Richard Buckner is one of my favorites. I was excited to find out that he has a new album called Meadow due out September 12th on Merge Records.
Here is the first track made available from the album:
Richard Buckner – Town [mp3]
More info from Merge Records:
On September 12th, Merge Records will release Meadow, the 8th full-length from
Richard Buckner. Recorded in and around Brooklyn, NY, this new album marks the
auspicious reunion of Buckner and J.D. Foster, producer of Buckner classics
Since, Devotion + Doubt and Impasse. The album was recorded in rather Spartan
environments – Buckner’s apartment, JD’s hallway and an old pencil factory.
Meadow soars and swells around Buckner’s signature trifecta of enigmatic
poetics, swirling melodies, and that voice – a soothing drawl that’s somehow
haunting and buoyant all at once. The melodies are fleshed out by a band that
reads like an all-star line-up: Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Cobre Verde,
solo); Kevin March (GBV, Those Bastard Souls, Dambuilders); JD Foster, and
Steven Goulding (Mekons, Gram Parker, Waco Brothers). Doug Gillard’s guitar work
is especially poignant, as he and Buckner play off one another beautifully to
add an element to the recordings that is refreshing and new.
Meadow is Richard Buckner at his finest. Fresh and evocative, poignant and real,
it documents the modern age wrapped up in the frustrations and sympathies of a
wanderer (Austin Chronicle).
Track Listing:
Town
Canyon
Lucky
Mile
Before
Window
Kingdom
Numbered
Spell
The Tether And The Tie
