Track by Track is our recurring column that sees artists take readers through each song on their newest release. In this edition, Greg Mendez explores his new album, Beauty Land . Having captured a whole new crop of indie folk fans with his wonderful 2023 self-titled release, Greg Mendez has finally returned with a brand new record: Beauty Land , his debut for Dead Oceans. Similar in tone and feel to its predecessor, the new set finds the Philly songwriter leaning even further into hypnotic production and creative spontaneity. As Mendez explains to us, several of the songs on Beauty Land are the result of happy accidents or happenstance, as he let the songs guide his intuition through trial and error.…