M. Ward - Migration Stories - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. The iconic Fat Wreck Chords (home to such great bands as Strung Out, Teenage Bottlerocket and The Flatliners, to name a few) tapped Makewar to join their already impressive roster for the of their new record, Get It Together, a uniquely fresh eyed and youthful rallying cry, somehow made by seasoned punks, tempered with anger, heartache, a dash of Latinx hardcore rage and a virtuosity that belies their relatively short tenure as a band. A multi-lingual, multi-genre, multigrain slab of fury, beers, tears and what-have-we-here's, Get It Together is one of the most dynamic punk records in years, which the band captured at Hopatcong NJ's own Barbershop studios with the help of Brett InchThe RattInch Romnes of I am the Avalanche and The Movielife fame. These guys may not be the ones to personally usher in the revolution, but they're damn sure gonna be the soundtrack!

Colored vinyl - OPAQUE WHITE. InchIt was in winter 18/19 - I flew to Montreal to meet with Tim Kingsbury, Richard Reed Parry, Craig Silvey and Teddy Impakt at Le Studio Du Arcade Fire. It was a fine time with a dream team in a city I love. Winter in beautiful Quebec. Les semaines les plus froides de ma vie. I had a bunch of demos that were inspired by migration stories I had heard from friends or read in newspapers while on tour in Europe and North America. I remember being struck by the similarities of the stories I heard from both continents and how really only the names of the powerful and the powerless had changed - thinking, InchIs this the future? Is this our future?InchSome time went by, the stories wove together and I remember them now closer to characters in a dream of how people could treat each other than any kind of front-page news realism. I think music subconsciously - whether writing or listening - is a filter for me - helping to process all the bad news into something new to build from - some records to me are like self-fulfilling prophecies - visualizing change to wish something into being - those records inspired this one.Inch - M. Ward Album Tracks 1. Migration of Souls 2. Heaven's Nail and Hammer 3. Coyote Mary's Traveling Show 4. Independent Man 5. Stevens' Snow Man 6. Unreal City 7. Real Silence 8. Along the Santa Fe Trail 9. Chamber Music 10. Torch 11. Rio Drone

M. Ward describes Transistor Radio as a collection of songs about childhood memories of a utopian radio power...and dedicates the album to the last of the remaining independent radio stations. Ward's distinctly weathered voice and intricate guitar playing are helped along with an impressive group of guests including Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) and Jordan Hudson (The Thermals).180-gram vinyl with four additional tracks, as the December installment in the Merge25 reissue series. Album Tracks 1. You Still Believe In Me 2. One Life Away 3. Sweethearts On Parade 4. Hi-Fi 5. Fuel For Fire 6. Four Hours In Washington 7. Regeneration No. 1 8. Big Boat 1. Paul's Song 2. Radio Campaign 3. Here Comes The Sun Again 4. Deep Dark Well 5. Oh Take Me Back 6. I'll Be Yr Bird 7. Lullaby + Exile 8. Well-Tempered Clavier