Few musicians are as uniquely suited to a period of imposed isolation as Orville Peck. The masked cowboy, who released his acclaimed debut record Pony last year, writes booming country ballads about lovesick loners and quiet drifters who find solace in empty bars and open highways; he seems to understand a solitary life well.
Peck puts it more plainly: “Isolation,” he explains, “is kinda the cowboy way.” After a year of non-stop touring, and with a new single, “Summertime" out now, it might just be what he needs right now. “I don’t remember the last time I wasn’t on tour or traveling,” he tells me. “Obviously here’s so much craziness going on, but I’m trying to see the silver lining in the fact that I never have time off.” Read Next:
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