Title: Rain On The Road Artist: Mary Lattimore Label: Thrill Jockey Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 790377060812 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2024-05-10 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD
Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements are two of contemporary musicas most renowned innovators. Each has managed to expand the perception of their instrumentas capabilities. Lattimore inventive harp processing and looping has brought the instrument to a new audience. Her prolific run of celestial solo albums and evocative film scores have redefined the instrument in the modern consciousness. Her genre-agnostic collaborations include work with Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Jeff Zeigler, Meg Baird, and Thurston Moore. McClements, who tours as a member of Weyes Blood, is an acclaimed composer in his own right, sculpting glacial atmospherics from the accordion. The Los Angeles based duo became quick friends on overlapping tours, sharing both a drive to push the sonic possibilities of their instruments and roots in North Carolina. Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements debut collaboration Rain on the Road blossomed out of that time spent on the road together, capturing the liminal existence of touring life in deeply cinematic compositions.
Tracks: 1.1 Stolen Bells 1.2 The Poppies, the Wild Mustard, the Blue-Eyed Grass 1.3 We Waited for the Bears to Leave 1.4 Nest of Earrings 1.5 The Top of Thomas Street
