Texas Music Forever

Somewhere in the hazy land between the on-the-ground wisdom of John Prine and the in-the-tree wistfulness of Blaze Foley lies Cactus Lee. The project of Austin songwriter Kevin Deham, Cactus Lee cut their teeth on sad songs with secret barbs that hit you like a surprise left hook, all of it delivered with Deham’s sonorous pipes. Texas Music Forever is a masterclass in tone-evolution; while the two sides of the album are split between quieter folk songs and full band mid-tempo country rockers, respectfully, the transition between the two feels natural and smooth as the good kind of peanut butter. You know the kind.