Jimi Shandrix Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Another track released from forthcoming album. This is really good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Jimi Shandrix said: Another track released from forthcoming album. This is really good. Excellent, thanks for sharing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 "Eight Gates" is the latest in a growing canon of posthumous Jason Molina releases. Secretly Canadian's second Molina release of 2020 after January's excellent "Live At La Chapelle." This one is all the more exciting because it's all previously unreleased tracks. Apparently the last recordings he made in a studio setting in late 2009. Some of its nine tracks are more complete than others. "Old Worry" & "She Say's" are no more than fragments that hint on what this album might have been. Of the more fully realised tracks the opening "Whisper Away" is stunning. The swirling strings and ponderous bass of "Be Told The Truth" is one of several tracks that sound like they could have been recorded at the same time as "The Lioness" some ten years earlier. His voice sounds, in the main, pretty strong considering the pounding he was giving it. The closing "The Crossroad & The Emptiness" is another fragment that opens with some fairly strained sounding late night studio chat and just drifts by beautifully in a ghostly haze. I read somewhere that this record was a like an old friend you hadn't seen for a while popping in for a chat. I'd go along with that. "Eight Gates" exceeds my expectations for it. 8.5/10. Favourite tracks - "Whisper Away", "The Missions End", "Thistle Blue" & "The Crossroad & The Emptiness". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Haven’t listened to this, but I certainly shall be doing so. Includes interviews with the musicians involved. http://www.inlovingrecollection.com/2020/10/07/episode-12-what-comes-after-the-blues-by-magnolia-electric-co/?fbclid=IwAR1f087nbZpTPIXfc0s_He3huMKjeDqMw5Rvl7n-_BrbIvM4haZVo9760hk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Savage Henry Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Jimi Shandrix said: His voice slays me. Lonesome as the world’s first ghost indeed. Edit: always thought that song could be by The Band. Edited January 4, 2022 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 New Songs:Ohia Live release announced via the label’s record club. New tune “VU Anxiety” on Spotify. It’s very good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamicle Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Only just ventured into the Music forum and spotted this thread. Always delighted to see any appreciation of the works of Molina. Based on "VU Anxiety" I'm really looking forward to hearing the upcoming live album. Never saw him live but a pal did. 'The Lioness' is my favourite of his records, I reckon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Something I found you may enjoy reading. https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/former-bandmates-to-honor-jason-molina-at-bloomington-music-expo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 What an exciting day! The postie delivered the new Songs Ohia double LP "Live: Vanquishers". This is a full band experience unlike the last live release "Live At La Chapelle" which was a solo outing. This is more like "Mi Sei Apparso..."which is unsurprising as they are recorded 2 weeks apart. The twin guitar work of Molina and Dan Sullivan is truly tingly. "Being In Love" sounds fantastic here but doesn't quite hit the heights of the "Mi Sei...." version. I'm nit picking though. This is a tremendous document of a tight as f**k live proposition. There are several highlights including "Nobody Tries That Hard Anymore", "Tigress" and "Come Back To Your Man", but I must make special mention of "The Black Crow" which tears the roof off. Unless you are signed up to the Secretly Canadian albums club of which this is the curtain raiser, you'll need to do the same as me and get on to either Ebay or Discogs pretty damn sharpish. I was £45 but that strikes me as an absolute bargain. As live albums go, this is a beauty. 9/10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 A cover I just found. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 A quiet but exemplary thread, this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sojourner vinyl box set now shipping, in case anybody missed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 A younger guy at work is always asking me about music and I told him about Jason. Got me later searching and found this, a clip from a podcast. Steve Albini is famous for being very critical so it is something that he is so positive here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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