ORVILLE PECK - Bronco 2LP

Double vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve.

He garnered everybody’s attention with his 2019 debut record, ‘Pony’. Bringing along with his cowboy swagger and hazy country melodies and production is a queerness explored with loneliness and shyness, explored even further with ‘Show Pony’, the EP released in 2020.

That loneliness soon becomes quite a nightmare as COVID struck that same year and the reflection of everybody’s personal downpours seep through. Orville Peck has certainly been there as well and may possibly be to his benefit as that reflection flips around.

If Pony and Show Pony displays a shy display of Orville’s emotions, Bronco is the record that lets loose of that restraint, putting all of those emotions in plain sight. Not in a bad way as well, as that built-up confidence puts Orville Peck stepping into more bigger, adventurous, and expressive writing, melodies, and production that works wonders.