Cosmic Mountain Guitar · Colorado Springs
Josh Martin
Solo fingerstyle and effects-soaked electric guitar from the base of the Front Range.
Western Mind, the debut on Eiderdown Records.
Self-recorded, mixed, and mastered in a shed at the base of the Front Range.
- 01WestcliffeLead. Features Stefan Beck (Golden Brown / Prairiewolf)
- 02Goose CreekAquarium Drunkard curation · Prairiewolf-selected · single 2024
- 03TarryallPlayed on KEXP (DJ Riz) and The Trailhead 191 (Jeff Conklin)
- Acoustic Guitar MagazineJoey Lusterman
“Josh Martin paints guitar-centered landscapes on Western Mind. A strong sense of place.”
- Bandcamp DailyBen Salmon
“The big ol' wide open country music of Josh Martin: a wordless travelogue of the vast empty spaces that stretch across the American West.”
- The Third EyeNick Pipitone
“Comes closest to the spectral Americana of William Tyler. Western Mind isn't trying to depict the American West so much as channel it: the imagined West, the internal West, the one that flashes in memory and myth.”
Josh Martin is a cosmic mountain guitarist from Colorado Springs. His music lives in the American Primitive tradition and drifts out toward ambient washes, cosmic country, and psychedelic folk.
His debut full-length, Western Mind, was released on Seattle's Eiderdown Records in November 2025. The record is a cassette edition of 100 with screen-printed artwork, recorded, mixed, and mastered alone in a shed at the base of the Front Range. Within weeks of release, the album drew coverage from Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Bandcamp Daily, Aquarium Drunkard, and The Third Eye, with radio support from KEXP (Pacific Notions and drive-time programming) and Jeff Conklin's The Trailhead.
Western Mind
- Released
- November 7, 2025
- Label
- Eiderdown Records
- Format
- Cassette edition of 100 (screen-printed artwork) + digital
- Recording
- Self-recorded, mixed, and mastered in a shed at the base of the Front Range.