The album is a collection of sonic postcards from a mythical road trip through the back roads of the American landscape, with detours to haunted places where memories & dreams intersect. The pastoral journey meanders along the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, across the prairies & cornfields of the heartland, and through the Ozarks, the Piedmont, & the coal fields of southern Appalachia. The tales woven into the shadows of these places are razor-edged and real, steeped in history & imbued with spirit of place, with an American gothic undercurrent. Honest vocal performances are enveloped in textural harmonies and atmospheric arrangements to form the band’s mutant folk sound.
credits
released June 13, 2023
Stephen Canner: Vocals, Guitar
Lynne Adele: Vocals, Guitar, Guitjo, Percussion
Stefan Keydel: Violin, Viola
With very special guest Mark Addison: Piano, Reed Organ, Pump Organ, Slide Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Electric Bass, Electric Upright Bass, Percussion, Ondioline, ARP Synthesizer, Bonesaw
All songs written by Stephen Canner, except "Ashes & Holy Water," "Year of Dickens," and "Goldie Pearl (Little White Dress)" written by Lynne Adele, and "Cellar Door" written by Lynne Adele & Stephen Canner.
Produced, recorded, & mixed by Mark Addison at The Aerie, Austin, Texas.
Mastered by Dave McNair at Dave McNair Mastering, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Cover design by Will Branch. Art by Dan Barry, reimagined from "American Prize Fruit," hand-colored lithograph after Frances (Fannie) Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876), published by Currier & Ives, 1862.
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