Orville Peck - Bronco (2022) [Hi-Res]

Inspired by country rock, ’60s & ‘70s psychedelia, California, and bluegrass. Bronco is the new album from country artist and songwriter Orville Peck. A consummate storyteller, the country rock inspired Bronco plays upon the horse theme so often found in Orville’s work, but this time with an exploration of freedom, breaking free from that which binds us and all that is wild and untamed. Bronco builds upon and follows Peck’s previous album Pony and EP Show Pony, which explored themes of love, loss and loneliness but advances the story arc in a bolder, newer and warmer trajectory.

“This is my most impassioned and authentic album to date,” says Peck. “I was inspired by country rock, 60s & 70s psychedelic, California and even bluegrass with everything being anchored in country. Bronco is all about being unrestrained and the culmination of a year of touring, writing in isolation and going through and ultimately emerging from a challenging personal time.”

Combining the lulling ambiance of shoegaze with the iconic melodies and vocal prowess of classic American outlaw country music, Orville Peck croons about love and loss from the badlands of North America. The resulting sound takes the listener down dusty rose-colored desert highways; through a world where worn out gamblers, road-dogs, and lovesick hustlers drift in and out of his masked gaze.

Orville Peck, vocals
Kris Bowering, drums (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 13), percussion (tracks 7, 9, 13)
Laura Epling, violin (track 7)
Duncan Jay Hennings, electric guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 13), keyboards (tracks 2–3), organ (track 7)
Tobias Jesso Jr., acoustic guitar (track 5)
Jay Joyce, keyboards (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 13), electric guitar (tracks 2, 5, 11), percussion (track 3), programming (track 5)
Austin Hoke, cello (track 7)
Nicole Neely, viola (track 7)
Kyle Connolly, bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Noam Pikelny, banjo (track 11)
Bria Salmena, background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9), electric guitar (tracks 1–3, 9, 13), acoustic guitar (tracks 7, 9), keyboards (track 11)
Luke Schneider, steel guitar (tracks 2–3, 5, 7)
Chris Stracey, organ (track 5)
Kristin Weber, violin (track 7)
Jordan Lehning, string arrangement (track 7)