Amos Slade Lyrics

Grown in the black dirt of Flyover Country, Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based alternative rock band Amos Slade has embraced its prairie roots. Other artists, hungry for poetic material, feel compelled to leave the Midwest for richer coasts. Amos Slade claws for meaning in the ground beneath its feet.The lesson of that black dirt is death, and is one fully embraced by singer-songwriter Nick Engbers in the band’s debut LP, Hungry Earth, which is set to be released May 21, 2013. “It’s about living life in light of death,” Engbers sums up, “a hungry earth makes earthlings hungry.” The concluding track, “Orphans,” reveals both the album’s telling title and Engbers’ unadorned, humble songwriting: “Oh, how the air tastes sweet with Hun... read more