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Artist
Palaxy Tracks
12+ albums
indie rockUSAsxsw 2006
about
“Like a snapshot taken at twilight, their music is a photograph of a landscape caught at perpetual dusk.” This is an apt observation one critic made of Palaxy Tracks’ last record, which he also called “a plaintive little collection of songs that grows increasingly addictive the more times you listen to it.” A quick glance through the band’s press kit reveals similar praise from many other critics who share this sentiment. Palaxy Tracks’ distinctively subtle songwriting and expansive, somber guitar rock perfectly conveys a sense of loss and longing, evoking images of ghosts, memories, empty rooms and endless open roads. The group’s latest album, Twelve Rooms, shows a band that has progressed gracefully over the course of three records, perfecting a sound that has become more evocative and sweetly heartbreaking with each respective release. Palaxy Tracks formed several years ago in Austin, TX, evolving from singer and songwriter Brandon Durham’s home recording project through various incarnations before landing at the current line-up of Brad Murph (guitar), Keith Grap (bass) and Ben Kane (drums). The name stems from claims about some distinctly human-esque footprints alongside dinosaur tracks in the limestone beds of the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas. Creationists believe these “giant man tracks” contradict the conventional geologic timetable, which holds that humans did not appear on earth until over 60 million years after dinosaurs became extinct. Palaxy Tracks’ first
