09 March 2005
New Smog Album Set for May Release
Rob Kleckner reports:
Call it a dozen. Lead Smog-man Bill Callahan is back with his 12th (!) full-length album, A River Ain't Too Much to Love, and first since 2003's Supper. With someone this prolific, it's hard to excuse the five-year absences of other bands, especially considering the breadth of Callahan's work is consistently good.
A River features Connie Lovatt of Containe on bass and Jim White of Dirty Three on drums. Never one to shy away from guests, here Callahan employs the talents of Thor Harris (hammer dulcimer, air drum), Travis Weller (fiddle), and fellow Drag City artist Joanna Newsom (piano, but not harp). The album was engineered by Steve Chadie, mastered by Nick Webb (at Abbey Road, no less), and produced by Callahan himself. One track, "I Feel Like the Mother of the World", was mixed by Chris Smith in Austin. Scheduled to be released by Drag City on May 31, here's the tracklist:
01 Palimpsest
02 Say Valley Maker
03 The Well
04 Rock Bottom Riser
05 I Feel Like the Mother of the World
06 In the Pines
07 Drinking at the Dam
08 Running the Loping
09 I'm New Here
10 Let Me See the Colts
* Pitchfork Review: Smog: Supper
* Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/
Rob Kleckner reports:
Call it a dozen. Lead Smog-man Bill Callahan is back with his 12th (!) full-length album, A River Ain't Too Much to Love, and first since 2003's Supper. With someone this prolific, it's hard to excuse the five-year absences of other bands, especially considering the breadth of Callahan's work is consistently good.
A River features Connie Lovatt of Containe on bass and Jim White of Dirty Three on drums. Never one to shy away from guests, here Callahan employs the talents of Thor Harris (hammer dulcimer, air drum), Travis Weller (fiddle), and fellow Drag City artist Joanna Newsom (piano, but not harp). The album was engineered by Steve Chadie, mastered by Nick Webb (at Abbey Road, no less), and produced by Callahan himself. One track, "I Feel Like the Mother of the World", was mixed by Chris Smith in Austin. Scheduled to be released by Drag City on May 31, here's the tracklist:
01 Palimpsest
02 Say Valley Maker
03 The Well
04 Rock Bottom Riser
05 I Feel Like the Mother of the World
06 In the Pines
07 Drinking at the Dam
08 Running the Loping
09 I'm New Here
10 Let Me See the Colts
* Pitchfork Review: Smog: Supper
* Drag City: http://www.dragcity.com/
08 March 2005
ach, I don't know who updates this site, but they've become my hero(in).
