Everett begins to crack. V8 hearts and hellfire blood. A desperate escape. A wound. A train, barely.
Mountain static. A cabin in the woods. Unwilling hospitality and green chilis. Hard futures harshly told. Featuring Moe A. Barria.
Malpais, continued. Instructed by the radio. Ruth in prison. Seeger has a moment. A standoff. The wages of failure. Featuring Erik Pitcock
The trio arrives in Malpais. Bickering. A barely-cogent sheriff. Everett is missing. Featuring Erik Pitcock, Alex Yoffie, and Edgar Mason.
The Model A struggles. The second farmhouse. An awkward cup of coffee. A desperate man’s idol. The book. Featuring Britt Adair.
Copperton, continued. What they found in the mine. A rich man’s idol. Collapse. Exeunt, pursued by boss. Featuring Edgar Mason, Thomas Walden, Colin Fewell and Alex Yoffie.
Our heroes arrive in Copperton. A rally, a strike. Scabbing. A conspiracy of their own. Ruth completes the trio. Featuring the voices of Thomas Walden, Edgar Mason and Alex Yoffie.
An obnoxious radio drama. Seeger joins in. Intimations of a conspiracy. The first farmhouse. The only fate for a Klansman.
Goldfield, in media res. An unexpected strike. A dying man. Dissolution and resolution. Featuring Al Burnes and Edgar Mason.
What is most notable about Dawson’s album is not how contemporary it is, but how it explodes the nostalgic mode by introducing medieval and early modern characteristics into his music. The result is that the music creates a continuity between the past and present.