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From the Mesa

by Betty Benedeadly

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Betty Benedeadly’s solo debut delivers a trifecta of twang-edelic, trance-inducing rock & roll instrumentals. Recorded in an earthship in Taos, these songs invoke the spirit of the Northern New Mexico land with foot-stomping ritualistic rhythms and guitar-driven motifs that draw from Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti westerns, surf, and roots rock. From the Mesa will be released March 12, 2021.

What began as a desperate attempt to crawl out from under the pressure of 2020 city living gave way to a debut solo EP, From the Mesa, now signed to Desert Records. “I was slowly adjusting to the quarantined lifestyle, but after feeling the sting of tear gas and witnessing the astonishing level of police brutality unleashed on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in Austin, I broke. The inherent violence of our system was laid bare, I could not unsee it, and every cell in my body conspired to take me away from civilization and into the desert,” says Benedeadly. Without a hint of a game plan, the guitarist from Austin found her way to the wide open spaces of Northern New Mexico, where several months of van life and service road camping began to work their magic. “I left the city feeling like a shell of a human. I came back to life in the desert.”

“Solitude in the desert was my medicine. All those coyote howl-filled nights under the milky way quieted my anxiety-filled mind. Instead of obsessing over the horrors of COVID death tolls or the current fascist regime, I slowly moved into that space beyond words,” says Benedeadly. “I was learning how to listen to the non-human elements all around me, to commune with the land, to receive her deeper wisdom. Eventually, the trauma resulting from the events of this past year began to melt away, and I knew I was back on my path when new songs began to flow through me again.”

Benedeadly is also the co-founder and guitarist of Sheverb, a womxn-led, collectively run, psychedelic rock & roll band based in Austin, TX. Armed with their instruments, this tribe is out to challenge our understanding of the romanticized Wild West with their desert-fueled, surf-infused sound. The core of this collective consists of a Betty Benedeadly, Xina Ocasio, Lainey Smith, James Mescall and Braden Guess, who bring together the guitar twang of spaghetti westerns, the driving rhythms of krautrock and the panoramic aesthetic of the big screen.

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released March 12, 2021

Recorded September 2020 in an earthship in Taos, NM
Betty Benedeadly - Producer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist
Braden Guess - Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, co-arranger
Brett Tomadin, Taos Sound & Media - Recording, mixing, bass
Cris Burns, Ameripolitan Studios - Mixing, mastering
Album art by Betty Benedeadly + Abby Apple

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Betty Benedeadly Austin, Texas

Betty Benedeadly plays twang-edelic, foot-stomping ritualistic rhythms and guitar-driven motifs that draw from Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti westerns, surf, and roots rock.
Benedeadly is also the co-founder and guitarist of Sheverb, a womxn-led, collectively run, psychedelic rock & roll band based in Austin, TX
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