Big Thief’s Buck Meek Shared Two Delightful Singles That Barely Missed The Cut For His ‘Haunted Mountain’ Album

Last August, released his third solo album, , giving Uproxx’s Steven Hyden no choice but to include it on his “ ” list. Luckily for anyone who loved as much as Hyden did, Buck Meek has released two stray singles, “Cuero Dudes” and “Beauty Opens Doors,” “recorded during the making of that didn’t end up on the record,” as .

Meek’s Instagram caption also broke down the verses — or, as the chorus puts it, “Too many stories” — of “Cuero Dudes,” a song that fills five minutes with Meek’s signature folky charm. “story #1 is made up, story #2 is a true story Grey Gersten told me about Michael Hurley singing hog songs to summon a taxidermied hog head to dance, and story #3 is my grandfather’s earliest memory,” Meek wrote.

“his mother put him on her back and climbed out of a second floor window and down a rose trellis with the thorns cutting her skin as they escaped Houston for Louisiana. i’d like to keep writing verses for this song for the rest of my life.” He continued, “‘Beauty Opens Doors’ was written as an assignment for @lomelda’s @school_of_song workshop, as another attempt at understanding the work of love.

what is beauty? maybe truth and humility.” Watch the “Cuero Dudes” video above, and listen to “Beauty Opens Doors” and check out Meek’s upcoming US tour dates below. 01/17 — San Diego, CA @ Casbah 01/18 — Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell 01/19 — San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel 01/20 — Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint 01/22 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 01/23 — Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile 01/25 — Boise, ID @ Neurolux 01/26 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 01/27 — Denver, CO @ Globe Hall 01/29 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head 01/30 — Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall 01/31 — Austin, TX @ Sagebrush 02/02 — Albuquerque, NM @ Sister 02/03 — Flagstaff, AZ @ Yucca North 02/04 — Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s 05/16 — Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall 05/17 — Somerville, MA @ The Crystal Ballroom 05/18 — Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase 05/21 — Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmont 05/22 — Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall 05/23 — Detroit, MI @ El Club 05/24 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall 05/25 — Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center 05/26 — Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon 05/28 — Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records 05/29 — Atlanta, GA @ The Earl 05/30 — Durham, NC @ Motorco 05/31 — Washington, DC @ Atlantis.