Download: Smoke Season, ‘Badlands’

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Smoke Season

Smoke Season, the duo comprised of L.A. musicians Gabrielle Wortman (TEMP3ST) and Jason Rosen (Honor Society), returns with a new single to follow up their “Signals” EP. “Badlands,” a track that still teases with their smoky Americana ambience, is a lush arrangement that lingers just 10 seconds over four minutes. Wortman’s soulful wails and Rosen’s distant harmonies among the stomping percussion in the single is proof the two songwriters have zoned in and tightened their unique soundscape even more since we discovered “Soleil.” With spine-tingling chants like “there’s only bones on the dusty road” at the song’s finish, one can only imagine how great this would serve as a soundtrack for a sexy spaghetti western clip. We can’t be sure that’s their next move for a music video, but we’d definitely watch if it were. Smoke Season’s forthcoming EP is slated for a July 29 release.

||| Download: “Badlands”

||| Previously: “Soleil”

||| Live: Smoke Season plays May 27 at the Mint with DOE EYE, Color You and Galvarino and June 26 at Los Globos with Jesika Von Rabbit.