Prairiewolf by Prairiewolf

Centripetal Force announces the release of Prairiewolf's debut studio album, which is being presented in a limited vinyl edition of 100 copies, as well as a run of compact discs. The album will release on May 5th.

Recorded 8,000 feet above sea level in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Prairiewolf’s first long-player offers listeners a fresh and free-flowing slice of cosmic/organic Americana — spiritual instrumentals driven by Fender Rhodes, lap steel, Mellotron, guitar, synth, bass and an assortment of vintage drum machines. Sandy Bull communing with Alice Coltrane, Tangerine Dream finding common ground with Don Cherry, sweet kosmische jams rising out of the Continental Divide.

Together since early 2022, Prairiewolf consists of Stefan Beck (who has made recent waves in the underground as Golden Brown) on guitar and lap steel, Jeremy Erwin (the man behind the acclaimed Electric Miles blog The Heat Warps) on keys and Tyler Wilcox (a music writer with bylines in Aquarium Drunkard, Pitchfork and Maggot Brain) on bass.

The trio’s digital-only release Live at the Aztlan Theatre 7/16/2022 quickly earned raves from the aficionados:

"One of my favorite things from last year. Gorgeous high-altitude jams, an excellent place between calming & cosmic. Worth listening to at other altitudes as well."
– Jesse Jarnow, WFMU / The Good Ol’ Grateful Dead Podcast

"This Wolf’s song to the moon is a real swooner. Featuring a handful of originals from this Colorado trio alongside compositions by Kraftwerk, Golden Brown, and Don Cherry, a percolating drum machine pushes along the strands of steel, guitar, keys, and synth in this live set."
– Jason P Woodbury, Aquarium Drunkard

Drawn from sessions taped in the fall and winter of 2022, Prairiewolf’s self-titled debut is an eclectic-but-cohesive collection — 10 original compositions that drift beautifully from zone to zone, sometimes lush and lovely (“Lunar Deluxe,” “Technicolor Dream Hearse”), sometimes weird and woozy ("Cogs," "Labwerk"). Sometimes it’s all of those things at once. Mastered by Andrew Weathers and released on vinyl and compact disc by Nashville’s Centripetal Force, Prairiewolf is a welcome trip into higher sonic elevations.

RIYL: Sandy Bull, Alice Coltrane, Bitchin Bajas, Don Cherry

Tracklist

1.	Eternal Master	6:54

2.	Lunar Deluxe	7:15

3.	Sage Thrasher	2:17

4.	Cogs	4:25

5.	Calcedonia	3:38

6.	Labwerk	3:42

7.	Return to the Lonesome Prairie	3:10

8.	Roadside Bandit Type	4:28

9.	Slow Thrasher	1:19

10.	Technicolor Dream Hearse	5:11

Credits

released May 5, 2023

Prairiewolf is Stefan Beck, Tyler Wilcox, and Jeremy Erwin

Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Engineered and mixed by Jeremy Erwin
Artwork by Stefan Beck
Layout by Jeremy Erwin

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