Tampa Bay-based alt-country group Have Gun, Will Travel began as the solo project of lead singer and songwriter Matthew Burke, and released its 2006 self-titled debut as such. Since then, HGWT has become a full band, and the group's sophomore release, Casting Shadows Tall as Trees, is steeped in the country twinges of lap steel, harmonica, banjo, strings, and acoustic guitars. Music aside, though, the record's true strength is its artful tributes to classic westerns, tying the album stylistically and thematically to the wild-west in all its gun-blazing glory.
