Geckøs debut with hypnotic folk mirage on 'Dance of the Gecko'

Some collaborations feel planned from the start. Others, like Geckøs, stumble into being, burning bright with a spontaneity you can’t fake. Their debut offering 'Dance of the Gecko', emerges like a mirage, born from serendipity and carried on a breeze of desert mysticism.

The trio of M. Ward, Howe Gelb, and McKowski are a cross-continental meeting of minds, each bringing their own lineage of musical wandering. The result? A slow-burning, windswept folk track that flickers like candlelight in a sandstorm.

'Dance of the Gecko' unfolds with patient grace as Spanish-inflected guitars intertwine with spectral percussion, while airy vocals drift in and out like fragments of half-remembered dreams. It’s folk at its most cinematic, not in the sense of grandiosity, but in how it transports you. You can see the shadows of canyon walls, feel the cracked earth beneath your feet, hear the hum of something ancient just under the melody.

What makes the track especially compelling is its unforced quality. There’s no striving here, no reaching, just a natural conversation between players who trust each other enough to leave space, to let a song become. You feel the freedom of three artists playing not for the charts, but for the moment.

For those drawn to the hushed surrealism of Calexico or the dusty narratives of early Devendra Banhart, Geckøs already feels like a band worth following down any winding path. 'Dance of the Gecko' is an invitation to step into a new world where accident and intention are one and the same.