Hannah Read returned to her Texas hometown of Silsbee last fall after a spell in Los Angeles where the cult indie folk figure also known as Lomelda told Texas Monthly she “was an outsider.” The homecoming followed transformative 2020 LP Hannah, a master class in Read’s simultaneous mesmerizing musical breadth and cozy yet emotionally bristling songcraft. She settles into Austin with a debut performance, joining local artisan Claire Puckett (Mother Falcon, Hikes) for a return to the stage. On the latter’s May EP Dust, an intense, classically influenced guitar core plunges delicate folk melodies to ghostly depths.
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— Rachel Rascoe