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The full-band studio outtake of fan favorite \"Whip Poor Will\" is a sweet and spare version that ended up being played far differently on Magnolia Electric Co.'s final album \u003ci\u003eJosephine\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). Also included is the studio version of \"The Big Game Is Every Night.\" Previously only available on the Japanese version of the album, this opus serves as Molina's thesis statement, its poetry weaving through the 20th Century, through art and sporting culture — ultimately questioning what it means to be an American in the autumn of the American Era. The edition also gathers Molina's gutting demos for the record, including those two outtakes. Nearly each begins with audible sound of the RECORD button being pressed down on the tape player. They are so close and intimate, it's hard to look them right in the eyes. 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But here, in what is no doubt the strongest set of songs Molina has written since the inception of Magnolia Electric Co., those classic themes take on new meanings. Molina has approached the universal loneliness before, but never in such a focused, directed manner as found on \u003ci\u003eJosephine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":50775901929779,"sku":"NPV","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0881\/7655\/8387\/files\/i_0366768d-ae36-4776-9b6e-f8c98164e6a4.jpg?v=1739893556"},{"product_id":"songs-ohia-the-lioness","title":"Songs: Ohia - The Lioness","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpening with an epic and ending with a little spartan ode, \u003cem\u003eThe Lioness\u003c\/em\u003e is songwriter \u003cstrong\u003eJason Molina\u003c\/strong\u003e's fourth and most dynamic and empassioned full-length album to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Chem19 Studio in Glasgow, Scotland, with his Glaswegian friends Aidan Moffat and David Gow of Arab Strap, and Alasdair Roberts of Appendix Out, as well as with \u003cstrong\u003eSongs: Ohia\u003c\/strong\u003e veterans Geof Comings and Jonathan Cargill, it is, on its exterior, a much darker affair than each of its predecessors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it was the Scottish weather and company which gave it such a feel, for at the core of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lioness\u003c\/em\u003e, there is a warmth and tenderness unmatched by previous Songs: Ohia recordings. 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It is a scintillating audio document of one of America's most important contemporary live acts evolving into something really special and doing what it does best — whipping an audience into a frenzy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set captures Molina \u0026amp; Co right after Molina had retired the Songs: Ohia machine in favor of this powerful new vision of his. Two years in the planning process, the new project took its name from the last Songs: Ohia full-length album. Composed of a nucleus of four members, this particular show captures the newly christened band on its first tour in its earliest state. Still a four-piece with Pete Schreiner providing the back beat drum pulse, Mike Kapinus on bass and melancholic trumpet, and the two Jason's dueling over guitar solo space: Molina's down-tuned guitar matching his now settled tenor voice, and Groth's Creedence-channeling rhythm guitar and solos filling out the upper register.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs are as classic as Molina's fans have come to expect over the course of seven Songs: Ohia full-lengths (between ‘96 and ‘03). With his new band, however, fans can finally enjoy a stable \u0026amp; more-than-able rhythm section that just gets tougher and tougher with each performance. On \u003cem\u003eTrials \u0026amp; Errors\u003c\/em\u003e, the new Magnolia grinds through three old Molina favorites, three songs which will be released on the upcoming Magnolia Electric Co studio album (out Spring 2005) as well as four songs that will only exist on record in their live form as presented here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFans may recognize that \u003cem\u003eTrials \u0026amp; Errors\u003c\/em\u003e comes peppered with an homage or two to Neil Young. One could, in fact, argue that the album is an existential response to \u003cem\u003eTonight's the Night\u003c\/em\u003e. While from the songwriting perspective Molina is often pegged as the perennial downer, this is not, like Young’s, a record born out of a series of sudden tragedies, but rather out of a whole life of growing up \u0026amp; out in the Midwest, surrounded by a small town mentality in a wide open space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin Magnolia Electric Co as they play their part in a long-standing tradition of touring musical artists (Lynard Skynard, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Seger) that capture the spirit of their own homes, traditions and principles and communicate those through the chooglin’ rock of ages on stage for rooms full of empassioned audiences 150+ nights a year. 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