THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Orville Peck’s Mule is a sweeping, chronological epic that narrativizes the year 2023 — or, as Orville knows it, the year he “hit rock bottom before finally getting sober.”
To the "Prologue" with the powerful subtitle "Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule" a children's choir sings a cappella, in the "Big Ol' House" Orville Peck crushes a shy banjo with a dark roaring voice, and for "Already Gone" he unpacks a saloon country cliché – MULE is only three pieces old, but Orville Peck is already on the meta levels...