{"product_id":"hayden-pedigo-ill-be-waving-as-you-drive-away-t-shirt","title":"Hayden Pedigo - I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away - T-shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Details:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLimited Gildan Softstyle Tshirt printed by Beezer Printing, NY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHayden Pedigo: man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. The unorthodox contender for Amarillo City Council, subject of the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKid Candidate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and creator of the acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetting Go (2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Happiest Times I Ever Ignored (2023) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enow embarks upon the release of his new album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and reveals his truest self.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolidly honing in on his technical craft after two years of non-stop touring with the likes of Jenny Lewis, Devendra Banhart and Hiss Golden Messenger, Hayden Pedigo is ready to peel back the curtain and let the world in. His most emotionally candid record, more technically demanding and intricate than ever, “there’s something really human” about this release, Hayden professes. Produced by Scott Hirsch (Hiss Golden Messenger), there’s “no face paint, no blue skin, the character on the front is no longer a character — it’s actually just \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. I’m trying to tell the audience, I actually want you to meet me, I want you to know who I am.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaking cues from John Fahey’s hazy, weed-and-whiskey infused, tape-loop-heavy 1966 record \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Great San Bernardino Birthday Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is, reflects Hayden, not a straightforward solo guitar record. Unafraid to push the parameters of American primitive, the walls of the album’s world are fuzzed-up and glimmering. Afterall, it is vital to Hayden, to also be influenced by contemporary modern music in order not to make an esoteric, rambling solo guitar record. For example, Bladee’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCold Visions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — “a masterclass of experimental rap music” — inspired some similarities in approach, despite the artists’ distinctly different genre backgrounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album opens on ‘Long Pond Lily’, an outsized and fragrant bloom of intent; a simultaneous echo of Hayden’s previous work and a big, blousy departure. “It’s very heavy and huge” he reflects, “the low end is rattling on it — it sounds bonkers, and feels like it’s on the verge of going off the rails. It's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e maximalist, so much more energetic than anything I’ve ever written.” The liquid metallicism and quietly cascading piano of ‘All the Way Across’ morphs into the doomy, sludgy electronics and mellotron choirs of ‘Smoked’ (inspired by Popol Vuh’s 1970s Werner Herzog soundtracks); the light touch, wings, string arrangements and glass sculptures of ‘Houndstooth’ and ‘Hermes’ are counterbalanced by the blurry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVictorialand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-era Cocteau Twins electric guitars of ‘Small Torch’. The title track is, says Hayden, “weirdly the least like-me song on the album; it’s doing a lot of things that I don’t think anyone’s heard in my music before. It feels like a 1950s Chet Atkins\/Merle Travis picking piece, very bright, very bouncy, very on-the-nose classic. It’s like I removed all irony from my music. It’s so sincere that I think it will be startlingly sincere, jarring even, for some people.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough not initially conceived as a triptych, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLetting Go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Happiest Times I Ever Ignored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (AKA “The Motor Trilogy”) have since revealed their connections to their creator. “I like being surprised, slowly solving this puzzle of my own work. Now that I’ve finished this record it feels circular: if you end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and start again at the first track on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Letting Go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, it feels like you’re re-starting the movie — but the context grows deeper.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough we finally meet the maker, tenderly look him in the eye, it is all too brief;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays itself out, and with a tip of the hat, a creak of the mechanical arm, a slam of the truck door and a puff of smoke, Hayden Pedigo is gone — just as quickly as he was revealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohSZYUKh_No?si=TQPDyn4ugr-_pSw9\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mexican Summer","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":50608599892269,"sku":"184923437416","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"M","offer_id":50608599925037,"sku":"184923437423","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"L","offer_id":50608599957805,"sku":"184923437430","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"XL","offer_id":50608599990573,"sku":"184923437447","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/5802\/8845\/files\/502170.jpg?v=1743453473","url":"https:\/\/mexicansummer.myshopify.com\/products\/hayden-pedigo-ill-be-waving-as-you-drive-away-t-shirt","provider":"Mexican Summer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}