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A Wednesday song is a quilt. A short story collection, a half-memory, a patchwork of portraits of the American south, disparate moments that somehow make sense as a whole. Karly Hartzman, the songwriter / vocalist / guitarist at the helm of the project, is a story collector as much as she is a storyteller: a scholar of people and one-liners. Rat Saw God, the Asheville quintet’s new and best record, is ekphrastic but autobiographical and above all, deeply empathetic. Across the album’s ten tracks Hartzman, guitarist MJ Lenderman, bassist Margo Shultz, drummer Alan Miller, and lap/pedal steel player Xandy Chelmis build a shrine to minutiae. Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang, that distorted lap steel and Hartzman’s voice slicing through the din.

Jack Russell's Great White represents the next phase of a legacy. Rather than look backwards and merely attempt to relive the multi-platinum hard rock entity s storied origins in Great White, Jack Russell set his sights on the future. Now, with old Great White bandmate, Tony Montana in tow, this group has a sharp, soaring and slick new album ready, boasting the bluesy hard rock stomp that made Russell a star in the first place.

Crosscut Saw reissues Albert King's 1983 album San Francisco '83 (a studio album, not a live one), adding two previously unreleased cuts. His first new release in five years, it wasn't one of King's better records – but it did represent a return to a basic five-piece sound, an improvement upon his over-produced outings of the late '70s.

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce a newly re-mastered edition of the classic debut solo album by Ian Matthews. He first came to prominence as a member of Fairport Convention, appearing on the band's first two albums. In 1969 he formed Matthews Southern Comfort, recording three classic albums and releasing a version of Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock' which topped the UK charts and was a global hit, before embarking on a solo career. "If You Saw Thro' My Eyes" was his acclaimed solo debut, seeing Matthews enlist the assistance of former Fairport band mates Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny (who played Harmonium and Piano and and a duet on Thro' My Eyes) and fine musicians such as Tim Renwick, Andy Roberts and Gerry Conway…

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce a newly re-mastered edition of the classic debut solo album by Ian Matthews. He first came to prominence as a member of Fairport Convention, appearing on the band's first two albums. In 1969 he formed Matthews Southern Comfort, recording three classic albums and releasing a version of Joni Mitchell's 'Woodstock' which topped the UK charts and was a global hit, before embarking on a solo career. "If You Saw Thro' My Eyes" was his acclaimed solo debut, seeing Matthews enlist the assistance of former Fairport band mates Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny (who played Harmonium and Piano and and a duet on Thro' My Eyes) and fine musicians such as Tim Renwick, Andy Roberts and Gerry Conway…

The laserpunk duo Rainbowlicker, consisting of Johan (ex-Beastmilk) and Peps (ex-Creepy Crawlie), has for quite some time aroused attention with their live performances, but until now the worrisome twosome hasn't been successfully persuaded to enter the studio.
Peps and Johan's music draws inspiration from the fury of punk rock and riot grrrl subculture and drowns them in electronic pulsating waves of sound. The eclectic electric group has been difficult to pin down, and their music has shaken the walls of art galleries as well as rat-infested Russian squats.