Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (Deluxe Edition)Monsters of Folk comprised of Jim James (My Morning Jacket), M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) released their first collaborative album in 2009. The set was recorded in Malibu and Omaha with all four members playing every instrument. It marked their only recorded output as a band. This reissue features revised artwork, the original 15 song record plus 5 unreleased studio tracks from 2012, intended for a never finished 2nd album, and

Acclaimed in Rolling Stone by David Fricke as ‰ÛÏa Hendrix devotee every bit as tough and contemporary as the serrated guitar chorales of Sonic Youth and Pixies

Neill Maccoll

or whether he has some vocal help as he does on the bounding Keeping Up

textured and allusive

’ “I’m talking things like the first two Nick Lowe records – I’m obsessed by that shit

the album is far from a proper punk record

such as Sunnyboys or the Go-Betweens” The Guardian

An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil delves into the theology of William Blake and Emanuel Swedenborg

with songs from a spine-thrilling new place and a gifted young singer with her own musical logic

and they signed him as an artist in his own right the same year

As José sees it

and this is music that could’ve found a home everywhere from rave and free party scene to the punk community