Trampled by Turtles - Alpenglow (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Alpenglow is the Minnesota-based sextet’s tenth album. The album, named after the optical phenomenon that takes places when the sun casts a reddish glow across the mountains at dawn and dusk, opens with the wistful beauty of “It’s So Hard To Hold On”. The narrator contemplates the passing of time and how imperative it is to savor it while you have it.

10 of the 11 tracks on Alpenglow were written by lead singer Dave Simonett, whose introspective and literate songwriting is the foundation of the unwavering connection the group’s music has with its fervent and ever-growing audience. “On The Highway” expresses a longing to wander but struggles with the value in maintaining roots. “Central Hillside Blues” addresses nostalgia and loss while “Quitting Is Rough” deals with having inner strength to not lose sight of what is real, with its beautiful and inspiring refrain “climb out, climb out, climb out” The Tweedy-penned “A Lifetime To Find” features a simple back-and-forth dialogue with Death, which ends as one might expect.

Tracklist:
01. It's so Hard to Hold On
02. Starting Over
03. Central Hillside Blues
04. On the Highway
05. A Lifetime to Find
06. Nothing but Blue Skies
07. Burlesque Desert Window
08. All the Good Times Are Gone
09. We're Alright
10. Quitting is Rough
11. The Party's Over


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