ARTIST.....:       Boy Scouts
TITLE......:       Wayfinder
LABEL......:       Anti- / Epitaph
GENRE......:       Indie
RIP DATE...:       2021-10-01
RETAIL DATE:       2021-10-01
RUNTIME....:       33:04
SIZE.......:       78,04  MB
QUALITY....:       320Kbps 44.1kHz
ENCODER/CODEC:     LAME - MP3 (MPEG-2 AUDIO LAYER 3)
WEBSITE......:     http://boyscouts.bandcamp.com/

Track List:

01. I Get High                                              2:37
02. Lighter                                                 3:01
03. A Lot to Ask                                            2:39
04. That's Life Honey                                       3:02
05. Not Today                                               3:30
06. Charlotte                                               3:33
07. The Floor                                               2:39
08. Big Fan                                                 3:29
09. Didn't I                                                5:00
10. Model Homes                                             3:34

Release Notes:

https://www.deezer.com/en/album/240855942

For every singer-songwriter who traffics in hushed,
poignant melodies and writes naked and self-effacing
lyrics, the specter of Elliott Smith looms large. The
dearly-departed poet laureate of beautiful and
bedeviling ballads died nearly two decades ago, but his
influence and impact can still be felt with every new
troubadour who has the courage to air their
shortcomings.

Taylor Vick, the Oakland-based artist who records as Boy
Scouts, makes the same kind of melancholy and elegiac
music that was Smithí»s specialty. While there are
traces of contemporary artists like Hand Habits, Cass
McCombs, and Angel Olsen in Boy Scouts, the hauntingly
direct and gorgeously composed songs that make up her
upcoming album, Wayfinder, contain all the classic
hallmarks of Smith above all else. While comparisons to
Elliot Smith are made often and with a certain amount of
recklessness, Vick is the rare artist who truly deserves
those plaudits.

On the first single from Wayfinder, í░Thatí»s Life
Honey,í▒ Vick employs the same plinking piano movements
that were the driving force behind Smithí»s XO, and her
breathy, cooed delivery is reminiscent of the late-night
requiems found on Either/Or. Lyrically, Vick shares
Smithí»s brutally honest approach to songwriting,
lamenting on í░Thatí»s Life Honey,í▒ that sheí»s the
í▒Master of inexplicable shame/Write it down to rewire
my brain.í▒ Throughout Wayfinder, which is being
released on Friday through ANTI- Records, Vick is
unafraid to tackle enormous, existential issues of life,
death, belonging, doubt and acceptance.

Her latest single, í░A Lot To Ask,í▒ is a grooving
acoustic number impelled by a soft bassline and Vickí»s
emotive vocals. The song is again riddled with painful
introspection, as Vick admits that being herself is í░a
lot to ask.í

While Vick has obvious links to Smith, ití»s important
to note that sheí»s a formidable and unique artist who
is crafting out her own memorable identity. A careful
(and at times playful) crafter of lyrics, Vick has a way
of capturing the wry nature of todayí»s times, when you
caní»t help but laugh at all of lifeí»s follies.
Wayfinder is the result of an ambitious
singer-songwriter unafraid to pursue the highest peaks
of her genre.