Merlynn Belle Peter Buck When We Swam

When We Swam

lending his singular voice to songs written by friends

an alternatingly fierce and joyous work that ascends to new heights as it reckons with desire and escape

but this album has an undercurrent of heat that translates to a thawing of frozen hearts

I’ve found the people I’ve wanted to do it with

Merlynn Belle Peter Buck When We SwamA heartfelt band from Small Town, Texas, with a penchant for pop melodies and medieval harmonies, Tele Novella write songs the old fashioned way and perform them in a minimal style filled with delicate arrangements. Influences include Connie Converse, Lee Hazlewood, Pentangle, Marty Robbins, The Magnetic Fields, and PRAM. Merlyn Belle is a homespun creative bricolage that pulls from influences as diverse as cowboy troubadours and folk baroque to tell