Biography

Giant Sand has been crafting a singularly quirky brand of desert rock since the mid-1980s. Based in Tucson, and bearing the stark emptiness of the Arizona desert in its sound, the band revolves around singer/songwriter Howe Gelb and his twisted version of Americana. Over the years, Gelb's cohorts have included Rainer Ptacek, the members of Calexico, Victoria Williams, and others, and he's recorded under a variety of guises (his own name, OP8, Band of Blacky Ranchette). After years of low-profile releases, Giant Sand found new life, a new label, and a wider audience with the 2000 "comeback" album CHORE OF ENCHANTMENT.

Top Tracks

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• A Hard Man To Get To Know

• Classico

• Flying Around The Sun At Remarkable Speed

• Get Ready

• Graveyard

• Hood (view From A Heidelburg Hotel)

• Increment Of Love

• Lester Lampshade

• Love Like A Train

• Mope-a-long

• Mountain Of Love

• Muck Machine

• Nyc Of Time

• Town With Little Or No Pity

• Uneven Light Of Day

• Was Is A Big Word

• Wearing The Robes Of Bible Black

• Who Am I

Discography

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• Blurry Blue Mountain

  Fire / Fire Records

  2010

• Valley of Rain

  Fire / Fire Records

  2010

• Provisions

  Yep Roc

  2008

• Is All Over the Map

  Thrill Jockey

  2004

• Cover Magazine

  Thrill Jockey

  2002

• Chore of Enchantment

  Thrill Jockey

  2000

• Backyard Barbecue Broadcast

  Koch Records / eOne

  1996

• Glum

  Imago

  1995

• Ramp

  Restless Records

  1994

• Purge & Slouch

  Restless Records

  1994

• Center of the Universe

  Restless Records

  1992

• Swerve

  Restless Records

  1990

• Long Stem Rant

  Homestead

  1989

• The Love Songs

  Fire Records

  1988

• Storm

  Fire Records

  1988

• Ballad of a Thin Line Man

  Fire Records

  1986

• Valley of Rain

  1985