Supernatural Thing | Indie Shop Exclusive/Eco Mix Vinyl
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'Several times, as I listened to M. Ward's Supernatural Thing, I asked myself what year it was. Was it 1952, and was I listening to a track from the Harry Smith Anthology? Was it 1972, and was I eavesdropping on the recording session for After the Gold Rush? No, it's 2023, and M. Ward is one of the special contemporary artists who invite such questions. Ward has clearly mastered the whole vocabulary of American popular music and made serious decisions about how to employ it for his own ends. What Ward shares with Harry Smith's artists and Neil Young is a context of musical and human values: authenticity and intimacy. Supernatural Thing's original songs sound freshly pulled from the ground, with a little earth sticking to them. Ward's lyric delivery has that slight rawness the ear loves, and his voice has quiet dignity and great tenderness. Supernatural Thing is an open-hearted, inviting album. The album's guest stars - First Aid Kit, Shovels & Rope, Scott McMicken, Neko Case, Jim James, others - enliven the album with surprises. On 'Too Young to Die,' the wom- en's voices in First Aid Kit spread a light frosting over the melody, and their Beach Boys- like chorus on 'Engine 5' makes the song sound like an instant hit. Eight of the album's ten songs are Ward originals. There's an unusual Bowie choice, 'I Can't Give Everything Away' from Blackstar, and a live rendition of Daniel Johnston's 'Story of an Artist.'' -By James Cushing Both as a solo artist and as one-half of She &
Tracks
1~1~Lifeline1~2~Too Young To Die (Feat. First Aid Kit)
1~3~Supernatural Thing
1~4~New Kerrang (Feat. Scott McMicken)
1~5~Dedication Hour (Feat. Neko Case And Gabriel Kahane)
1~6~I Can't Give Everything Away (Feat. Jim James And Kelly Pratt)
1~7~Engine 5 (Feat. First Aid Kit)
1~8~Mr. Dixon (Feat. Shovels & Rope)
1~9~For Good
1~10~Story Of An Artist
Details
Format: Vinyl LPArtist: Ward, M.
Release Date: 23 June 2023
Genre: Alternative
Label: ANTI
Distributor: Rocket Group
