Israel Nash Gripka- Rain Plains [album review]

Published: September 12, 2014

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I love Jonathan Wilson’s music. Wilson’s take on the 70s Americana and Laurel Canyon is unparalleled. Thus I can’t think of any higher compliment to Nash’s 3rd LP Rain Plains, than to say it reminds me of Wilson’s work. Rain Plains is nine songs long but every tune washes over you in no worry with wandering guitar solos that are in no hurry find their end.

Born in Missouri, he has bounced around the country a bit; settling outside Austin for the time being. There are layers of shimmering guitars buoyed by the bouncing backbeat throughout the album as the steel provides an ethereal feeling. The title track, shown in the video below, is a tune to get lost in. Eight minutes long and full of twists and tempo changes.

Much like Jonathan Wilsons’s Fanfare, Rain Plains is an album written, performed and produced by pros. There is so much shit going on with each tune, yet is all sounds so effortless. The video of the title track below is killer. Everything about just gives us this killer 70′s vibe when bands routinely stretched out tunes in the eight minute range. If that doesn’t win you over, then nothing I write will.

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