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PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:03 pm 
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From the Secretly Canadian web site:

I wanted badly to revisit the type of songs I did on my more experimental albums The Pyramid, The Ghost, and Protection Spells. I put this project together in the last days before I began what was a long and harrowing move back to Chicago. I wrote these songs as well as the half dozen or so that did not make it over the course of 3 mornings in Bloomington, Indiana and recorded them one after the other in the order they were written.

Working method was to go into the garage (aka The Projects Studio) in the mornings and I would write one song at a time and record it. There are no windows at all in that studio and it is pitch black around the clock. There was a small lamp rigged inside a vintage kickdrum and that eerie thing burning above my head along with sparse candles was the extent of the lighting...with the occasional silent movie projected on the wall. The place screamed doom as far as atmosphere goes and I put myself to the task of writing about what is human about that particular feeling; the concrete and tactile nature of depression and actually writing or working yourself out of that. The payoff is not always worth listening, let alone committing to a release, but in this session I knew I was not going to present these songs to the Magnolia Electric Co. in the first place. It gave me the ability to explore some lyrical themes that simply don't need to be sung in competition with a full band. There are many moments of lyrical improvisation, where I was more or less trying to keep as much of my mind focused on things I'd never put into words before and didn't know if I ever would get those moments again. So in a way, these are meditations on depression, waiting, dislocation, separation, doubt, fear, loneliness...the usual from me...but here, if I did not see redemption or even a glimmer of hope, and thought I could put that into lyrics and a simple melody, I allowed that to be the driving force of the song. In the past I would edit these themes out or push them to the sides in favor of a better line technically, or a more anticipated rhyme. This session, in my mind, leads easily into my upcoming projects.

All of this is an attempt to put a serious price on lyrics that are honest not witty, shy but not weak, weary if they are and sad without apology, depression without a fight and depression with a fight.

-Jason Molina

SONG LIST:
It's Easier Now
Everything Should Try Again
Alone With The Owl
Don't It Look Like Rain
Some Things Never Try
It Must Be Raining There Forever
Get Out Get Out Get Out
It Costs You Nothing
Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:18 pm 
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Thanks for this. It's sounding good so far.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:31 am 
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I've heard this once, and I liked it very much. This and the upcoming Magnolia Electric Co. are a bit of a return to form.


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I'm late to the party, but the few clips of the new one I have heard sound excellent.

Magnolia Electric Co.
Fading Trails


AMG Review by Megan Frye
On Magnolia Electric Co's third album, the group takes things down a notch, not in quality but in distortion and intensity. The result is Fading Trails, a more intimate and thoughtful album that could serve as the soundtrack to the more bittersweet moments of a Western film. This could be in part because much of the guitar work and, on occasion, Jason Molina's vocals are incredibly reminiscent of Neil Young, who was the solo soundtrack to film noir Western Dead Man ("Don't Fade on Me" being the best example). The song sees a heavy drum beat take the forefront at times, and occasionally the ringing of a pedal steel, both of which give way to an onslaught of Young-esque solos. "Montgomery" is similar, though Molina's distressed vocals are at their most weary. Fading Trails is beauty in sadness, the melancholy tone of the music couldn't change even if Molina were singing about rainbows and puppies. The majority of songs incorporate multiple instruments to one extent or another, but a few tunes are bleak solos made up of Molina's detached vocals and either a piano or an acoustic guitar. Fading Trails is a much more quiet and reserved album than either Trials & Errorsor What Comes After the Blues and at times lacks the intrigue of the two previous releases, but it's definitely not an album to overlook. What the cathartic Fading Trails might lack in foot-tapping motivation, it makes up for in passion and honesty and is highly recommended for those who like to dig a little deeper for albums that get better each time they are played.
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Title
Composer
Time
1 Don't Fade on Me 4:17
2 Mongomery 1:48
3 Lonesome Valley 3:36
4 A Little at a Time 3:05
5 The Old Horizon 3:13
6 Memphis Moon 3:16
7 Talk to Me Devil, Again 3:28
8 Spanish Moon Fall and Rise 2:44
9 Steady Now 2:53


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:27 pm 
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I heard the title track the other day and it was good enough to make me wanna hear the rest. PM sent.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:38 pm 
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I'll be buying the new Jason Molina either tomorrow or Wed. I'm pretty excited about it since Pyramid Electric Co was one of the best things he put out in the past few years, and this should be more like that than the MEC albums. I was gonna preorder this, but I got lazy.

I'm looking forward to the new MEC, too.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:51 pm 
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Drinky Wrote:
I'll be buying the new Jason Molina either tomorrow or Wed. I'm pretty excited about it since Pyramid Electric Co was one of the best things he put out in the past few years, and this should be more like that than the MEC albums. I was gonna preorder this, but I got lazy.

I'm looking forward to the new MEC, too.


Pyramid is the LAST good thing he put out. This is reminiscent of it but not as good. Same goes for the forthcoming MEC album. I've not given either sufficient listens, but my initial reactions are of relief and stubbornness. If something good comes out of the MEC experiment, than I suppose it was worthwhile.


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