New Vinyl Additions

My awesome wife knew exactly what to get me for Christmas:



Also, my friend Steven hooked me up with this gem:


And last but not least, my friend Chad bestowed upon me these treasures:

Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine

I posted Songs: Ohia's final album (or Magnolia Electric Co.'s first album, depending on who you talk to) The Magnolia Electric Co. some months ago. That album represents last fall for me: planning a wedding, working a job that I hated, playing in She Does Is Magic with Chad Serhal and Co., the Halloween costume party at Chad's house, Trailer Park Film Faction, the list could go on and on. That album is among a short list for me of perfect fall albums among Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts Of The Great Highway, Wilco's A Ghost Is Born, Midlake's The Trials Of Van Occupanther, Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, Ryan Adams' Heartbreaker, and J. Tillman's Vacilando Territory Blues, just to name a few. As I had spent a great amount of time listening to Songs: Ohia's final chapter, I found myself still hungry for more of Jason Molina and company. Their latest album, Josephine, has come to be the perfect thing to satisfy that hunger. The album is lush with supplemental instrumentation, though not overly produced or too big. My good friend Eric Delong (aka The Apprentice) once told me that all of the great songs that have ever been written weren't displays of how much one person could do, but rather a layering of multiple, simple parts. Jason Molina must have been listening in on that conversation, because it seems like every one of his songs is beautifully layered and masterfully crafted. If you have yet to catch on, I am becoming quite the fan. This is a great place to start a long-lasting love affair with a great and regrettably under appreciated band.

Tracklisting:
1. O! Grace
2. The Rock of Ages
3. Josephine
4. Shenandoah
5. Whip-Poor-Will
6. Song For Willie
7. Hope Dies Last
8. The Handing Down
9. Map of the Falling Sky
10. Little Sad Eyes
11. Heartbreak at Ten Paces
12. Knoxville Girl
13. Shiloh
14. An Arrow In The Gale