The Painted Desert
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The Painted Desert

Los Altos, California, United States | SELF

Los Altos, California, United States | SELF
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"Review: "Amigo and the Underbelly Blues"""

"Principal songwriter Scott Hylbert's urbane, pensive voice recalls a young Jeff Tweedy, and the second track, "Universe," with its upbeat country-pop swing, would not sound out of place on Wilco's debut "A.M." Elsewhere, there are shadows of Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" era, minor-key laments and plenty of folksy roots. A standout is "Trial," a modern-day outlaw ballad where the bandit is on trial, not for theft or murder, but for crimes against the heart." -Sophie Best (Country Standard Time) - Country Standard Time


"Review: "Amigo and the Underbelly Blues"""

"Principal songwriter Scott Hylbert's urbane, pensive voice recalls a young Jeff Tweedy, and the second track, "Universe," with its upbeat country-pop swing, would not sound out of place on Wilco's debut "A.M." Elsewhere, there are shadows of Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps" era, minor-key laments and plenty of folksy roots. A standout is "Trial," a modern-day outlaw ballad where the bandit is on trial, not for theft or murder, but for crimes against the heart." -Sophie Best (Country Standard Time) - Country Standard Time


Discography

As Buckeye:
1998: "Buckeye"
2000: "Amigo and the Underbelly Blues" (EP)
2002: "Tully" (feature film soundtrack - 3 songs)
2002: "Jerome" (single)

As The Painted Desert:
early 2010: "The Painted Desert" (working title)

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The idea for The Painted Desert evolved over the last year or so as Scott and Tom realized the still untapped possibilities in the Buckeye material, not to mention the new material we'd come up with since (despite a geographical gap of 2000 miles or so).

Through technology, we've written new material and evolved what we think are the most emotionally rich Buckeye songs instep with our own growth as songwriters and performers (and hopefully, as humans too).

The new catalog is alt-country by category though it falls more toward the layered side of sonic texture than much of what we typically hear in the Americana musical universe. Our thing seems to be writing and producing music that feels somehow cinematic -- a soundtrack for our lives, or perhaps the lives of characters we know or dream about.