#1

Will probably read this, sounds good.

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#2

I heard about this a little while ago, thanks for reminding me. I will read it too.

#3

Members of Songs/Magnolia are touring - donā€™t know who the guy is thatā€™s singing but quite up for it. @Bamnan - donā€™t know if this would appeal to you as a fan, if you could get down to London? http://www.birdonthewire.net/events/songsmolina-bushhall

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#4

Thank you so much for alerting us to this book, looks amazing would love to know more about the man.

#6

Aidan Moffat just tweeted about this. Out 23 November. :+1:

https://secretlycanadian.com/record/love-work-the-lioness-sessions/

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#7

Oh my that looks incredible.

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#8

I didnā€™t know there was an Arab Strap connection to that album. Always worth sharing this, one of my favourite pieces on DiS:

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#9

Well, damn. I want the tote bag and itā€™s sold out. Iā€™m sad now.

#10

That piece is brilliant- really opened out Molinaā€™s music to me at the time. I was aware of him before that and had a couple of the albums, but that piece made everything fit together for me and made me into a massive fan.

#11

This thread has made me Ā£40 poorer and I am very happy.

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#12

Listening to the original album inspired by this thread. Good lord but itā€™s a proper masterpiece. I know that magnolia electric will always be his most famous but right now I think Lioness might just be his best

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#13

Itā€™s between Lioness and Didnā€™t It Rain for me. I love Magnolia but those two are just heartbreakingly brilliant.

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#14

I mostly listen to Sojourner these days but everything he did was amazing and connects with me on a deep level

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#15

I havenā€™t spent much time with the post Magnolia Electric Co. albums tbh. Something I really need to rectify.

#16

Autumn Bird Songs which I think was the last thing he did is almost too sad and bleak to listen to

#17

Would agree with those two being top of the pile - but Iā€™d have to add Ghost Tropic alongside them.

It can be a properly bleak listen, but when Iā€™m in the right kind of mood nothing hits the spot quite like it.

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#18

I love the mood of Ghost Tropic but I can rarely remember any of it. Really good vibe but just not quite up there with the big two IMHO.

#19

Speaking of The Lioness, I remember when I saw him at the Luminaire and somebody shouted out a request for it:

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#20

His death is still devastating to me. I really got into his music around 2011, and by late 2012 was pretty obsessed with it. This coincided with a really bad personal time as I suffered a bad back injury. While recovering from surgery i listened to pretty much his whole catalog constantly on repeat as I tried to walk a little further each day. Without going into detail, the surgery wasnā€™t too successful and the recovery time was extended from 6 weeks to 6 months of Groundhog Dayā€¦ physio, strong pain medication, short walks with Jason Molina for company and home alone for hours.
Then, he was deadā€¦ it genuinely broke my heart.
I never spoke to this man, never saw him live but his voice and music soundtracked and helped me through the very worst days of my life.
Iā€™ve only recently been able to objectively listen to the music againā€¦

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#21

So the Lioness reissue has just arrived! Not normally a big fan of paying forty quid for an album I already have but you absolutely cannot fault the effort thatā€™s been gone to here. The essay on the inner sleeve from his ex wife is heartbreaking. Going to use my new songs ohia plectrum to play a couple of these songs (terribly) on my acoustic.

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