Band Of The Day #32 - VETIVER "Hook and Ladder"

With ‘Hook and Ladder’ US folk troupe Vetiver craft a slyly sedative folk, summer dozing remembered as band leader Andy Cabic whistles lazily over a pair of idle guitars and bass that lumbers in a way that’s almost comedic, like a tutu-d elephant running through a ballet routine. Yessir – it appears to be summer again, and Vetiver’s the soundtrack you require, along with your bullets, your Halfzware Shag and your tins of beer.
Famous and serial guester Devendra Banhart doesn’t feature here and as such the track perhaps takes on a more solid form than past efforts, sullen, sunkissed bluegrass that’s in no rush to go anywhere, just fine and utterly content. New album Thing of the Past is released through FatCat on the 26th May.
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