Ultimately, this is the type of record this band is suited to making, and it richly rewards repeat listening-- details and melodies that seem buried or understated eventually come to fore, slowly revealed in a mixture of organic warmth, welcome variety, and subtle complexity.
Calexico are back, but this time they’re travelling all over the map. Carried to Dust is a quietly persuasive record.
Their music can sound both wonderfully evocative or occasionally faux - as authentic as a Mexican restaurant located in Milton Keynes - and lacks a dominant vocal like former bandmate Howe Gelb, of Giant Sand.