As Night Beats- Texas-born LA-based artist Danny Lee Blackwell creates music like one might assemble a puzzle. The Western psychedelic auteur builds his work from one moment an initial spark that must fit a certain criteria: it must give him goosebumps. If that sensation arrives Blackwell will pursue the idea relentlessly until he has a new song; if not he moves onto the next moment constantly looking for the perfect molecule of a song. On his new Night Beats album Rajan the songwriter is at his strongest creating works that shine with captivating melodies and hypnotic rhythms but are underscored by subtle choices of craftsmanship that can only be achieved after countless hours in the studio. Blackwell creates a work that lands somewhere between Spaghetti Western film score and psych-pop opus a career-defining album that reveals much about Danny Lee Blackwell's artistic philosophy while keeping that ever crucial air of mystery intact.