There’s beauty in desolation.

Any drive through west Texas can teach you that. The sunlight is harsh, trying to dry and burn everything it touches. The trees are lonely sentinels, standing watch alone. But that alien landscape can conjure up the sublime through its emptiness. And Houston’s Shallowater evokes that hollowness well.

The trio plays a mix of ‘90s looking grunge with a twist of country and shoegaze. If you were ever into Denton cult heroes Lift to Experience, Shallowater’s ragged, psychedelic understanding of Texas music history will entice and hold you. We talked to them about their debut album There is a Well, below.