well as on vinyl and 2xCD. And yes, you read that correctly. This is a two CD set. However, we are currently not at liberty to discuss the contents of the second CD.
Deep Time is both a departure from and continuation of what Prairiewolf accomplished on their first album. The spacey desert lounge sound remains and is now surrounded by an expanded palette of instrumentation (even some clarinet) and takes on an added sense of rhythm and percussive touches. “Revisionist Mystery” is now streaming on all platforms, and preorders are live at both the Centripetal Force and Worried Songs Bandcamp pages.
Music has always played a major role in our lives, and in what’s shaping up to be a tumultuous last half of 2024, Deep Time is going to something that helps ground us. As Brent Sirota of Aquarium Drunkard points out,
I’m thankful for the way Prairiewolf make each of their tunes a little oasis or sanctuary, each subsisting according to its own crystalline little logic for a few minutes. It is no simple task to filter out the omnipresent anger and anxiety of everyday life these days. But Prairiewolf are out here making it seem easy.
We hope you enjoy the latest Prairiewolf has to offer and also encourage you to check out a live recording from just a couple of weeks ago at the Trident Booksellers & Cafe in Boulder, CO. You’ll find it in the player below.
Prairiewolf Live at Trident Booksellers & Cafe on 2024-08-08
