John Moreland – Visitor (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:20 minutes | 717 MB | Genre: Folk, Americana, Alt. Country, Singer-Sonwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Old Omens
After an impressive 2010s run of albums that earned him a devoted fanbase, accolades from outlets like The New York Times, Fresh Air, and Pitchfork, and a place in the upper echelon of modern Americana singer-songwriters, John Moreland has already taken two unexpected turns this decade, both of which highlight his fierce artistic independence. First, he released a brilliant and sonically layered folk-electronica meditation on modern alienation, 2022’s Birds In The Ceiling, that took some of his fans by surprise. Then, after wrapping up a difficult tour behind that record in November 2022, he stopped working entirely. He took an entire year off from playing shows and didn’t use a smartphone for 6 months. “At the end of that year, I was just like ‘Nobody call me’. I needed to not do anything for a while and just process,” Moreland says. After nearly a decade in the limelight, constantly jostled by the expectations of his audience, the music industry, and anonymous strangers online, he carved out some time to rest, heal, and reflect for the first time.
Read moreJohn Moreland – Live at Third Man Records (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:09 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Americana, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Third Man Records
John Moreland is proud to announce his Live At Third Man Records LP, recorded direct-to-acetate at Third Man Records Nashville’s Blue Room venue on November 12, 2022. The album will be available on both vinyl and streaming services almost exactly a year later on November 10, 2023. John Moreland doesn’t have the answers, and he’s not sure anyone does. But he’s still curious, basking in the comfort of a question, and along the way, those of us listening feel moved to ask our own. “I don’t ever want to sound like I have answers, because I don’t,” he says. “These songs are all questions. Everything I write is just trying to figure stuff out.” Letting things just be what they are is a powerful guiding force for Moreland, determining not just how he interacts with others, but how he treats himself. “When you remove boundaries and instead of holding back parts of yourself––when you say, ‘Okay, I’m going to put all of me into this,’” Moreland says, “You end up making music that nobody else could make.”
Read moreJohn Moreland – Birds in the Ceiling (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:41 minutes | 761 MB | Genre: Indie Folk, Alt. Country, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Old Omens
John Moreland doesn’t have the answers, and he’s not sure anyone does. But he’s still curious, basking in the comfort of a question, and along the way, those of us listening feel moved to ask our own. “I don’t ever want to sound like I have answers, because I don’t,” he says. “These songs are all questions. Everything I write is just trying to figure stuff out.”
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