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If you like country, you owe it to yourself to check out this album. It's unreasonably good, warm and human and also demonstrates just how much this genre can still grow.
Favorite track: Red Silo.
Recorded January 2017–May 2017 in Durham, NC by Nicholas Petersen at Track and Field / Le Acres Mysticale; with additional recording by Scott Hirsch (Ojai, CA), Ryan Gustafson (Asheville, NC), Scott Cornish (Los Angeles, CA + Porto, Portugal), Allyn Love (Raleigh, NC), Angel Olsen (Asheville, NC), Daniel Hart (Los Angeles, CA), Jaron Pearlman (Atlanta, GA), Jeff Crawford (Chapel Hill, NC), H.C. McEntire (Lisbon, Portugal + Copenhagen, Denmark). Mixed April 2017–July 2017 by Nick Petersen at Track and Field / Le Acres Mysticale.
Produced by H.C. McEntire and Nicholas Petersen, with special guidance from Kathleen Hanna.
Mastered by Carl Saff.
All songs and lyrics written by H.C. McEntire.
H.C. McEntire: vocals on all tracks; electric guitar 6
Phil Cook: acoustic guitar 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; electric guitar 1, 5, 6, 9; backing vocals 5, 6, 9
Jeff Crawford: piano 8
Daniel Faust: drums and percussion 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
Kaitlin Grady: cello 4, 8
Ryan Gustafson: electric guitar 7; backing vocals 1, 2, 3, 5, 7
Daniel Hart: violin 3, 4
Mary Lattimore: harp 1, 4
Allyn Love: pedal steel 1, 3, 5, 6, 9
Tift Merritt: backing vocals 1, 5, 6
Luke Norton: electric guitar 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
Angel Olsen: backing vocals 4, 8
Amy Ray: backing vocals 7
Casey Toll: bass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
William Tyler: electric guitar 2, 5, 6, 9
James Wallace: piano 1, 5, 6; Wurlitzer 1, 2, 9; organ 3, 7
Amy Ray appears courtesy of Daemon Records.
Angel Olsen appears courtesy of Jagjaguwar Records.
Tift Merritt appears courtesy of Yep Roc Records.
THANK YOU
To Nick Petersen, for the endless hours of collaboration, creation, and harmonious connection.
To Kathleen Hanna, for challenging me to make this record and for being a steady and inspiring sounding board.
To Merge Records, for the unwavering support.
To the skillful group of friends who carefully helped stitch this vision together – Daniel Faust, Luke Norton, Allyn Love, Casey Toll, Ryan Gustafson, William Tyler, Phil Cook, Tift Merritt, Amy Ray, Angel Olsen, Mary Lattimore, Daniel Hart, Kaitlin Grady, Jeff Crawford, Scott Cornish – all my gratitude for taking time in between tours and travel.
To the consistent rocks – Jenks Miller, Tom Link, Beth Bakke, Suzanne Despres, Kristen Verrill, Shawn Nolan, Justin Vernon, Andrew Morgan.
As I listen to this album more and more I start discover aspects that I hadn't felt before. My love for every individual track continues to grow, but Change has remained in my heart as a deep drive to get me through the day. seonghi
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