H.C. McEntire annoncerer nyt album – Every Acre er ude d. 27/1

I dag vender H.C. McEntire endelig tilbage med annonceringen af sit nye album Every Acre, der udkommer d. 27. januar 2023 på Merge Records / Playground Music. Albummet er co-produceret af McEntire, Missy Thangs og Luke Norton. På albummet finder man ni nye sange, inklusiv to sange med kor leveret af S.G. Goodman og Amy Ray.
Sammen med annonceringen udgiver H.C. McEntire sin nye single ’Dovetail’, der skildrer forskellige kvinder, deres forskellige gaver og forskellige traumer.
 
Lyt til ’Dovetail’ her.
 
“Dovetail’ began as a jangly, four-on-the-floor country demo I roughly recorded at home,” fortæller McEntire. “In the studio, the band and I leaned into the twang and outlaw attitude, recorded it, and moved on to work on other songs. But something kept calling us back to reimagine this song, to look at it from a different angle. One night after a long day of tracking, Luke started playing the “Dovetail” chord progression on piano, but much more slowly.  Daniel jumped behind the drums and played a simple halftime beat while I stood next to the piano and sang out into the room. We quickly recorded about a minute of the experiment onto a cell phone and went to bed. The next morning, we referenced the recording and tracked a full-band version of the song in that style—essentially, it took the form of a ballad.”
 
“This ‘classic’ arrangement offered space for a more nuanced vocal delivery; the slower pace allowed vocal lines to stretch and stand tall with emotion. The less-is-more approach created a vulnerability that felt right and also applied intention—to clearly speak, suspend, and spill out the narrative. Throughout verses, I posed the personalities of various women in juxtaposition—a way to both celebrate differences and individuation, as well as acknowledge the complexities of being in relation with a range of traumas, including my own. The pre-chorus and chorus lyrics nod to a problematic dynamic that can occur when presumptions are made about an Artist solely based on the social consumption and/or interpretations of their Art—romanticism versus reality.”
 
Opfostret i Blue Ridge bjergene i Appalachia, før hun senere har fået en B.F.A. i Creative Writing, leverer H.C. McEntire reflekterende country-historiefortælling, der ligger et sted mellem musik og poesi. Med fine melodier og livlige harmonier, udforsker Every Acre de områder, der udgør vores fysiske og emotionelle hjem. På sit kommende album forholder McEntire sig til temaer som sorg, tab og forbinder det med eksistentielle koncepter som at gøre krav på sin jord, gøre krav på sig selv og at blive gjort krav på af slægt og arv.
 
Every Acre Tracklist
1. New View
2. Shadows (feat. S.G. Goodman)
3. Turpentine (feat. Amy Ray)
4. Dovetail
5. Rows of Clover
6. Big Love
7. Soft Crook
8. Wild for the King
9. Gospel of a Certain Kind
 

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