The Silos

Walter Salas-Humara, the consistent common denominator of the Silos, has the kind of voice that makes an audience hang slack-jawed onto every word. He’s been telling stories (sometimes bleak, sometimes merely melancholy) of the “What happened to that guy and/or girl I used to be?” variety for decades now. Or at least long enough to land him on the influences list of everyone who’s currently exploring the world of acoustic fiction. On his new album, When the Telephone Rings, Salas-Humara makes it clear that even with a new lineup, the Silos aren’t embarking on some kind of damn nostalgia tour. Lap-steel player Drew Glackin and drummer Konrad Meissner keep those rural spaces roaming, and Salas-Humara has a brand-new batch of first-person narratives just right for deep attention.