Keep Your Head Up High☟
Keep your head up high
Rest your mind at ease
Don’t let nothin’ get you down
Cause everything’s alright
-The Farm Band (Keep Your Head Up High, 1972)
Been working through/processing some big feelings as we transition to fall. Some low lows and high highs. Beyond grateful for the folks who have lent an ear, shoulder, and/or paw to me recently. Can feel a big shift coming. Hope everyone is hanging tough out there. Picture above by Jared Lichtenberg.
Clear Cut (Live) Now Streaming☟
Back in June we released a live, in-studio video for the song ‘Clear Cut’ off of Western Sky Music. I’m excited to share that performance is now available to stream wherever you listen to music. This is my first live release and I wanted to share it with newsletter subscribers before anyone else.
I love how loose + heady this take is given it was probably only the third or fourth time we’d ever played it song all the way through. Below are a handful of photos from that session shot by Tyler Beus. Dana Buoy on drums, Alex Chapman on bass, Barry Walker on steel and Ryan Oxford on keys.
Listen on:
Spotify
Apple Music
Tidal
+ will be up on Bandcamp soon.
PNW Run w/ Circles Around the Sun☟
Our PNW run with Circles Around The Sun starts in two weeks! Tickets for all of these shows are moving quick. Highly recommend gripping tickets in advance. If you are a photographer in any of these places and want to come shoot just let me know. Artwork by Ian Everett (someone who you should really be hiring for your album art, show poster, pet portrait, oil painting, etc)
New Merch Preview☟
Here’s a preview of some of the new merch that will be available to grab for the starting October 6th (the next Bandcamp Friday). Totes by Nathaniel Russell. Shirt by Cody Hudson. Bumper sticker by James Madison Mitchell. More to come! All items currently available at upcoming shows.
Headcleaner September ‘23☟
Here is the September edition of my Headcleaner playlist series. Enjoy. Photo by John Lee Shannon during a Pickathon DJ set.
Reading,Listening To☟
Reading:
How Instagram Ruined Personal Style (GQ)
‘His work seems endless’: music stars pay tribute to the incredible life of Moondog (Guardian)
“In My Mind I Was Already Gone”: The Endless End of Outkast (The Ringer)
Airbnb Really Is Different Now (The Atlantic)
Jeff Tweedy on Judaism, Staying Sober, and Why He’s ‘Disappointed’ by Dylan (Rolling Stone)
Listening to:
Gospel Bluegrass and Old Time for the Sabbath Day (New Commute Mix)
Against Everyone Podcast feat. Will Oldham
Jim Croce on the Midnight Special