Photo courtesy of Alien Eyelid

Houston’s Alien Eyelid are something like a band out of time. Featuring former members of Lower Dens among many other formidable combos, the group was assembled as a sort of balm against restrictive futurism of their prior efforts, instead embracing the roots of classic Americana (and their home state) to make music that’s as much stepped in the past as it is a reflection of what’s going on right now. To wit, so-called cosmic country certainly swirls around Alien Eyelid’s DNA, but so too do more contemporaneous sounds like psychedelic folk and the motroik twang of southern-leaning post-rock. Their debut LP Bronze Star then is a treatise of sorts on the landscape of the American southwest. Packed with songs that snake along like the many dusty highways linking the vast expanse, they express the sheer joy and camaraderie in traveling around and creating art about the environs with your friends. It’s safe to say Alien Eyelid draw big emotions out of the small moments in life. In their hands, a fresh cup of coffee on a bleary-eyed morning or the emotionally restorative power of a good swim in the heat of summer are totally arresting in the way they express the beauty in fine details.

We are pleased to be premiering “Kissed by the Sea” the third and final single ahead of Star’s release, so hit the stream link below.

Bronze Star is out Friday, May 5th via Tall Texan Records. You can preorder it right here.