West Texas Exiles (from the album 8000 Days

West Texas Exiles (from the album 8000 Days

West Texas Exiles (from the album 8000 Days available on Floating Mesa Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
Lubbock, Amarillo, and El Paso were the Texas towns where the members of West Texas Exiles grew up. The five piece band (Marco Gutierrez – vocals/guitar, Daniel Davis vocals/guitar, Colin Gilmore - vocals/guitar, Eric Harrison – bass, Trinidad Leal – drums) arrive as seasoned road warriors on 8000 Days, the group’s debut album. West Texas Exiles have played the festival circuits from the Luck Family Reunion to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and a residency at Austin’s Continental Club. They toured with Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, often acting as backing band for Colin’s father, Jimmie Dale. Fellow Texan Kelly Willis duets on “Division”, a story that follows a break-up as West Texas Exiles wonder “What Happened” on a rhythmic sway, and deal “Cards” on a sturdy beat.

A floating melody basks in the rhythms of “Bright Yellow Sun” as chiming guitar riffs tear a hole in “Way We Are” and the groove of “Wind’s Gonna Blow” matches the weather storming the song. Acoustic chords tentatively strum an opening for the 8000 Days title track as West Texas Exiles spin “Circles in the Yard” on a revolving rhythm and play a midnight beat for the confessions of “Dark Desires” before exiting the album on the dreamscape tones in “Already Gone”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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