Shakey Graves Can’t Wake up

Shakey Graves Can’t Wake up

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The new Shakey Graves album is a sonic far cry from his 2011 debut, which is known for its signature suitcase kick drum and guitar sound. His new record is called Can’t Wake Up. It explores themes of death and dying - sleep and sleeplessness. But that’s not the whole story. We’ll talk about recording at Kevin Costner’s house while on the road, what Shakey is afraid of, and his writing pal Rayland Baxter.