Christopher Paul Stelling - Itinerant Arias - VINYL LP

There is a fearless quality to the music of new ANTI- signing Christopher Paul Stelling. A voice that sounds both old and young, an effortless yet intricate finger-picking guitar style, and lyrics that are dramatic and intensely confessional. It's a sound that channels the restless spirit of a young man who left home to travel the country, writing haunting and impassioned songs formed by endless nights alone on stage with a guitar, playing to packed houses, other times to nearly empty rooms. Stelling estimates that he's played over four hundred shows in just the past three years. It places him within a longstanding tradition that serves to build both character and vision. Labor Against Waste features Stelling's astonishing guitar work, a melodic finger-picking style influenced in large part by blues legends such as Skip James and Mississippi John, masters like John Fahey, and banjo greats Dock Boggs and Roscoe Holcomb. On top of this soars Stelling's voice, a resonant baritone that calls to mind classic troubadours from Tim Hardin to Steve Earle. Accompanied by an ensemble of stomps, claps, French horn, flugelhorn, kettle drums, string quartet, and a chorus comprised of members from the Low Anthem, in whose studio Stelling recorded the album, Labor Against Waste is the opening statement in what should be a long and storied career. Album Tracks 1. Warm Enemy 2. Revenge 3. Scarecrow 4. Castle 5. Horse 6. Death of Influence 7. Dear Beast 8. Hard Work 9. Burial Shroud 10. Too Far North

Limited blue colored vinyl LP pressing includes digital download. Following 2015's beautifully written introspective album 'Golden Age', singer-songwriter Chris Staples is back with his upcoming full length , 'Holy Moly'. While maintaining the authentic reflection Staples is known for in his songwriting, he has embraced a cautiously optimistic outlook for his future. Staples finds gentle melodies with his trademark stripped-back guitar, and also introduces new sounds by integrating keyboards for sonically rich arrangements. Staples' previous releases were met with praise from NPR's All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, Paste, The AV Club, and more. Album Tracks 1. World on Fire 2. Holy Moly 3. Old Friend 4. Sliver Moon 5. Spinning Wheel 6. Horse and Saddle 7. Everybody Said 8. Halfway Over 9. River in Reverse 10. Running Out of Time

Album Tracks 1. We Keep This Flame 2. One Eye Blue, One Eye Black (Blue) 3. One Eye Blue, One Eye Black (Black) 4. Arrow in the Dark 5. Shapeshifting 6. Artifacts of Longing, Pt. 1 7. Artifacts of Longing, Pt. 2 8. Artifacts of Longing, Pt. 3 9. Dead Letter Library 10. The Will and the Waiting