Into a white-washed world of January comes the Footsteps of Olin & the Moon. Having just finished with the 2100-mile-long blizzard of this week and then dipping into sub-zero temperatures, there’s something oddly comforting in the AltCountry strains of Olin & the Moon. This is AltCountry via the subdued waves of Grand Drive and James Yorkston. This is acoustic guitar leading all the way. This is as much folk as it is rock. For the winter bound, then, it’s shimmering warmth to ward off the rocking wind. It’s fireplace flickering in the dark room. It’s primed for sing-alongs. It’s picked tunes with that slide guitar working its charm from the near-dark corners. Although, lest you get the wrong impression, they can also lay out a rocking tune here as well, such as the swaggering “Repeat.”

Olin & the Moon