Blog: The 405

'We can waltz as much as you can handle, for all your faults can't hold the candle, compared to the wonders of you' Giant Giant Sand creep through the doorframe as waves of insouciant instrumentation break on the shore; the opening track to new album Tucson 'Wind Blown Waltz'. Formed in Tucson, Arizona (1985) by principle songwriter Howe Gelb, this stalwart outfit changes like the seasons. Whether that be the low-Autumnal sun of debut album Valley Of Rain , being eclipsed by ex-members in the form of Calexico or esteemed contributors like PJ Harvey, M [...]