by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Its like I always say, “you can take the musician out of Nashville, but you can’t take the Nashville out of the musician. Okay, maybe I’ve never said that before, but the sentiment rings true for Brooklyn’s Velvet Vaughan on her debut single “Sleep Walk”. Born and raised in Nashville by a pair of notable session musicians, the story goes that Vaughan spent her years growing up around the city’s legendary country scene, touring and watching her parents form throughout her formative years. Eventually moving to New York City for school, it was the memories of home that led Vaughan to start writing her own music, bringing a little Nashville twang to bustling city.
“Sleep Walk” is the first of these newly penned songs to be released, a breezy alt-country song that feels as much influenced by Nashville as it does the current state of sweetened indie rock, recalling at times both Esther Rose and Angel Olsen. The guitars slide with thick southern accents, as Vaughan reflects on the homesick feeling that brought her to write to in the first place, singing “I’ve been walking alone, wondering where I left my home”, It paints a picture between a state of loneliness but also a dreamy sort of surrealism. Vaughan’s voice is well situated in the mix, influenced by the great Dolly Parton, floating out with a country charm amid a surfy dust.