TRACK
LISTING:
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| 01. SLOW HEARSE
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| 02. THE PICTURE
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| 03. ACTION + |
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| 04. UNDERGROUND
DREAM + |
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| 05. CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
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| 06. BEACON SOUL
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| 07. THE SEARCH + |
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| 08. ADRENALINE AND
HERESY + |
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| 09. SATELLITE + |
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| 10. AUTOMATIC SOCIETY
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| 11. METHAMPHETAMINE
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| 12. L TRAIN + |
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| 13. HIGHWAYS AND CIGARETTES
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| 14. PHOSPHATE SKIN
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JAY FARRAR - vocal, guitars, piano,
electric bouzouki
DAVE BRYSON - drums, percussion
DERRY deBORJA - piano, organ, keyboards
ANDREW DUPLANTIS- bass, backing vocal
BRAD RICE - electric guitars, baritone guitar, electric sitar,
e-bow
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
Chris Deusinger - saxophone on “The Picture”
Keith Moyer – trumpet on “The Picture”
Eric Heywood – pedal steel on “Methamphetamine” and “Highways
and Cigarettes”
Shannon McNally – acoustic Nashville guitar on “Methamphetamine” and
backing vocal on “Highways and Cigarettes”
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Recorded by John Agnello
in St. Louis, MO
Engineering assistance by Cody Renaldo
Additional recording in St. Louis, MO with Scott Norton
+Mixed by John Agnello at Sawhorse Recording Studio, St. Louis, MO
Engineering assistance by Jason McEntire
*Mixed by Roger Moutenot at Phat Buddha Productions, St. Louis, MO
Engineering assistance by Nathan Hershey and Ross Vanderslice
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound with Digital Editing by Steve
Fallone at Sterling Sound, New York, NY
All instrumentals by JF and AP © 2006 Atronado Songs
(BMI) All songs and instrumentals (except *) administered by Bug Music
All songs by Jay Farrar © 2007 Grain Elevator Songs
(BMI) / Administered by Bug Music
(Transmit Sound/Legacy
- 2007) |
'The Search,' the intriguing
new album from Son Volt, is set for release on March 6 on Transmit Sound/Legacy,
and it's by far the band's most daring and diverse album yet. The follow-up
to 2005's acclaimed 'Okemah and the Melody of Riot,' 'The Search' is
a startlingly powerful and inspiring departure from the band's alt-country
laden records, employing an exceptional variety of sounds, melodies,
and arrangements.
"Instrumentally, the electric guitar was the focus of the last record 'Okemah',
but for 'The Search' we wanted to try something new, " says songwriter
Jay Farrar. "This time, we utilized different instrumentation to fit each
song -- from guitar pedal loops to various keyboard sounds to horns."
The piano of 'Okemah's' gorgeous closing ballad "World Waits For You" returns
here to open 'The Search' with the beautifully haunting processional "Slow
Hearse." Laced with Eastern-style electric guitar and Farrar's signature
vocals, the tune fades out to silence only to dive into 'The Picture,' a track
that features an upbeat Memphis-style horn section combined with stirring lyrics
that reflect on the current and future state of things, "when war is profit
and profit is war."
There's the buzzing, Zeppelin-esque guitar of "Action"; the hypnotic,
other-worldly riff of "Circadian Rhythm"; the vocal harmonizing of
chanteuse Shannon McNally on "Highways and Cigarettes"; and the Big
Brother commentary of title track "The Search," a solid rock song delivered
as only Son Volt can.
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