A bucket list item for me, getting this record pressed. 180 gram vinyl with a cool home-printed lyric sheet. NOT shrink-wrapped, because single use plastic is dumb. They'll ship in a clear slip cover like you'd find in the record store.
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lyrics
I sent a prayer on the back of a raven
Addressed to the walls of the Leprechaun Canyon
In hopes that the maker’d forgive the confusion
Of neural connections for the thoughts that flow through them
Oh my God, you found me
Scrambling through the narrows of your mind
I sent a prayer in the curl of a ram’s horn
May we remember our wildness, the reason we came here
May we take on the power of Pitamakin Overlook
May our hearts reflect something of this vastness and solitude
Oh my God, you found me
Topping out the ridge line
When my heart breaks, when my cup overflows
When I’m brought to tears hanging off the side of a mountain
Or on the fountain green road,
Walking in a late summer sunset with my daughters
I’ll be out in the back yard staring up at the funnel cloud
And if it swallows me up and spits me out in the stratosphere
If I fall, may I know I’m falling
If I die, may I know I’m dying
To those I love, may they know I love them
And while I live, may I be absorbed in every moment
My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
A re-envisioning of Tony Rice's classic album "Church Street Blues" from Brooklyn progressive bluegrass quartet Punch Brothers. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 19, 2022