Airstream 4 Lyfe

Considering the fact that the entirety of Hymn for Her’s new album Lucy & Wayne and the Amairican Stream was recorded inside a 16-foot Airstream, it’s shockingly well engineered. Sure, the acoustics within such a small, metal place were probably useful, but it’s a testament to the talent shared between Maggie Jane and Pierce Ternay that the album turned out the way it did. The music is different from the Americana floating around these days, mostly due to the distortion that fuzzes the acoustic instruments on almost every song. Hymn for Her clearly had country traditions in mind, though they added a rock twist that makes everything more fun. This isn’t just a collection of weakening croons; it’s a solid record of unique music.



How about that Airstream thing, though, right? So cool. It makes perfect sense that Hymn for Her are touring right now because, well, they’re always touring. They literally live in an Airstream — no, that’s not just a gimmick — and travel from place to place across the nation recording their music and finding inspiration. It’s clear, too, that they drew from multiple sources while recording their newest: sounds of the Delta, sounds of the Northeast, sounds of Arizona and the Southwest, burlesque, country, classic rock, they’re all in there somewhere. It’s fun-loving hillbilly rock, and if this is what a mulch of different parts of the U.S. sounds like, maybe the whole country should collaborate some time.

Hymn for Her plays at 10 pm, Friday, Feb. 11, at Diablo’s Downtown Lounge

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