Clay Nightingale

This disarming recording comes out of nowhere, courtesy of the San Marcos-based sextet. There’s no titular Clay Nightingale, but brothers Daniel and Drew Schaetz render atmospheric story-songs (“How We Outdrink the Silver Pines”) with compelling vocals that assure this band a future.

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