Singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins’s father died of AIDS after portraying serial killer Norman Bates in Psycho, and his mother was on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11th; it’s no wonder, then, that his folk-rock tunes sometimes dip into dark and reflective Leonard Cohen territory.

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Shampoo

The Woes open with alt-country tunes filtered through Louisiana blues.