The band typically labels itself as “Black Metal of the American West”
Wayfarer is a “live band,” McCarthy explains, andis “one whole story” that’s best experienced from front to back, which the band is only doing twice this year. The Denver date follows a sold-out New York City show; then Wayfarer is back on the road for a Death Rides West spring tour in April.
“It’s been a patience game of waiting and letting this album fully come to life with the live shows,” he adds. “This Denver show is the most important one of all. We have grown up in the influence of all the music history here, specifically with the Denver sound stuff.”“It’s something that’s a little elusive to describe. It’s a capturing of a feeling more than any specific element.
“We want to draw as much of that into ourselves as we can, and then write the music as we would write it," he continues,"and we would see it and let it go its own direction from there. To create anything that stands any test of time or feels any certain way, it has to be genuine and come from you in a real way. That’s been the goal.”
George Cessna of Snakes is also Slim’s son, which makes him a direct descendant of one of the Denver sound originators. McCarthy says he and Cessna have wanted to do a concert showcasing the city’s current sound for some time now. “We’ve actually had this planned for a couple of years, to do a show like this. We wanted to tailor something specific to this [album]. To him, this is like the Denver sound now,” he says. “That’s where our mindsets are with this show. I just really hope to do it justice. It’s been a weird purgatory state of talking about doing things for a long time.”KEEP WESTWORD FREE..., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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