Name: The Midwest Book Of The Dead
Brand: Wes Tirey

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MAPANC013LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

4040824091569

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Total Cap

Black LPx2

Artist

Wes Tirey

Genre GB

Country / Americana

Label GB

Mapache Records 

Mapache Records is a Barcelona based record label that specializes in reissuing long-lost albums. With a passion for preserving and sharing *forgotten* musical gems, they carefully curate their collection to bring listeners a unique and diverse range of music from various genres and eras.

As an authoritative figure in the industry, Mapache Records takes pride in their extensive knowledge and expertise. They meticulously research each album they reissue, ensuring that every release meets their high standards of quality and authenticity.

With a focus on delivering exceptional listening experiences, Mapache Records offers music enthusiasts the opportunity to discover *rare* recordings that may have been overlooked or unavailable for years. By bringing these hidden treasures back into the spotlight, they not only pay homage to the artists behind them but also contribute to the preservation of musical history.

“One thing that’s maybe particular to the Midwest is a sincerity that can be mistaken for melodrama,” says Wes Tirey. “I don’t think these are Southern songs. I obviously don’t think it’s a New York album, an LA album; not a Nashville album. I think these songs and these characters really exist in the geography of the Midwest.” Tirey’s 10th release — his first for Dear Life, is an intimate study of the Midwestern condition. A double album, it tells of silos like chapels, spiders in the cane, of drunkards and saints and fugitives; it speaks of wild geese, and the good life, rhinestone suits, Coca Colas, and dishes drying on the rack. That sincerity and melodrama resides in the candor and weight of these songs — its playing and arrangements, rich but unfettered, and Tirey’s voice grown several feet deeper and more sonorous. It is a sublime expansion of a trademark style he has come to call “rustic minimalism”. 

The Midwest Book Of The Dead

Music GB