John Calvin Abney rises again from the Oklahoman prairies with his latest album Transparent Towns, available September 19 on his own Tin Canyon Records, via Well Kept Secret / Secretly Distribution. The songs focus on how we remember, and ultimately accept, though he is not always certain the memories we carry adequately mark the moments that make us.
"an ache in his weathered vocals that makes the whole thing to feel beautifully compelling...subtle, stirring:
- Gold Flake Paint
"comforting and pleasant as a bright autumn day...a little bit like Elliott Smith if he'd founded a scruffy alt-country band and moved to Oklahoma"
- Rolling Stone
"With a vulnerability reminiscent of Elliott Smith and a friendliness evoking Neal Casal....stories of life that appear deeply personal and yet immediately relatable"
- No Depression