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We have been fans of the “band” Phosphorescent since 2007 when we first heard their song Cocaine Lights<\/em> off their record “Pride.”\u00a0 Matthew Houck has been the sole songwriter and stationary member of the band, and his haunting vocals and emotive songs have always held sway at the Lefort residence.<\/p>\n Following Pride, Houck hooked up with members of the country group, Virgin Forest, to put out the stellar Willie Nelson-tribute record “To Willie.”\u00a0 We’re happy to see that Houck and the Virgin ones have remained a collective.<\/p>\n Now comes the band’s new record, “Here’s to Taking It Easy,” and it is further confirmation of Houck’s (and the band’s) worth in the land of alt-country.\u00a0 Like the Avett Brothers, Houck is Alabama-born and Brooklyn-resident, and the musical thaumaturgy of Brooklyn has once again been borne out.<\/p>\n The new record plays with 70’s country-rock stylings, and coincides perfectly with the re-release of the Stones’ “Exile on Main Street.”\u00a0 You can almost hear Gram Parsons, Keith Richards and the Stones entourage in that French mansion on the new song The Mermaid Parade. <\/em>Alternately, one hears The Band and the pizzicato-playing of Robbie Roberston.\u00a0 Houck slays on this song with the delivery of these lines in particular:<\/p>\n “Now our hearts were on fire He never seems to fail to render the heart.<\/p>\n Phosphorescent–The Mermaid Parade<\/em><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Mermaid-Parade.mp3|titles=The Mermaid Parade]\n And do listen again to Cocaine Lights. <\/em>On this song, with its gospel gambit and prayerful piano petitions, you’ll swear you feel your own blood clickin’.<\/p>\n Phosphorescent–Cocaine Lights<\/em><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/13-Cocaine-Lights.mp3|titles=13 Cocaine Lights]\n “But lord they’re rolling me away —-<\/p>\n And lord I truly am awake —-<\/p>\n I will recover my sense of grace We have been fans of the “band” Phosphorescent since 2007 when we first heard their song Cocaine Lights off their record “Pride.”\u00a0 Matthew Houck has been the sole songwriter and stationary member of the band, and his haunting vocals and emotive songs have always held sway at the Lefort residence. Following Pride, Houck hooked up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOnly two weeks ago
\nAnd our bodies were like live wires
\nDown on the beach in Mexico
\nBut I came back to this city
\nAnd you stayed home in LA
\nAnd then our two years of marriage
\nIn two short weeks somehow just slipped away”<\/p>\n
\nAin’t they rolling me away
\nDon’t they roll oh oh oh
\nIn the morning in the kitchen
\nI can hear my own blood clicking
\nSo I stand there and I listen
\nTil the glowing begins<\/p>\n
\nAnd lord, truly I am afraid
\nAnd, lord, truly I remain<\/p>\n
\nAnd rediscover my rightful place
\nYes and cover my face
\nWith the morning”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"