The Gold String Devon Sproule SKU: TAR071LP Barcode: 5052442009887 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tin Angel Released Date: 24th March 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Devon Sproule’s “Gold String” is North American music with weirdo roots. Recorded in three different Canadian provinces — Yukon, Ontario, and Nova Scotia — the short, lush LP features backing from Toronto dream-poppers Bernice. The deep, sparse “Drawing Circles” is a song by Sproule’s Tin Angel labelmate Ed Askew. Two songs are co-written with Mike O’Neill (Inbreds) and mixed by Sandro Perri. Sproule’s husband Paul Curreri sings, plays, mixes, and produces. “I was staying in a tiny house all by myself, on a windy island out in the North sea. My daily human contact was waving to a farmer while he trained his 9-month-old sheepdog, Jan, for a herding competition. I had a little map of the ruins in the area, but I never really felt like it. I was gravitating toward the more modest plants and birds, considering all the people in my life. Everything seemed hyper-connected. So I postponed dinner — which is always easy because I can’t cook — & begin to write these long, long lines of lyrics. They were way less labored than usual, less chiseled into a meter. But I found that if I narrowed the melody to a few notes — almost like a chant — the ideas began to string themselves together. That song became ‘The Gold String.’ ‘More Together’ is half-about reconciliation — no doubt about it. But it’s also about the relief you feel when you stop needing to set yourself apart in the world. When we lived in Austin, we got this crazy cheap gym membership thanks to a friend’s Costco card. Sometimes on the elliptical, I’d peek at the other folks around me. We were all so sweaty, leaning forward, our music in our headphones, just working. I was surprised how happy I was to be a part of the tribe. So I wrote that into the second verse, along with an image of the sweat lodge we had at Twin Oaks when I was growing up.” Devon Sproule is a Canadian/American musician living in rural Virginia, raised on eco-villages near Kingston, Ontario and Louisa, Virginia. The 34-year-old, in addition to being a musician, is a high school drop-out, a birder, doula, and a student of Deaf Culture and sign language. She has been married to producer Paul Curreri for 11 years. “Sproule’s lyrics glance off each other arrestingly, juxtaposing images.” – Financial Times “Her quirky affectations bring to mind Bjork, and forays into the dark, Michelle Shocked.” – Village Voice Artist Devon Sproule Genre Folk Label Tin Angel Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Listen To This Make It Safe Trees At Your Mom's The Gold String Drawing Circles Jana More Together Tree Detail Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Pete Seeger Live At The Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. 1960 Folk | Mr Suit | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th December 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pete Seeger Live At The Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. 1960 £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Mr Suit SKU: SUITABLE1334 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th December 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Chapman 50 Folk | Paradise Of Bachelors | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 17th January 2017 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Chapman 50 £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Paradise Of Bachelors SKU: POB029LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Renbourn Live In Kyoto 1978 Folk | Drag City | 1LP Released 15th June 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Renbourn Live In Kyoto 1978 £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Drag City SKU: DC713 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Erin Rae Lighten Up Folk | Good Memory | 1LP Released 4th February 2022 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Erin Rae Lighten Up £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Good Memory SKU: GMR0001LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sharon Van Etten Epic Folk | Ba Da Bing | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 28th October 2010 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sharon Van Etten Epic £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Ba Da Bing SKU: BING072 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Angelo de Augustine Swim Inside The Moon Folk | Asthmatic Kitty Records | 1LP Released 25th August 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Angelo de Augustine Swim Inside The Moon £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records SKU: AKR133LP-C1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Innocence Mission, The Sun On The Square Folk | Badman | 1LP Released 19th April 2024 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Innocence Mission, The Sun On The Square £30.00 Genre: Folk Label: Badman SKU: BRC909 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mark Olson Good-bye Lizelle Americana / Country | Glitterhouse | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes CD Released 30th September 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mark Olson Good-bye Lizelle £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Glitterhouse SKU: GRLP816 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes CD Released Date: 30th September 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Keywest Ordinary Superhero Folk | Marshall Records | 1LP Released 27th September 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Keywest Ordinary Superhero £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Marshall Records SKU: 0190296899836 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Andy M Stewart & Manus Lunny Dublin Lady Folk | Green Linnet | 1LP Released 13th June 2014 £4.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Andy M Stewart & Manus Lunny Dublin Lady £4.00 Genre: Folk Label: Green Linnet SKU: NN69763 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th June 2014 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Folk Start again
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