Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour - Friendlytown - Green Marble - VINYL LP

Under the name Delicate Steve, guitarist extrodinairre Steve Marion has spent the better part of the last decade establishing himself as one of the most wildly innovative and widely revered players in the game. He's recorded with Paul Simon, been sampled by Kanye West, toured in the Black Keys, and released four critically acclaimed albums of genre-bending instrumental music. He's your favorite musician's favorite musician, a virtuoso songwriter, producer, and performer who occupies a lane entirely his own in the modern indie landscape, but he's never liked the sound of the electric guitar? InchI've tried everything under the sun to get away from it,Inch he explains. InchUntil now.InchWritten and recorded on a white 1966 Fender Stratocaster that reignited his love for the instrument, Delicate Steve's warm and captivating new album, After Hours, marks a first for Marion, an earnest, easygoing collection that revels in the simple joys of plugging in and playing. The songs are sweet and breezy here, pairing vintage soul grooves with mesmerizing, wordless melodies, and Marion's production work is subtle and restrained, stepping back in all the right places to let the album's masterful performances speak for themselves. In another first, Marion teamed up with outside musicians on the record, bringing in renowned bassist Shahzad Ismaily (Yoko Ono, Marc Ribot) and famed Brazilian percussionist Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Atoms For Peace) to help flesh out the arrangements and stretch his sonic boundaries. The result is a dreamy, introspective album built for late night comedowns and deep dive soul searching, a cinematic, escapist fantasy for the wee hours of the morning that draws on everything from Bill Withers and Sly Stone to Pharoah Sanders and Salvador Dali as it explores memory and nostalgia, instinct and intuition, serenity and transcendence. Album Tracks 1. Pla

Vinyl LP pressing. The term InchGuitar HeroInch is bandied about loosely these days. Seems like all you have to do is look good holding the thing and you qualify. But if you ask the actual guitar heroes - like Brian May, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton - who Theie Guitar Heroes are, Steve Cropper is definitely on the shortlist. If all he had done were the records with Otis Redding that would be enough, but shortly thereafter he was leaving his fingerprints on records by Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Johnny Taylor, Albert King, and virtually anybody worthy who came within earshot of Memphis. He was a Guitarist's Guitarist, and a Songwriter's Songwriter. Fire It Up is Steve Cropper's first album of new Soul / R&B material in 10 years. The album was produced by Steve and Jon Tiven. Album Tracks 1. Bush Hog, Pt. 1 2. Fire It Up 3. One Good Turn 4. I'm Not Havin' It 5. Out of Love 6. Far Away 1. Say You Don't Know Me 2. She's So Fine 3. Two Wrongs 4. Heartbreak Street 5. The Go-Getter Is Gone 6. Bush Hog, Pt. 2 7. Bush Hog

Vinyl LP pressing. InchFor most people who create art I would assume there is some kind of deep unanswerable hole in your soul as to why you're making it...Inch So says Stef Chura ahead of the of Midnight, her gritty, vehement new album - recorded and produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest -and her first new collection of songs for the Saddle Creek tag. Illuminating that search for answers with a fevered sense of exploration, Midnight is a bold leap forward from Messes, Stef's contagious debut album, with every aspect of her new work finding bold ways to express itself as it rips through twelve restless and relentless new tracks. Album Tracks 1. All I Do Is Lie 2. Scream 3. Degrees 4. Method Man 5. Trumbull 6. Jumpin' Jack 1. Sincerely Yours 2. 3D Girl 3. Sweet Sweet Midnight 4. Love Song 5. They'll Never 6. Eyes Without a Face