Name: MITH
Brand: Lonnie Holley

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

JAG316lp-C1

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Double Smoke Colored Vinyl

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-09-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605231631

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

JAG316lp

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Extended format: No

Double Standard Black Vinyl. Included download. 

656605231617

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

JAG316cd

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656605231624

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

Artist

Lonnie Holley

Genre US

New Psyche & Psyche Rock

Label US

Jagjaguwar

Lonnie Holley was born on February 10, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. From a young age, he faced adversity and had to work various jobs just to survive. Despite his difficult upbringing, Holley found solace in art and music. Since 1979, he has dedicated his life to improvisational creativity, expressing himself through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and sound. His sculptures are made from found materials and tell powerful stories of African American culture. Similarly, his music is improvised and ever-evolving. Through years of experimentation, Holley has created a unique artistic style that resonates with depth and purpose.

Holley's early life was marked by chaos and instability as he moved between different homes and foster care. However, this challenging upbringing fueled his curiosity and drive for creative expression.

Inspired by the oldest tradition of African American sculpture [and repurposing objects], Holley constructs narrative sculptures that pay homage to significant people, places, and events in history.

Lonnie Holley's new album MITH. Available on Double Smoke Color Vinyl, Double Standard Black Vinyl, CD and Cassette.

The expansive black experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding new album, MITH, is both multitudinous and nely detailed. Holley’s self-taught piano improvisations and stream-of-consciousness lyrical approach have only gained purpose and power since he introduced the musical side of his art in 2012 with Just Before Music, followed by 2013’s Keeping a Record of It. But whereas his previous material seemed to dwell in the Eternal-Internal, MITH lives very much in our world — the one of concrete and tears; of dirt and blood; of injustice and hope.

Across these songs, in an impressionistic poetry all his own, Holley touches on Black Lives Matter (“I’m a Suspect”), Standing Rock (“Copying the Rock”) and the crooked administration currently occupying The White House (“I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America”). A storyteller of the highest order, he commands a personal and universal mythology in his songs of which few songwriters are capable — names like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom and Gil Scott-Heron come to mind.

MITH was recorded over five years in locations such as Porto, Portugal; Cottage Grove, Oregon; New York City and Holley’s adopted hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. These 10 songs feature contributions from fellow cosmic musician Laraaji, jazz duo Nelson Patton, visionary producer Richard Swift, saxophonist Sam Gendel and producer/musician Shahzad Ismaily.

LP - Double Standard Black Vinyl with Download