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- Date Released: July 21, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Secretly Canadian / SC Dist.
A stirring alt-country epitaph for a lost, missed friend
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Jason Molina's deep reservoir of dark-horse Americana doesn't always lend itself to easy sipping or casual toe-dips into the catalog. From his early years doing Will Oldham lo-fi noir (under the name Songs:Ohia) to his electric-drifter rock band (with Magnolia Electric Co.), Molina is an austere study in alt-country, his ever-growing discography littered with daunting monoliths such as the four-CD Sojourner box set.
Josephine, touted as a concept album, might not seem like the most accessible starting point. But opening track "O, Grace!" rolls in so gently on a bed of piano, acoustic guitar and winsome vocals, it feels like the Crosby, Stills & Nash tour bus just pulled over and invited you aboard. Josephine is also Molina's most ornate work, encompassing '50s slow-dance country ("The Rock Of Ages") and Appalachian a cappella ("Hope Dies Last") as well as his more familiar, Crazy Horse-inspired guitar grinding and lonesome folk laments.
The ghost in this recording is Magnolia bassist Evan Farrell, who died in 2007 in a Chicago apartment fire; according to Molina, it was Farrell who urged him to experiment with adding rich instrumentation to skeletal songs. Whether Josephine deserves to be called a concept album is debatable, but it is an album of eerie duality: Molina weaves a narrative of a man who leaves a woman for freedom and the open road, only to find he left his heart behind. At the same time, Molina seems to be paying tribute to musical partner Farrell, a fellow traveler who rides beside him in this world or the next.
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| 01. |  |
O! Grace |
3:28 |
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| 02. | |
The Rock Of Ages |
2:43 |
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| 03. | |
Josephine |
3:22 |
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| 04. | |
Shenandoah |
4:37 |
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| 05. | |
Whip-poor-will |
4:13 |
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| 06. | |
Song For Willie |
2:20 |
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| 07. | |
Hope Dies Last |
3:16 |
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| 08. | |
The Handing Down |
3:33 |
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| 09. | |
Map Of The Falling Sky |
3:42 |
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| 10. | |
Little Sad Eyes |
4:14 |
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| 11. | |
Heartbreak At Ten Paces |
2:03 |
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| 12. | |
KnoXVIlle Girl |
3:50 |
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| 13. | |
Shiloh |
4:11 |
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| 14. | |
An Arrow In The Gale |
1:20 |
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14 Total Tracks, 46:52 Total Length
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