EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is syndicated from Joe Koch's blog,
Of Figs and
Mint.
was just
released on Tuesday and I can already tell that it will be one of
my favorites of the year. Imagine
Hem teaming up with
The National and letting
Jón Þór Birgisson [of Sigur Rós] lead the artistic direction. The
result is ambient and minimal without losing a distinctive,
personal Southern flavor. I haven't listened to anything else for
the last 24 hours and I continually hear new things in the
intricately subtle layers that line the album's faint corners.
After the break: Jefferson
Airplane, Blitzen Trapper,
The
National, and North Mississippi
Allstars!
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