Inaccurately yet affectionately dubbed the 'Godfather of Alt. Country' by the British press, HOWE GELB has remained the sole epicenter and creative force behind the ever-fluid configurations of Giant Sand for over a quarter century. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the bands 1985 debut long player 'Valley Of Rain' (the point in which Howe's music visions began) and will see the release of the complete works of Giant Sand, Howe Gelb, Arizona Amp and The Bands Of Blacky Ranchette - a collection of works that maintains its own genre-defying singularity drawing on the not-so disparate threads of his south western roots, lo-fi, country, jazz, and punk. 2010 will also welcome the release of the new Giant Sand record, 'Blurry Blue Mountain'. These recordings were done in the space between the waking world and the sleeping one. It has the momentum of that place between sleep and being awake, and in that narrow slip of existence lies a landscape of reason that most of us hurry past in daily lives. Between the crystal clear focus of your day to day and the luxury of sweet fuzzy sleep, we welcome you to the blurry blue mountain.

Track Listing
1 Fields of Green
2 Chunk of Coal
3 The Last One
4 Monk's Mountain
5 Spell Bound
6 Ride the Rail
7 Lucky Star Love
8 Thin Line Man
9 No Tellin'
10 Brand New Swamp Thing
11 Erosion
12 Time Flies
13 Better Man Than Me
14 Love a Loser