Pre-Order Thread

Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Farewell Transmission is an all-timer, and as someone mentioned earlier the overlap of Neil Young is on display here in the best way possible

Also goes without saying that Molina’s story is just as tragic as Elliott Smith’s
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In addition to every Molina version of Farewell Transmission, Glen Hansard's cover of Farewell Transmission is also pretty great.
In fact, the EP of Molina's songs he did is worth a listen too.

 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
My copy of Fading Trails is one of the shittiest sounding records I own. I know SC will eventually get around to repressing it but my god does that thing sound awful. At least I only paid something like $8 for it new.
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Good to know! I never got around to buying the LP . . . (that cover!), but now I probably won't. Or at least I'll wait until there's a better quality reissue.
 
I don't know if there are any other die hard Hayden fans around here, but I'm really excited for this one. It's also available as a premium LP for $36 and it comes with a signed lyric sheet, etc, limited to 500...
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Hayden - Are We Good

Six years in the making with sixty plus songs in the running, Hayden's ninth record Are We Good is a crowning achievement in the born storyteller's loaded canon. The album posits Hayden, grizzled and peppered, by the pandemic or parenting, in an attic studio stand-off with writer's block...
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Tim Showalter from Strand of Oaks was touring with the band as Goshen Electric Co. Would love for that to make it around my area. He's got a great song on his album Heal called JM that's so good.



 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Farewell Transmission is an all-timer, and as someone mentioned earlier the overlap of Neil Young is on display here in the best way possible

Also goes without saying that Molina’s story is just as tragic as Elliott Smith’s
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I agree that Songs: Ohia's Magnolia Electric Co. is probably the best place to start with Molina. I always liked the lie album Trials & Errors a lot, too--serious Neil Young vibes. And I'd probably rank Fading Trails as my third favorite album, though all of the earlier Songs: Ohia stuff is great. My only minor complaint would be that those albums could sound a little "samey" at times.

I saw Magnolia Electric Co. at a weeknight show at the Black Cat (in DC) that I almost skipped back in 2005. Destroyer (who was giving off serious Dylan vibes at the time) opened. It was amazing. Definitley one of my most memorable shows. Seeing a couple of younger artists recalling some of the greats but still offering up something new play in front of a half-full room was something I didn't fully appreciate at the time, but now I can't imagine having an opportunity like that again.
 
Sad I missed all of the Molina talk. Easily one of my top five artists. Glad I saw him as much as I did when I could. Saw one of the Songs:Molina shows here where they got the band that did Magnolia Electric Co together along with the last Magnolia Electric Company band and had guest singers. Everyone cried. Good times.
 
Viking Dan said:
In addition to every Molina version of Farewell Transmission, Glen Hansard's cover of Farewell Transmission is also pretty great.
In fact, the EP of Molina's songs he did is worth a listen too.

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Indie rock’s “it couple” Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee did a RSD 7” of a couple Magnolia Electric Co. songs while I still prefer Molina I love Katie Crutchfield’s vocals.
 
Hemotep said:
I don't know if there are any other die hard Hayden fans around here, but I'm really excited for this one. It's also available as a premium LP for $36 and it comes with a signed lyric sheet, etc, limited to 500...
shop.arts-crafts.ca

Hayden - Are We Good

Six years in the making with sixty plus songs in the running, Hayden's ninth record Are We Good is a crowning achievement in the born storyteller's loaded canon. The album posits Hayden, grizzled and peppered, by the pandemic or parenting, in an attic studio stand-off with writer's block...
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I'm so glad this got announced. Hayden is incredibly underrated. I own pretty much everything he's done on vinyl (minus some early singles), and I was surprised to see how hard it is to find his earlier work.

If you like Neil Young, Elliott Smith, Jackson C. Frank do not sleep on this (or anything else he has done, Skyscraper National Park and Everything I Long For have long cemented him as one of the best)
 
NoTrend said:
I'm so glad this got announced. Hayden is incredibly underrated. I own pretty much everything he's done on vinyl (minus some early singles), and I was surprised to see how hard it is to find his earlier work.

If you like Neil Young, Elliott Smith, Jackson C. Frank do not sleep on this (or anything else he has done, Skyscraper National Park and Everything I Long For have long cemented him as one of the best)
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I'm jealous! I got in to him during the CD days and by the time I tried to find them on vinyl they were $$$. I hope a repress will happen one day. Such a powerful songwriter with a depth to his voice that not many in that genre possess.
 
Hemotep said:
I'm jealous! I got in to him during the CD days and by the time I tried to find them on vinyl they were $$$. I hope a repress will happen one day. Such a powerful songwriter with a depth to his voice that not many in that genre possess.
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I know he has done reissues of his first three LPs (Everything I Long For, The Closer I get, and Skyscraper National park), they were done really well but sold out quickly. I have OGs of them all (minus The Closer I get which never saw a vinyl release until the reissue "series"). I wouldn't be surprised if we get a reissue of Elk-Lake Serenade soon. I don't know though if the pervious 3 will be reissued again any time soon. Pretty sure he did all the reissues all himself, and he did not skimp out on the quality.

The lesson I've learned with Hayden, don't wait, he may not be a big deal in the USA but he has a cult following here, and obviously does pretty well in Canada. He is playing Massey Hall in May and it's super tempting to fly out for that show. it won't disappoint, especially the shows he's done recently just by looking at the set lists.

I think the only thing of his that has not come out on vinyl is the live record he did, which has a killer cover of Neil Young's "Tell Me Why" Also would not be surprised if that finally gets issued on vinyl (could be a good RSD title for Canadians)
 
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