Shane Smith & the Saints - Hail Mary

Shane Smith & the Saints - Hail MaryFrom their home base in Austin through performances across the country (17 states) and abroad (Ireland), these five gentlemen have not just stuck stubbornly to their musical and lyrical convictions. They've defied audience expectations by delivering incendiary shows, each one ignited by the band's ability to unleash, feed from and feed back the energy of the crowd in spite of the fact that they don't fit easily into any musical category.

I couldn't have made this song what it is by myself

Each 'element' gradually became articulated with the others

UK vinyl LP repressing of this album from the '60s rockers

the band set out to create something both fresh and familiar

or a few notes by the greatest classical composers

Donald Fagen

and beautiful" take on number made famous by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rogers

Terry Allen's radio plays and long-form narrative audio works - two and a half hours of cinematic songs

Jyrki's dark and brooding croon mixed with atmospheric keyboards made this album a favorite for music supervisors who placed tracks in films such as Sunset Society (starring Lemmy from Motörhead)

then Nurses' second album

producing numerous projects together including her groundbreaking 2020 album

The instrumental title track is a dazzling showcase for Royales guitarist Lowman Pauling's slashing fretwork