Trummors :: 5

Come for the close harmonies and burnt pedal steel, stay for the heartfelt, casually poetic lyrics and finely observed character portraits. Lerner and Cunningham aren’t reinventing the wheel here; instead, they’re finding interesting and personal ways to take a tried-and-true landscape and explore its every river, canyon and summit. The results are quietly spectacular.

Trummors :: Drop Out City

Is there a scientific formula for creating the perfect country rock record? If there is, the Taos, NM duo of Anne Cunningham and David Lerner — AKA Trummors — have cracked it. Their latest LP, Drop Out City, is simultaneously earthy and high-flying, each song packed with beautiful close harmonies, fabulous Clarence White-ish guitar, burnt pedal steel and crisp rhythms. All the necessary ingredients are painstakingly blended into a unified whole, a road-trip ready masterpiece.