Name: No Recover
Brand: Eric Bachmann

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MRG628LP

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Black Vinyl in a Cardstock Inner Sleeve with Printed Lyrics plus Download.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-09-07

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0673855062815

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Eric Bachmann

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Folk

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Merge Records

Eric Bachmann is a former leader of the band Archers Of Loaf, which disbanded in 1998. Currently, he records with Crooked Fingers, a project that primarily consists of himself and a rotating lineup. In 2006, Bachmann released his first solo album on Saddle Creek.

Bachmann's musical talents extend beyond his own projects. He collaborated with Micah P. Hinson on the album "Micah P. Hinson And The Opera Circuit," where he showcased his saxophone skills. Additionally, Bachmann arranged most of the orchestral pieces featuring strings on three of Micah's albums.

With influences ranging from Crooked Fingers to Lou Barlow and Jeff Tweedy, Eric Bachmann's music resonates with fans who appreciate artists like Clem Snide and Songs: Ohia. His unique sound combines elements of folk and indie rock, creating an authentic listening experience for all.

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan, it started as a platform to release music from their band Superchunk and their friends' creations. Over the years, Merge Records has grown to include talented artists from all over the world, with some of their records even reaching the top of the Billboard music charts.
With its headquarters nestled in Durham, North Carolina, Merge Records has become a renowned name in the music industry. The label was established by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan back in 1989 with a vision to share their own musical endeavors as well as support fellow musicians within their circle.
What began as a humble endeavor quickly flourished into something much greater. Today, Merge Records boasts an impressive roster of artists spanning various genres and backgrounds. From indie rock to experimental pop, *Superchunk* paved the way for other talented musicians to join forces under this esteemed label's umbrella.

There was something sinister about Crooked Fingers, both the name of the project and the music that Eric Bachmann wrote at the helm of its ever-shifting lineups over 15 years. He retired the moniker a couple of years ago, but with his third album under his own name, the transformation feels gorgeous and final and irreversible: No Recover.The drunken louts and red devil dawns are a thing of the past now, monuments to a different time. Bachmann, husband and recent father, has some new lenses through which to view the world. But while No Recover is decidedly mellow and reflective, do not mistake it for the work of a relaxed, satisfied songwriter, sitting on some Georgia porch with a stalk of wheat between his lips, gently rocking a cradle with his foot and whistling an old tune. No, the Eric Bachmann of 2018 seems to view life with a sort of disgruntled maturity and righteous resignation. No Recover is both harrowing and beautiful, and its mellowness can be deceiving. The album is mostly just him, a classical guitar, some treated rhythm tracks, and otherworldly drop-ins from singer Avery Leigh Draut and guitarist Eric Johnson, Bachmann's old pal from their Archers of Loaf days. He's got a lot on his mind, only some of it pretty. The sunset on the album’s cover might be the end of a cruel world for the duo in Jaded Lover, Shady Drifter, who introduce No Recover; they feel like flip-side lovers, both sonically and lyrically, of the couple at the center of Bring On the Snakes’ The Rotting Strip. But that dark sentiment is quickly reversed with Daylight, one of Bachmann’s most stunning vocal performances ever: For a guy who earned his stripes by shredding his vocal cords in the ’90s, he sure can croon. And though the words cast some shadows—“fight for your life,” he implores—ultimately there is hope. “If you try, you can be loved.” Same goes, to a less direct degree, for Waylaid, the record’s jauntiest song, and a meditation on failure and love that leaves room for Johnson’s bright-but-mournful electric guitar to take center stage. But leave it to Bachmann to save the best for last: No Recover ends with one song for his wife and another for his son. Wild Azalea, for Liz Durrett—who also makes a brief appearance earlier in the album—is pure ’70s AM gold, including the tinge of sadness that the best of that era embraced. And Dead and Gone offers wistful, Bachmann-style comfort to a child. It’s vulnerable and giving, a lifetime promise that somehow intertwines regret and hopefulness.

CD - Housed in a 4-panel Digipak and includes a poster-style folder insert with lyrics.

LP - Black Vinyl in a Cardstock Inner Sleeve with Printed Lyrics plus Download.

LP+ - Limited Edition Pressing on Blue and Black Swirl Vinyl in a Cardstock Inner Sleeve with Printed Lyrics plus Download.

No Recover

Music GB