Insound Staff Pick - 2009! The debut album from 22-year-old Joanna Newsom is getting rave reviews. The Milk-Eyed Mender features a harp with a soul-destroying dynamic range and a voice echoing those of mischievous, missing school children. May take parts of our little subculture by storm. Fans already include SMOG, Devendra Barnhart, and Bonnie Prince Billy.

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VINYL FORMAT. It's been two-and-a-half years since Joanna's Drag City debut, The Milk-Eyed Mender, captured the hearts of fans and critics with its lilting harp and vocal majesty. On Ys, Joanna has recorded five (yup, 5!) songs clocking in at fifty-five minutes. The album was recorded with Steve Albini, mixed with Jim O'Rourke, and features orchestral arrangements from the legendary Van Dyke Parks. On Ys, you will hear a dream collaboration between Joanna's voice, her harp, and a full orchestra. The album ...   [ read more ]

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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 23RD RELEASE DATE. VINYL FORMAT. 'It's been a highly entertaining indie-rock parlor game these past few years, wondering how harpist/lyricist Joanna Newsom would follow up 2006's Ys - arguably one of the most rewarding releases of the decade just concluded, and certainly one of its most unusual. How could she top that strange masterpiece? Now we have our answer: with a triple album. Newsom's Have One on Me [is] a three-CD package, ...   [ read more ]

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