Fussell,Jake Xerxes - Good And Green Again (1 CD) 2021

Исполнитель: Fussell,Jake Xerxes

Альбом: Good And Green Again

Лейбл: PARADISE OF BACHELORS / CARGO

Вид носителя: (1 CD)

Дата Релиза: 21.01.2022

Состояние: Новая (запечатанная)

Штрих код: 843563140130

Примечание: On Good and Green Again, Jake Xerxes Fussel not only ventures beyond his established mastery of songcatching and songmaking into songwriting, but likewise navigates fresh sonic and compositional landscapes, going green with lusher, more atmospheric and ambitious arrangements. The result is the most conceptually focused, breathtakingly rendered, and enigmatically poignant record of his wondrous catalog. It's also his most deliberately premeditated album, representing his fruitful return to a producer partnership after two self-produced projects, What in the Natural World (2017) and Out of Sight (2019). This time James Elkington produced and played a panoply of instruments, bringing to Jake's arcane song choices his own peerless sense of harmony and orchestration, balance and dramatic tension, honed from collaborations with artists such as Michael Chapman, Steve Gunn, Joan Shelley, Richard Thompson, and Jeff Tweedy. Jake knew after a 2018 Midwestern tour together that he wanted to work with Jim, appreciating his open ears, unorthodox influences, and flexibility in following instincts. The pair enlisted a group of formidable players hailing from Durham, North Carolina (where Fussell lives) and elsewhere, including regular bandmembers Casey Toll (Mt. Moriah, Nathan Bowles) on upright bass, Libby Rodenbough (Mipso) on strings, and NathanGolub on pedal steel. They were joined by welcome newcomers Joe Westerlund (Megafaun, Califone) on drums, Joseph Decosimo on fiddle, Anna Jacobson on brass, and veteran collaborator and avowed Fussell fan Bonnie "Prince" Billy, who contributes additional vocals.Together this crew is uncannily able to pinpoint that magical place on Jake's musical map where melancholy, quietude, and head-nodding, foot-stomping joy commingle and transcend.Album opener "Love Farewell" (featuring some beautiful singing by Bonnie "Prince" Billy) rings that bell with an elliptical tale of the folly of war, set to the world's most heartbreaking goodbye march for a lover left behind. "Carriebell...