Been shipping orders like mad round here and I hope to have ‘em all out by today which happens to be 4/20. It is only appropriate that I got the tracks for the upcoming Weed Diamond tape today as well as the track for the upcoming Tangles tape yesterday. Time to zone on the astral plane for surrre but not until everyone’s goodies are off in the post! I’m gonna be zoning with that guy up there. We are gonna play bocce and listen to Julian Lynch in the sun.
There are plenty of new distro goods for y’all to sink your teeth into and they will be up on the site shortly. A grip of tapes from Lost Sound which Jon hooked me up with when he came my way for an awesome show featuring his band Sandy City (their 7″ will be in the distro soon too!), Bare Wires (Kinda LNA alums via Matthew Melton demo), pe-rad (LNA alums), and one of the more recent additions to the LNA fam the ever so psychedelic jam-kings of Spokane The Soul and the Machine. It was a really ridiculously fun show. Thanks to everyone who came out.
I’m really stoked on Mountain Man Fest and I’m gonna try to wrangle myself a booth to sell tapes at it this summer. So everyone needs to go and pledge to the kickstarter so this ridiculously awesome showcase can go down! It is basically every band you could ever want to see in a single day.
If you are lurkin’ hard in CA you should probably already have tickets to the Woodsist Fest at Henry Miller Library in Big Sur. I literally cannot wait. I get antsy just thinking about it.
I’m pretty swamped with school right now so a stockpile of superb tapes is piling up. Like these releases are gonna blow your mind. Since you are patient with me like this dad and I’m unconditionally loving like this child I’m gonna share some tracks that are making my week super boss. Probs already got ‘em, but just in case…
If Your Girl by Forest Swords (this delish channeling of Aaliyah can be found on the Forest Swords LP on OESB. It is a hands down absolute must buy. Not just because Matt and I go way back but because it is the shit.)
Don’t Lie by The Mantles (from The Mantles S/T LP on Siltbreeze. So good.)
Suffering Season by Woods (from their new album At Echo Lake. Nothing like the daytrotter version but even more spectacular.)
Right Thurr by Chingy (I drank beer at a bro party and heard this song and I remembered how much I liked it.)
Requiem for O.M.M. by Of Montreal (I smoked hooka and rediscovered an album that soundtracked some really good times in my life. This song is capturing the way I feel right now BIG time.)
Happy Trails Kiddos!
A.D.//LNA
maybe it’s just me
but the daytrotter version of suffering season is dark and humbling and pretty heartbreaking
you can hear it in his voice in those slight tremors
the at echo lake version make it sound so much less important and beautiful
No doubt! The daytrotter version is unsettling and gorgeous but upon first listen I was so wowed by the contrast between the two versions that I started crushing super hard on the album version. It felt like a rollicking carnival ride but it did indeed lose the heart-wrenching factor.
With all that said, Woods is by far the most prolific band around in my opinion and suffering season showcases some of the most fantastic songwriting in recent years.