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Liam Kazar makes joyful rock songs so irresistible they feel timeless. Just ask Jeff Tweedy. InchI love everything about Liam. His voice, his songs, the way he plays instruments, his smile, his cooking... Everything,Inch says Tweedy. InchWhenever I hear one of his songs for the first time I almost immediately start thinking to myself, 'oh yeah! This song! I love this song.' It's a magic trick very few people can pull off making something brand new sound like a cherished memory.Inch But on Kazar's debut album Due North, out via Woodist and Mare Records, the album's ten tracks are full of so much charm, wit, and heart it can't be a sleight of hand.The Kansas City-based, Chicago-raised musician and acclaimed chef / founder of the Armenian pop-up restaurant Isfahan, describes the making of Due North as a personal revelation, where the more he wrote the more his songs showed what kind of artist he's always wanted to be. While he's consistently been a dream bandmate over the past several years, performing with artists like Tweedy, Steve Gunn, Daniel Johnston, and more, making his own songs presented a chance to finally find his own voice. But figuring out how to step out was a rewarding challenge. InchThis record kind of all stemmed from a conversation I had with Jeff,Inch says Kazar. InchI showed him some of my earliest songs I was working on and he told me, 'It sounds like you're writing for the people in your bands, you're not writing for yourself.' He was completely right. I was not writing songs for myself.Inch With that needed insight, Kazar decided to start from scratch and write songs that felt like himself. InchThese songs totally blew me away the first time I heard them they sound like David Bowie meets the Band,Inch says Mare Records co-founder Kevin Morby. Due North was mixed by Sam Evian at his Flying Cloud Recordings Studio in upstate New York. Along with dr

VHF debut and second widely-available LP by Liam, part of a new generation of underground InchAmerican primitiveInch guitar players serving the traditions and smashing them up simultaneously. Prodigal Son is a portrait of an artist on the road, changing fast, recording things as they spring from the fountain. The sound here is raw - grass and dirt instead of pre-fab; homemade/handmade instead of high-tech, etc. There's a visceral quality and immediacy of culture that's being lost every day in modern life - Prodigal Son is a chance to grab some of it back. InchPalmyraInch has Liam on weissenborn-style lap steel, the sound fuzzed out and distorted by the guerilla recording technique. InchSalmon Tails Up The RiverInch stretches out to nearly 13 minutes, a dense meditation on 12 string that sustains a dark and heavy mood for the entire duration. On the B side, InchInsult to InjuryInch reverses the mood, with an elegant and unhurried 12 string sequel of deep beauty. Liam's unexpected take on Loren Conners' InchA Moment at the DoorInch is a perfect translation of Loren's reverb-heavy electric drift to unadorned acoustic (and tape hiss) - a frozen moment of absolute grace. Wrapping things up is a take on InchOld Country Rock,Inch with fiddle and banjo, just a brief taste of the barnstorming old-time sound of Liam's touring trio. Album Tracks 1. Palmyra 2. Salmon Tails Up the River 3. Insult to Injury 4. A Moment at the Door 5. Old Country Rock

Liam Frost's triumphant third album The Latchkey Kid presents us with some of Liam's most compelling work. A poignant and alluring album that lives up to the sky-high standards of his first two successful albums. Originally released in 2019 after a successful crowdfund campaign, this entire album was recorded in three days, melding his distinctive north-western delivery with that of Americana folk legends Josh Rouse, Whiskeytown and Josh Ritter. Lauded as the future Guy Garvey, the album standouts includes the epic 'Mercy Me', 'Going Steady' & 'Pomona', all proving that the art of great song writing is still alive and kicking. Remastered and now available for the very first time on black vinyl, with signed print and printed inner sleeve. Album Tracks 1. Going Steady 2. Hall of Mirrors, Rope of Sand 3. Mercy Me! 4. Didn't It Rain 5. Pomona 6. Who's Gonna Love You? 7. When I'm Around 8. Follow You Around 9. Lover, Trouble Knows My Name