Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country's latest release, People Are Beautiful, is an uplifting cosmic ride. The album is the final installment of Capps' Shadows Trilogy, in which he takes Texas' cosmic cowboy mantel literally by layering elements of space rock and ambient music underneath the twang.

At this point in his burgeoning career, it might be easy for alt-country artist Garrett T. Capps to settle into being the "I Love San Antone" Guy. After all, many folks' introduction to the Alamo City-based singer-songwriter was through tunes that extol the virtues of his hometown while channeling the infectious sounds of some of its finest musical exports, notably the late Doug Sahm.

Fortunately, the new album, People Are Beautiful (Spaceflight Records), by Capps and his cosmically inclined band NASA Country is yet more proof that he's not so easy to pigeonhole.