Recorded 25 years into their career, Giant Sands 25th album is a gorgeous and much-celebrated collection of perfectly-crafted, personal songwriting from Howe Gelb. Its a gentle rollercoaster traversing the inner thinking of the whys and wherefores of whatever, a meditation on time and the ageing process.

Musing on the record, Howe Gelb explains On this LP I show off an acquired appreciation for the simple lyric. Kinda haiku at times, like flamenco verse, or the blues. I can focus more as its obvious theres only so much time left that has a production value all its own.

Giant Sand have been the primary outlet for the stylistic curveballs and sun-damaged songcraft of singer-songwriter Howe Gelb. In four plus decades hes managed to reinvent rock, country, blues, punk, garage, lo-fi, jazz, gospel, avant-garde noise and flamenco gypsy music wit