Case Oats

One Liner: Alt country made by a poet and Jeff Tweedy's son
Wikipedia Genre: alternative country
Home: Chicago

Poster Position: Late Addition
Day: Sunday
Weekend Two Only.

American Express Stage at 1:00.

Thoughts:  The Wikipedia for this band sort of buries the lede.  "Case Oats is an American alternative country band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band consists of vocalist Casey Walker, guitarist Max Subar, bassist Jason Ashworth, fiddle player Scott Daniel, and drummer Spencer Tweedy."  It's that final last name right there that might tweak your mind.  Because yes, that is Jeff Tweedy's son, and so this kid has played with Wilco, Mavis Staples, Norah Jones, Beck, Waxahatchee, Tweedy, and more.

The immediate comp in my mind is that Juno soundtrack person - Moldy Peaches?  No, Kimya Dawson.  These vocal sound like that.  Casey Walker is apparently a poet who met up with Tweedy and they started figuring out some songs.  Hopefully they use this appearance to get some fans, because while this sounds pretty good to me, their stream count is very low.

One album, Last Missouri Exit, released this year and including their first single, "Seventeen."  33k streams.

As I keep listening to these, I am also reminded of the shaggy indie rock of Big Thief.  And some of the instrumental pieces sort of sound like classic Neil Young, like "Hallelujah" could be the backing track for something from Everybody Knows This is Knowhere.  BY the way, I already liked this very much, and then the Spotify algorithm finished playing all of their songs and the next song was The Beths, who I love. Now I feel even more tied in to this.  "Bitter Root Lake" is the other top track with 39k streams.  I keep thinking of the Band of Horses song about the Great Salt Lake when they get to the chorus.

I think this is just pure, solid, enjoyable music.  Another that is not really breaking new ground, as is obvious from all the things I want to compare it to, but I spent a good day and a half rotating through the limited selection of songs here, and it works.