The Court & Spark

As Court & Spark guitarist/singer M.C. Taylor unhurriedly lays down meaty, old-school Joe Walsh-style riffs, it's impossible not to picture him affecting a self-satisfied pout — an image that seems at odds with the poignant, clearing-at-the-end-of-the-path lyricism he imbues with such weary resignation: "I'm an old man in the gloaming/Sky, put on your darkened coat."