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Watch “Dry Heat” by Goodnight, Texas:
The song features the band’s signature roots-rock sound with a fun and rocking vibe. The lyrics are all about the joys of hitting the open road and escaping to the desert in an old car.
The music video for “Dry Heat” showcases choreography that will make you want to slap the steering wheel and keep time with the lines in the road.
Lead singer-songwriter Avi Vinocur shared that he wanted to kick off Signals with a fun and rocking song that felt like it fit on the Southwestern highways they’ve spent a lot of time on recently. The band has been touring more in Arizona and New Mexico this past year, and the scenery and food there are unmatched.
“Dry Heat” is a fun and somewhat ridiculous highway song that serves as a companion to peeling out of a dirt parking lot of a run-down gas station while pointing at the sky.
Goodnight, Texas has been making music for a while now, and their talent is evident in their latest album, Signals. The album captures the vast dynamic range of the band’s live show and blends it with their expansive and intricate songwriting.
The first album-sized trip into the studio expands their sonic range, thanks to Oakland’s Ian and Jay Pellicci (Deerhoof, Tune-Yards).
Stories of the Americana of yore bleed into the near past and present, and the electric guitars pound like hammers, but the mandolins still twinkle like stars. The band has been gaining recognition from various music publications and has even featured in NME, Rolling Stone, No Depression, and Consequence of Sound.
They have also performed at SXSW, Red Wing Roots, and Austin City Limits Festival. They have toured with Larkin Poe, Shakey Graves, Trampled by Turtles, The Brothers Comatose, Donavon Frankenreiter, and John Craigie.
Goodnight, Texas is a hamlet of 27 people and dozens of dogs, the exact mile-for-mile midpoint between co-founders Avi and Patrick Dyer Wolf’s homes in San Francisco and Chapel Hill (as the van drives). The band is hoping to make it back and play another show for their friends there in the near future.
