***Perpetual Doom is proud to present the debut album from Dominic Billett: Two Peach Trees. Based in Nashville but immersed in life on the road, Billett brings years of work as a professional touring musician to his first proper full-length record. It is a collection of vibrant, distinctly realized songs, drawing from an eclectic mix of sounds, styles, and studio effects and unified by Billett’s evocative lyrical insights. The result is a profound debut that speaks to the persistence of longing, artistic discovery, and the tumultuous search for peace. Two Peach Trees opens with rolling snare and breezy guitar as “Satisfied Heart” introduces its luminous, delay-laden take on classic No Depression. Stuck in some beach town, missing someone at home, Billett sings of love’s poor timing: “It’s when you least expect it that new love takes your mind and runs away.” The track’s building swell sets off what could be the album’s guiding sentiment: “I’ve learned to satisfy my heart.” The album pursues that satisfaction across eleven tracks that surge and settle—from the bouncing pop of “Merida” and the noise-soaked pulse of “Around You” to the stately pace of “The Image.” Billett soaks effortless melodies in layers of intriguing noise. The ambling “Stepping Stone” drips with feedback and guitarist Jerry Bernhardt pushes the restless ballad “Want/Need” from quiet to loud. On “Rose,” Billett paints scenes of his grandmother at prayer, reflecting on the quiet desperation in those memories—“Could I learn the love from you the way you always wanted to?”—until...
LP $25.35
04/28/2023