Steve Gunn – Morning on K Road
Steve Gunn strips things back for Daylight Daylight, his seventh studio album and first in four years. Rather than building songs with a full band, he worked solo and brought in one primary collaborator: producer James Elkington. The two have history, going back to Gunn’s 2019 album The Unseen In Between.
Elkington handles guitars, but Gunn wanted strings and woodwinds this time. They pulled inspiration from Mark Hollis, Ennio Morricone, The Fall, and Basil Kirchin. The process stayed simple: Gunn recorded demos alone and sent them to Elkington, who arranged freely. Working mostly at Elkington’s Nada Studios in Chicago, they kept additions minimal—a synth here, an overdub there, some percussion. Macie Stewart played violins and viola, Ben Whiteley handled cellos, Nick Macri added upright bass, and Hunter Diamond brought woodwinds.
“Morning on K Road” runs six minutes and grew from a chance meeting in Auckland. Gunn ran into an old friend from New York early one morning. That brief reconnection became the song. He describes it as “a bit of a dedication” and wanted to pin that moment to the map. The track moves slowly, guitars layering over strings without rushing anywhere. It sits in that space between night and morning, memory and present.
The album comes out November 7th on No Quarter Records. Gunn tours the UK with Elkington later this month.
Tracklist:
- Nearly There
- Morning on K Road
- Another Fade
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Daylight Daylight
- Loon
- A Walk
