Steve Gunn "Sundowner" CD $13 / $18 CD+CDR edition
Steve Gunn is probably best known as a key component to the mighty GHQ with Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards) and Pete Nolan (Magik Markers), but his solo efforts have been even more impressive. With a couple limited & hard-to-find CDRs under his belt and a few offerings under the moniker Moongang, Gunn is ready to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight with his first proper CD. This music is finely tuned and expertly crafted by Gunn's capable hands, showing his skill not only as a guitarist, but as a songwriter as well.

"Sundowner" may short & sweet, but it has an epic feeling. Gunn reaches deep into the vaults to line the walls with hypnotic acoustic guitar dirges, organic drones, and banjo ditties. And unlike any of his previous work, he also unleashes his voice on three songs, showing that not only can he play with the best of them, he can sing too. When he's not wowing the listener racing around the fretboard, his simple but effective vocal hooks are sinking themselves deep into the confines of your memory.

Limited to 500 copies in 3-color gatefold jackets.

**NOTE: Special 2-disc edition features bonus CDR with collaborative tracks between Steve Gunn and a) Marcia Bassett & Tom Carter b) Marc Orleans (Sunburned) c) Heidi Diehl (Vanishing Voice). It is strictly limited to 100 handstamped & handnumbered copies and is NOW SOLD OUT**

tracklist:
1. concrete beach
2. for the horse, etc.
3. imi the king
4. money train blues
5. no atlas
6. over the hill

Praise for Steve Gunn's other works:

"If you're a fan of Steve's work in GHQ then this isn't too far off the mark, though much more acoustic than his work with them. Seated in a stark haze of plucked ambience and swirling with a touch of foreign soil, the disc burns with the heat of the mid-afternoon sun; rightly so, as the recordings were inspired by Gunn's travel's in Morocco. A sense of displacement echoes through Gunn's playing; a feeling of being lost and at the same time serene in losing oneself." - Raven Sings the Blues

"The echoes of these visionary forebears are most evident on the opening "Drink the Good Moon", which layers minimalist violin scrapings over distant percussion and shadowy vocal incantations." - Pitchfork