kacy & clayton, “springtime of the year”
from: strange country, 2015
“Through days are slow, far from town
Come along and settle down
The way your dancing gown
In springtime of the year
Your loving will not go in vain
My holdings and my land to gain
If you go just to take my name
In the springtime of the year
Ooh, how happy you could be here
In the springtime of the year
The sun will burn up all the snows
And pull the barley up in rows
But where it comes from, heaven knows
In springtime of the year
At last, the summer’s over
No more yellow clover
We will soon know brown October
’Til the springtime of the year
Ooh, how happy you could be here
In the springtime of the year
Ooh, sleet and snow will keep you here
’Til the springtime of the year”
This song could come from Greenwich Village in 1965 or so out of the souls of say Richard and Mimi Farina, including their session musicians from the time. But it doesn’t. Instead we find it emanating from the artistry of 3rd cousins from southern Saskatchewan in 2015 pulling off some time traveling. The vocal and guitar ingredients express a quiet folkadelia, but I think the drummer Lucas Goetz really carries the number. He adds an echoing rattle that makes for a pleasingly delightful propulsion. As an ensemble, they borrowed a little and gave us a lot to reconsider.
