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Sojourner

    For the first time on vinyl and returning from a long time out-of-print, Secretly Canadian is proud to re-present The Sojourner Box Set from Magnolia Electric Co. The four LPs that comprise The Sojourner Box Set are from four distinct recording sessions that Magnolia Electric Co. undertook following the release of their debut studio album, What Comes After The Blues.

    From these, sophomore album Fading Trails was born. But the four sessions, in full, chart the celestial map of Magnolia Electric Co.: its constellations and shooting stars, its Americana stompers and lean folk dirges. And, of course, the center of gravity that is Jason Molina’s mournful, incomparable voice. The session known as “Nashville Moon” was recorded by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, Illinois.

    The session known as “Sun Session” was recorded at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The session known as “Black Ram” was recorded by David Lowery at his Sound Of Music studios in Richmond, Virginia and features an entirely different cast of characters including Lowery, Rick Alverson, Andrew Bird, Molly Blackbird, Miguel Urbiztondo and Alan Weatherhead.

    The session known as “Shohola” was recorded by Jason Molina alone, with a guitar and microphone. With LP covers drawn from original box illustrations and with the original box’s poster included, this LP edition of The Sojourner Box Set delivers for the most ambitious and robust Magnolia Electric Co. release to date.

    TRACK LISTING

    Nashville Moon
    Side A
    1. Lonesome Valley
    2. Montgomery
    3. Don’t Fade On Me
    4. Hammer Down
    5. No Moon On The Water
    6. Nashville Moon
    Side B
    7. What Comes After The Blues
    8. Don’t This Look Like The Dark
    9. North Star
    10. Bowery
    11. Texas 71
    09 North Star (3:55)
    10 Bowery (3:38
    11 Texas 71 (4:17
    12 Down The Wrong Road Both Ways (3:21

    Black Ram
    Side A
    1. In The Human World
    2. The Black Ram
    3. What’s Broken Becomes Better
    4. Will-O-the-Wisp
    5. Kanawha
    Side B
    6. A Little At A Time
    7. Blackbird
    8. And The Moon Hits The Water
    9. The Old Horizon

    Sun Session
    Side A
    1. Talk To Me Devil, Again
    2. Memphis Moon
    Side B
    3. Hold On Magnolia 

    Shohola
    Side A
    1. Steady Now
    2. Spanish Moon Fall And Rise
    3. Night Country
    4. Shiloh Temple Bell
    Side B
    5. The Spell
    6. Take One Thing Along
    7. The Lamb’s Song
    8. Roll The Wheel

    Magnolia Electric Co.

    Josephine

      About halfway through Magnolia Electric Co.'s latest long player, "Josephine", there is a noticeable shift in weight. It's a release of some sort - the kind that comes when you give up holding back the tears. It's a heavy kind of freedom coming to the forefront, an empowering sadness. And when chief Electrician Jason Molina delivers the line 'an hour glass... filled with tears and twilight from a friend's dying day', the mood becomes clear. The band is back on its heels, yes, but they are going to fight back in the only way they know how. Molina's concept album is an honest-to-God effort on the part of Magnolia Electric Co. to pay tribute to the life and spirit of fallen bassist Evan Farrell (R.I.P. December 2007), as the ideas for "Josephine" were being pieced together. Molina said each tune is a good faith attempt to make real Evan's hopes for the record. And in doing so, Evan's spirit becomes part of the concept. The loss of "Josephine" becomes the loss of Evan. Molina's familiar lyrical allegories are still in tact. But here, in what is no doubt the strongest set of songs Molina has written since the inception of Magnolia Electric Co., those classic themes take on new meanings. Molina has approached the universal loneliness before, but never in such a focused, directed manner as found on "Josephine". Molina, Magnolia Electric Co. and legendary recording engineer Steve Albini have put it all to heart. Evan Farrell, Jason Molina and the band are on different journeys now - but maybe somehow, somewhere parallel. This is heartbreak at ten paces, to be sure.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. O! Grace
      2. The Rock Of Ages
      3. Josephine
      4. Shenandoah
      5. Whip Poor Will
      6. Song For Willie
      7. Hope Dies Last
      8. The Handing Down
      9. Map Of The Falling Sky
      10. Little Sad Eyes
      11. Heartbreak At Ten Paces
      12. Knoxville Girl
      13. Shiloh
      14. An Arrow In The Gale


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