MITH (Double Gatefold LP)

 
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Lonnie Holley
MITH (Double Gatefold LP)

[ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP ]

Release Date: Friday 21 September 2018

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The expansive American experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding new album, MITH, is both multitudinous and finely detailed. Holley's self-taught piano improvisations and stream-of-consciousness lyrical approach have only gained purpose and power since he introduced the musical side of his art in 2012 with Just Before Music, followed by 2013's Keeping a Record of It.

Across these songs, in an impressionistic poetry all his own, Holley touches on Black Lives Matter ("I'm a Suspect"), Standing Rock ("Copying the Rock") and contemporary American politics ("I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America"). A storyteller of the highest order, he commands a personal and universal mythology in his songs of which few songwriters are capable - names like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom and Gil Scott-Heron come to mind.

MITH was recorded over five years in locations such as Porto, Portugal; Cottage Grove, Oregon; New York City and Holley's adopted hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. These 10 songs feature contributions from fellow cosmic musician Laraaji, jazz duo Nelson Patton, visionary producer Richard Swift, saxophonist Sam Gendel, and producer/musician Shahzad Ismaily.

Limited edition smoke coloured vinyl.

Tracks:

A1. I'm a Suspect
A2. Back for Me
A3. How Far Is Spaced-Out?
B1. I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America
B2. Copying the Rock
B3. Coming Back (From the Distance Between the Spaces of Time)
C1. I Snuck Off the Slave Ship
D1. There Was Always Water
D2. Down in the Ghostness of Darkness
D3. Sometimes I Wanna Dance

Watch Sometimes I Wanna Dance