Born where the dust bowl never died, the West Texas–raised trio that is Shallowater — Blake Skipper (guitar/vocals), Tristan Kelly (bass), and Ryan Faulkenberry (drums) — combines lowcore, post-hardcore, country, and Americana elements that defy genre labels.
Quickly establishing themselves as ones to watch in the alt-country/slowcore scene, the power trio’s self-described “raw West Texas dirtgaze” has positioned the band as an evocative and distinctive force amongst current alternative genre-blending projects.
