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David Wax Museum at Stone Church w/s/g Anthony da Costa

David Wax Museum
davidwaxmuseum.com
Anthony da Costa
anthonydacosta.com/
10.27.19
$17 adv/ $20 dos

Is every record you make a reaction to the one before it? A response to how the previous album was received by critics and fans? Does it fill a hole in the bands sense of their catalogue, something that you know you can do musically but havent captured yet in the studio? I could lay out a coherent explanation about this record on those terms, and it would be valid. We certainly wanted to make a record that leaned more heavily on us as a duo. We loved being in the studio with Carl Broemel that first time to record Big Sur, feeling like the process was so collaborative and the atmosphere so warm. We felt the resulting song was authentic in a new way, less dressed up with studio tricks and more about how our voices and instruments blend and live together.

Ultimately, this record feels more like an expression of the mysterious alchemy of the songs, the studio, the producer, the musicians, and the time in our life. There was a lot swirling around behind us in the studio while we recorded Line of Light. Some of it was personal, like Suz coming to terms again with her bipolar diagnosis as it reared its head right before we went back to Nashville for the final 10-day session. She had to wean our 1-year-old son during the recording session because her medication will harm a nursing child. That was looming over us as we finished up the record.

Anthony da Costas songs don't extend metaphors or spin yarns. They shoot straight. The singer-songwriter and guitarist speaks plainly, from the heart and the gut.

With his latest work, including his recent solo album DA COSTA, he adds the musical force of some of American folk and roots seminal cities to his forthright style. In the past few years, since I moved from New York to Austin and then to Nashville, Ive found my voice as a songwriter, muses da Costa. Ive honed my band, made strong musical friendships. I felt like I started over and found what I needed to say. You can hear it clearly in his songs, whether they are steeped in rock-country grit or frank folk.