Moreland, John - Visitor (Indie Exclusive, Cream Vinyl) McBryde

Moreland, John - Visitor (Indie Exclusive, Cream Vinyl) McBrydeAfter an impressive 2010s run of albums that earned him a devoted fanbase, accolades from outlets like The New York Times, Fresh Air, and Pitchfork, and a place in the upper echelon of modern Americana singer songwriters, John Moreland has already taken two unexpected turns this decade, both of which highlight his fierce artistic independence. First, he released a brilliant and sonically layered folk electronica meditation on modern alienation, 2022's

The fan-favorite cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” and the track “Long Shadow” were produced by Rick Rubin

It highlights the performances that helped enshrine the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia in the Songwriters Hall of Fame

It’s the actualisation of a “precious friendship” with producer Cate Le Bon - a coming together prophesied by the mirror-image titles of their early solo albums (Banhart’s “Oh Me Oh My” / Le Bon’s “Me Oh My”)

" Wax Time

2 Day After Day

000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list (2007) as well as in Tom Moon's 1

" at over 14 minutes in modal trim

" That explosion resulted in sheer aural fireworks

27 of those in the Top 40

5 Still I'm Sad

This self-aware and apparently self-pleasing juxtaposition is the texture making up a lot of the album

as well as the current live shows widely hailed as the best of his career (Justin Meldal-Johnsen