{"id":36856,"date":"2026-03-25T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=36856"},"modified":"2026-03-25T08:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:12:30","slug":"album-review-true-green-hail-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/album-review-true-green-hail-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: True Green || Hail Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Putting out music right now feels like handing out your resume at a funeral” and “things in Minneapolis are really shitty right now,” yet that situation doesn’t stop Dan Hornsby and Tailer Ransom from releasing a sophomore album with their indie folk project True Green. It only makes the meaning of the thirteen new tracks on Hail Disaster<\/em><\/a> even greater, I guess. The lo-fi haze of their debut LP My Lost Decade<\/em><\/a>\u2014we called it wobbly bedroom pop at the time\u2014has been exchanged for something fuller, warmer, and quietly devastating.<\/p>\n

Dan Hornsby writes like a novelist because he is one; his songs read as short stories about cruelty, obsession, and loss. His voice stays soft, but the weight behind it has shifted; these are hard-earned reflections. The organ, banjo, synthesizers, concertina, and guitar by multi-instrumentalist Tailer Ransom wrap everything in a fragile glow, at times somewhat reminiscent of The Velvet Underground, equal parts homespun and haunted. It led to a beautiful and impressive soundtrack for the current context; outside the world burns, inside this music documents the turmoil with unsettling grace.<\/p>\n