Under the name The Dead Tongues, Durham songwriter Ryan Gustafson recently released Desert, his second wonderful album of ambling melancholy. Gustafson's music is best tagged as country-rock, but that implies a polish he decidedly forgoes, as his murmur only barely creaks past the fuzzed electrics, restless acoustics and seemingly casual rhythms. Schooner opens in advance of releasing their own new LP, the intriguing and guest-loaded Neighborhood Veins. —Grayson Currin