Howe Gelb: Enter Sandman
Everett True, The Guardian, 5 November 2008
"GIANT SAND is a mood," remarks singer Howe Gelb on the back of my promo copy of the new Giant Sand album, proVISIONS — what is it, his 400th? And indeed, proVISIONS is full of the dusty magic and sliding tremolo that washes, soothes and reassures me: a shiver of pedal steel here, a whisper of backing singer Neko Case's mellifluous tones there.
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