SCOT “LITTLE” BIHLMAN UNVEILS TWO NEW TRACKS FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM HEAVY HEAD

Scot “Little” Bihlman continues to chart the course toward his forthcoming album Heavy Head with a two track release through V13 Music. The contemplative single “Seems Like Yesterday” arrives alongside the instrumental interlude “The Devil’s Cradle,” and together they offer a deeper look at the tone and direction of the project. Heard side by side, the songs feel connected, widening the emotional landscape of the record before guiding it into something more intimate.

Bihlman has long drawn from the traditions of blues, rock, and Americana, shaping those influences into a style that feels grounded in lived experience. These new recordings highlight that instinct for atmosphere and storytelling. Rather than rushing toward resolution, both tracks allow space for reflection and mood, reinforcing the sense that Heavy Head is an album built on patience and perspective.

“The Devil’s Cradle” launches with steel guitar and drifting harmonica, evoking the isolation of the desert highway at sunset. There’s a hint of cinematic scope to it, like a late ’70s Americana record. It’s not showy, not indulgent, just atmosphere and distance. This piece was born from many miles of riding the California coast, and it captures the range of human experience passing by in the moment. Different roads, different outcomes, but the same sun in the sky. It’s a brief but deliberate transition into the album’s emotional second half.

The track unfolds slowly, carried by the gentle movement of steel guitar and the distant echo of harmonica. Nothing interrupts its quiet momentum. Instead, the piece settles into a reflective mood that feels almost like a pause in the album’s narrative. It creates space for the listener to take in the surroundings before the focus shifts again.

That shift arrives with “Seems Like Yesterday,” which turns inward toward memory and relationships that linger long after the moment has passed.

“Seems Like Yesterday,” a track that could easily find a home between The Black Crowes and ’90s country rock, but never feels like it’s borrowing from anyone else. Based around a repetitive lead guitar riff and rooted in rhythm and blues, it’s a track with a natural, easygoing momentum. It’s the sound of two people who have shared something special but are, at the end of the day, very different, living parallel lives that occasionally touch before drifting apart once more. There’s smoke in the air. There’s coffee in the cup. The night is over, but its aftermath is most definitely not. Bihlman allows the moment to hang, and it’s this that lends the repeated refrain of “Seems like yesterday” its weight.

The arrangement moves with a steady pulse that mirrors the emotional theme at the heart of the song. It captures the quiet recognition that some experiences never fully leave us. The melody circles back again and again, reinforcing the sense that memory has its own rhythm.

As the horns build into the final chorus, the song expands just enough to imply a sense of perspective without resorting to easy redemption. There’s an outlaw country undertone here, one that’s been softened by understanding and experience. No grand statements, no drama. Just a matter-of-fact acknowledgment of the repetition, the longing, and the knowledge that some lessons are learned slowly. With this release, Bihlman is further developing Heavy Head into an album that pays homage to the classic rock and country traditions while speaking in a voice that has been informed by experience. It’s a record that will speak most clearly to those who know that reflection is its own burden.