“Cold October” by Escondido, Saturday, October 28, 2023 + Noise Trade’s 2012 Holiday Road Trip Playlist Reconstructed

Today we’re back to Nashville with the duet Escondido. The duo consists of Tyler James and Jessica Maros. The duo recorded their debut album, The Ghost of Escondido in a single day. They have released music between 2013 and 2018. The band’s song “Darkness, Darkness” has been featured in the NBC family drama This Is Us. Both working Nashville musicians, both James and Maros have a number of projects; however, Tyler James is perhaps best known as a former member of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Many of the songs Escondido features Jessica’s lead vocals with Tyler’s backing harmonies and procussion. As many of the Nashville bands we’ve talked about, Escondido contributes to a scene of musicians who feature well in certain genres of television, but never blow up in the way that bands like The Fray or Snow Patrol did. 

THAT’S THE OLD ME TALKIN’. Yesterday I also posted a track that I first heard in NoiseTrade’s Holiday Road Trip 2012 and it got me curious about which tracks I could find that are actually on Spotify. I first heard COIN on the playlist, but their song “It’s Okay” isn’t on streaming platforms, so I’ll replace it with another one of their early tracks. Hope you enjoy this long-forgotten gem.


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