***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! The debut solo release from NATE HALL, the driving force behind US CHRISTMAS, A Great River captures a brief, impulsive moment. Recorded in a single March evening, it is as pure and honest as music gets. The songs are regretful of the bad times, hopeful of times to come, and respectful of the great power that causes all thing to be. Reflecting a lifetime spent with the echoes of Dylan, Young, Petty, Springsteen and Van Zandt, A Great River draws from the rich musical history of America and the melancholy of Appalachia, and harnesses the “electric vacuum roar” of guitar slingers past and present. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl in an edition of 1,000 copies. CD released on Neurot.
LP $17.75
09/04/2012
***Dark folk expanded into psychedelic atmospheres may be the most direct way of explaining the sound of JUDAS HORSE. Holy War is the sophomore release from this North Carolina trio. Using hand-sculpted musical textures under a male/female dual vocal approach, Holy War creates an original dynamic that takes the listener through valleys of musical expansion. The very real roots of Southern Gothic and psychedelic aesthetics are reflected, transformed and transcended. It's no surprise that some of these players were later recruited into the heavy blues/ rock group U.S. CHRISTMAS as well as the heavy doom project ENOCH. Holy War is a direct path to honest music from big-hearted musicians. This is a great experience for music fans seeking the road less traveled. For fans of Dirty Three, Yo La Tengo, Mogwai, Leonard Cohen, Swans. Edition of 500 copies.
LP $17.75
09/04/2012