SCOTT HIRSCH
Windless Day ECHO MAGIC
7/10
Third solo album from Hiss Golden Messenger co-founder
A founding member of the North Carolina band Hiss Golden Messenger, Scott Hirsch moved all the way to the opposite end of the country to kickstart his solo career, and his third album draws on hazy West Coast sounds, like the chugging country funk of “Spirit True” and the sunset folk rock of “Night People”. At times he flirts with pastiche but Windless Day is best when Hirsch scouts out new territory. “Drummer Of Shiloh” is an eerie, ambient folk instrumental that sounds like a ghost haunting that battlefield, and standout “Wolves” throws a tent revival for a congregation of lost, stoned souls.