Days of Summer: “Need to Escape”

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We’re just two weeks away from Thanksgiving and wouldn’t you know it, it’s finally starting to feel like Fall down here. You’d be hard pressed to find a Texan who doesn’t appreciate the drop in temps, but then again, the spirit of summertime is simply a year-round celebration for some folks. Folks like Austin’s Angela Greco.

When Greco’s not getting down and dirty as a professional gardener and garden designer, this certified green thumb’s got her hands full with the creative harvest that is Days of Summer, a folk-rock cornucopia whose sprouts first surfaced on streaming in May 2022. But the music’s not the garden variety of either folk or rock; though Greco does assume the traditional role of fronting guitarist-singer-songwriter, Days of Summer shines with the addition of flute, bass, and percussion in well-tended acoustic-electric crop patterns and cozy curations best categorized as “woodsy”.

Lately? Greco and co. have been in the weeds for Days of Summer’s sophomore album So Low, out next Valentine’s Day. And on the third of these new cultivations, “Need to Escape”, the Days of Summer crew are joined by Little Mazarn cellist Lindsey Verrill and Denton Audio Works guitarist Joey Cerda for a harmony-enhanced orchestral triumph. So even though the dog days far are behind us and the sun is setting earlier and earlier, you can get a dose of Days of Summer 8PM tomorrow night at Lockhart Arts & Craft alongside Tom’s Parents and Batty Jr.. Or if you just need a five-minute respite from the claustrophobia of cubicle life, sociopolitical distress, or just run-of-the-mill monotony, take a triple meter retreat of string noise, round-style vocals and elegant interval leaps with this slice of the extra soft ’70s that stands on the shoulders of Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny.

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