Dream in Motion

As the mastermind of sludge lords Crowbar, a key member of New Orleans supergroup Down and one half of Kingdom of Sorrow, Kirk Windstein has been playing in seriously heavy bands for over 30 years. But Dream in Motion is his first-ever solo album. “The idea of doing it has been around for a long time,” he tells Apple Music. “Of course, the immediate thought was to do an acoustic record, but instead I decided to show a different side of myself.” The result? A soaring, melodic doom record with mostly clean guitars, on which Windstein plays everything except drums (which were handled by his long-time collaborator and producer Duane Simoneaux). Below, Windstein takes us track by track through his solo debut. Dream in Motion “This is basically about my life. My whole dream since I was a teenager was to play guitar and write songs and get onstage and go on tour and all that type of stuff, and I've been able to do it for the last 30 years and I'm continuing to do it. I’ve been blessed and lucky and done a lot of great things. It’s not easy, but when you want something and it comes through, that’s always great. I think the title is very fitting, and it's totally autobiographical for me. It's a song about my life's journey.” Hollow Dying Man “Thankfully, the lyrics have nothing to do with me. I write in metaphors a lot and in what I call one-liners, where I’ll just come up with one line that I like. I like the wording, the way it’s phrased, and I’ll just write from there. I’m very spontaneous as a lyricist. ‘Dream in Motion’ is a regular heavy-tone guitar track, but I put this song second because it sets the tone for what the majority of the rest of the record is like—a lot of clean guitar, a dark vibe, a lot of melody mixed in with some cool heavy guitar stuff.” Once Again “Lyrically, this is a song that’s written about my wife, so obviously it’s personal to me. Musically, it’s different because it’s got a triplet feel, which is a different feel than what I would normal