Daringly reflective, the melancholic folk-musician’s debut album, Desert, encapsulates the emotions surrounding love and loss
Tinged in melancholy, but teetering towards hope, Horseshoes’ Desert is a collection of thoughtful reflections from singer-songwriter, Austin Greaves. Utilizing folk-style arrangements, the Washington D.C.-based artist encapsulates his thoughts on everything from grief and substance abuse to the complications which come with falling in love. “The album is about loss and new beginnings,” he explains. “Coming to terms with the past and considering the future.” In this way, Desert feels like a diary of sorts, in which Greaves finds himself pondering questions and seeking to answer them through his music. The lyrics and production work symbiotically to capture the emotions which Greaves sifts through and picks apart across the 9-track record. Wavering between light and dark, hope and defeat, Greaves’ ruminations symbolize reflecting on past memories and then moving forward from them.
