Review: Without Gravity

Review: Without Gravity

Without Gravity "Tenderfoot": Aidin Vaziri | If this is what everyone in Iceland thinks American country music is supposed to sound like, why aren't we all boarding the next 747 to Reykjavik? Owing more to blackheart balladeers like Damien Rice and Iron & Wine than whatever's coming out of Nashville these days, Without Gravity's first album may be built around mandolins and pedal steel guitars but it is also impossibly soothing. "The summertime it gets me high," sings Karl "Kalli" Henry, the frontman and driving force behind the band, in a voice so steeped in sorrow that it suggests he would much prefer hard drugs do the task. "Tenderfoot" is one of those rare albums that works best played from beginning to end with songs such as "Beautiful Son" and "Blue Bird," in particular, that give you that floating feeling.