The follow-up to 2019’s critically acclaimed Finch, "Live In Texas, 2019" is an EP culled from a trio of performances in Penny & Sparrow's home state. It includes everything from fan favorites like "Don't Wanna Be Without Ya," which NPR described as "Simon & Garfunkelmeets-Bon Iver," to their stripped down cover of Frank Ocean's "White Ferrari." Having toured across the US through the winter, Penny & Sparrow will pick their Finch tour back up in Spring 2020. Written during their first major break from the road in years, Finch finds the band reckoning with a prolonged period of intense personal transformation, a profound awakening that altered their perceptions of masculinity, sex, religion, divorce, friendship, vanity, purpose, and, perhaps most importantly, self. Deeply vulnerable and boldly cinematic, the resulting songs blur the lines between indie-folk and alt-pop, with dense string arrangements and atmospheric production underpinning soaring melodies and airtight harmonies from Andy Baxter and his longtime musical partner, Kyle Jahnke. It’s a revelatory collection, both for the listener and the performers, one that’s been a lifetime in the making.
Side A : Long Gone / A Kind of Hunger / Gold / Hannah / Finery
Side B : White Ferrari / Cult Classically / Kin / Bishop
Side C : Fantine / Reeth / Brothers / A Woman Caught / Bones
Side D : Each to Each / Honest Wage / Don't Wanna Be Without Ya / Creature / Gumshoe