A slice of Americana-forward rock from Seattle-based band Half Tail, “Coyotes” is a stirring success in its descriptive lyrics and escalating guitar work. Lyrical imagery of night-driving through the snowfall, as coyotes howl, excels into a soaring vocal howl as twangy guitars surround, with shades of The National evident in the verses. The debonair verses and ensuing howl make for a climatic allure throughout, derived from personal inspiration.
Per the band, the track “tells the true story of when I was a kid riding in the car with my mom. It was late at night on a snowy country highway when we suddenly hit a deer and pulled over on the side of the road. Besides us and the deer, the only other sound was the coyotes that seemed to be completely surrounding us.”
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
