“Tennessee Is Alive” is a reflection on a hometown

 "My hometown is losing pride / there’s some folks ’round here tryna skin it alive" sings Emily Kohavi of Wildeyes on the band’s new single "Tennessee Is Alive." But the song doesn’t sound like an accusation. There’s a sweetness to it, perhaps a subtle challenge- for said "folks" to try harder to be better. All that aside, the Americana arrangement of the song is full of beautiful, genre-specific moments: the words where Kohavi’s drawl rings through, the groove of the bass, the band’s wall of harmonies, a fiddle solo… "Tennessee Is Alive" is truly gorgeous. The band’s next show is at the Station in Louisville on 7.27. –Geena Kloeppel