The Listener’s Songs of the Week: Tracks by Peggy Gou, Luke Buda, and Orville Peck with Willie Nelson
Left to right: Peggy Gou, Willie Nelson, Orville Peck and Luke Buda. Photos / Supplied
1+1=11
By Peggy Gou
South Korean-born, Berlin-based electronica artist Peggy Gou has been dubbed by Rolling Stone as the “coolest DJ in the world”. High praise and aptly worded. Her new single 1+1=11 from her upcoming debut album I Hear You feels just that – cool. It’s not trying to force an emotional pinnacle that isn’t there, instead it settles on a delicate, focused melody. It’s deep and moody but not intimidating. – Alana Rae
Very Special Feelings
by Luke Buda
Glistening, astral, dream pop from the solo Phoenix Foundation singer-guitarist Luke Buda who says of this polished-up version of a song he found in his vaults: “As usual the fun is tinged with gloom and the simplicity is not as simple as it seems. That’s just how I roll”. True dat. – Graham Reid
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other
By Orville Peck and Willie Nelson
First “Cowboy Carter” now a revival of the hilarious terrific ode to rawhide gay pride from Orville Peck and Willie Nelson. They sure are messin’ with Texas. The song was originally written in the 1980s by Ned Sublette and was previously covered by Nelson in 2006 in the wake of Brokeback Mountain. It was only a matter of time before Orville Peck made it his own and doing it with Great Uncle Willie is very sweet. – Russell Baillie
Dream State
By Kamasi Washington and André 3000