Texas-bred singer/songwriter and Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek announces his new album, Haunted Mountain, out 25 August. His first release for 4AD, Meek also shares the lead single and title track, ‘Haunted Mountain’, a song co-written alongside his friend and long-time hero Jolie Holland. Following his beloved 2021 album, Two Saviors, Haunted Mountain marks Meek’s third solo album. Haunted Mountain is about love and… something other. Something bigger than love, something that doesn’t challenge love exactly but stands in contrast to it. A soulfulness, or a soul-seeking fullness. Meek says that loves songs are the hardest write. “Not break-up songs, but an actual love song written in earnest? That is taboo now,” he says. “Sometimes it can feel like all the great love songs have already been written.” Lead single ‘Haunted Mountain’ is anchored by sweet lyrics penned by Meek and Holland, who is also from Texas and shares co-writing credits on five of Haunted Mountain’s 11 songs. The first two verses and chorus of ‘Haunted Mountain’ were written by Holland as a love song to Mount Shasta in northern California, with the final verse written by Meek, together seeking reciprocity with nature. “It’s about being humbled by the thing you’re drawing power from only at which point an actual, fair relationship begins,” he says. Propelled by the pristine chemistry of his band, ‘Haunted Mountain’ is presented alongside a Riley Engemoen-directed video that captures the group’s in-studio magic. 560 miles from Meek’s hometown of Wimberly, TX, the Franklin Mountains – or more reverently named, Sierras de los Mansos – rise over the tops of the endless acres of pecan trees that surround Sonic Round in the border of Tornillo, where Haunted Mountain was recorded. The songs were written in mountains: by sold springs in the Serra de Estela of Portugal, on the submerged volcano of Milos in the Cyclades, Valle Onsernone in the Swiss Alps (where Haunted Mountain’s cover photo was taken), and the Santa Monica range where Meek now calls home – all where his new love was born.
Buck Meek announces his new album, The Mirror, out 27 February, and shares its lead single, ‘Gasoline’. As Pitchfork praises, Meek “specialises in a philosophical strain of songwriting,” which is evident across The Mirror. There’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, he reveals the uniqueness in the mundane. The Mirror searches for new meaning and the familiar is reframed through Meek’s singular voice.
On The Mirror, love, as an idea, is always close – but in its reflection comes an afterimage of the way things could be and how they’ve been before. Meek holds the absurdity of devotion, the choice to love – with equal parts ache and grin, as on today’s (Jan 7th) single, ‘Gasoline’. He sings, “Making words up while we made love / one month and she’s in my blood.”
Emerging from a decade of work together in Big Thief, the partnership of Meek and producer James Krivchenia on The Mirror arrived from the idea to combine the band’s live, kinetic energy with an oblique electronic world. From production projects including Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You and his recent solo record, Performing Belief, Krivchenia’s work is enlivened through electronic elements, always seeking to deepen sound. The concept for The Mirror welcomed a collective atmosphere in which simultaneous experiment could occur – the musicians responded to each other in real time, while their instruments triggered modular synthesizers.
For The Mirror, Meek and Krivchenia welcomed in friends, family, and longtime collaborators including Adrianne Lenker, who contributed vocals, Adam Brisbin on guitar, and Ken Woodward on bass. New creative partners and longtime friends like composer and ambient musician Alex Somers joined in on synthesizer, toy microphone, an old piano, and Mary Lattimore brought in the sounds of her prismatic harp. A rotating cast of four drummers: Jesse Quebbeman-Turley, Jonathan Wilson, Kyle Crane, and Krivchenia provide a wide dynamic arc of grooves. Germaine Dunes, Staci Foster, Jolie Holland, and Lenker sing as a choir on many songs. Meek’s brother, Dylan Meek contributed piano, keys, and vocals. Adrian Olsen created a wide range of sounds and melodies with modular synths.
With his songwriting acting as a compass to the recording process, Meek invited interaction, instead of limiting the tracks to something controllable. The album was recorded in Meek and Dunes' Los Angeles log cabin studio, Ringo Bingo. Meek recorded vocals outdoors on the front porch, looking through the living room window where the band played inside.
As an artist, Meek continues to reveal his singular aptitude as translator of human feeling and its endless portals. Through The Mirror, he aptly embraces the unknown with an abiding desire to find the right questions to ask, rather than their answers. “I don’t know the meaning of your dreams,” Meek writes on ‘Déjà vu’, “Though tell me everything.”
Returning with his band for the first time since Summer 2023, having toured extensively across North America, East Asia and Australia, Meek brings his compelling live show to UK and European venues next Spring, including London’s EartH Theatre on 20 March.
"Randy Meisner" is the debut solo album by Randy Meisner (1946-2013), one of the four founding members of the Eagles. Released in 1978, the album marked Meisner's first venture as a solo artist after leaving the Eagles in September 1977. The tracks on the album blend rock and country influences, showcasing Meisner's talents as both a vocalist and musician.
As the opening track, "Bad Man" sets a strong tone for the album with its energetic rock vibe and compelling guitar riffs. It's often praised for its catchy rhythm and solid musicianship. "Daughter of the Sky" follows, highlighting Meisner's ability to weave storytelling into his music with a more laid-back, country-rock feel. "Please Be With Me" is another gem on the album. With its gentle acoustic arrangement and soft vocal delivery, it highlights a different, more tender side of Meisner's artistry. The live version of the Eagles' classic "Take It to the Limit" is another standout, capturing the emotional intensity that made the song a hit during his time with the Eagles.
Deluxe reissue of this landmark 1985 album from counterculture songstress, Melanie! This unique album found Melanie reaching beyond her typical folk/world sound for a more vibrant, poppier production that still showcases her incomparable voice! CD version includes several bonus tracks while the vinyl version is the first pressing since the album's original release!
Born To Be/Affectionately Melanie/Candles In the Rain/Leftover Wine
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Bgo Rec
Dátum vydania
4.3.2022
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2CD
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Country+Folk
Dodacia lehota
25 dní
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Cena s DPH
16,40 €
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Singer songwriter Melanie’s first four albums for Buddah Records, dating from 1968, 1969 and 1970. She first enjoyed European success with a French No.1, ‘Bobo’s Party’, and a Dutch hit, ‘Beautiful People’. It was her Woodstock-inspired worldwide hit ‘Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)’ that broke her to a huge audience. Both ‘Candles In The Rain’ and ‘Leftover Wine’ enjoyed major chart success all over the globe. Digitally remastered and slipcased and with extensive new notes.
Beloved folk icon Melanie originally released this beautiful collection of original songs in 2010, which has become a fan favorite of her mature later period! Drawing on her diverse influences, from rock to world to country and folk, this album offers stirring reflections on love, motherhood, and the fleeting nature of fame! Digitally remastered audio with 6 fantastic bonus tracks featured on the CD and informative liner notes written by Melanie's longtime manager Dave Thompson makes this a reissue not to be missed!