Paul's picks Of Gods And Men Lyndon Morgans SKU: JSLP22 Barcode: 5052571100813 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Junkyard Songs Released Date: 20th January 2023 Buying Format: 2LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘Of Gods and Men’ by Lyndon Morgans is his first album under his own name. He previously released eight albums with Karl Woodward and Dave Paterson under the ‘Songdog’ name. Morgans’ songs are a musical version of Diane Arbus’ photographs. They create word stark word snapshots like in ‘The Queen Of The £10 Deal’ “She’s all chipped nail polish and cheap perfume,” she’ll pull a string of coloured flags from her coat”, and capture moments in a life of music, love, mistake, and regret, “We’ll be Jean-Paul and Simone drinking brandy and vermouth, and you’ll tell me I’m handsome, it don’t have to be the truth. You can be as shameless as you want to be, your scars are like lines of poetry to me, Mabel.”’(Love Song for Mabel’) And these are love songs, but not youthful hymns to infatuation. They are about real life, with all its awe and joy, longing, lust, and loss. Songs in the style of Leonard Cohen; recognizing that authentic love continues even beyond togetherness; “but I’m hooked on you, my darling, and I hate that we’re apart, Christ, I hate it.” (‘A Normal Life’), And songs of the love for people. The album is a litany of secular saints; Shirley, ‘hot as twig of the burning bush’ (of Gods and Men), Mabel, Iris, Ophelia, Pearl, Moria ‘with the rosebud lips’, Peggy ‘She reckons all will be well in the end and if not, then it’s not the end.’, and Rosalyn, And like the characters of Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes A Great Notion’, each one comes alive no matter how brief their appearance. And these are songs; poetry that needs music. Words that require harmony and melody to illuminate them. This is Allen Ginsberg putting the music back into Blake. The music lifts the listener out of moments of loneliness and longing, making the pain bearable and providing the means to continue in spite of experience. And it is very good music. Along with Morgans, the musicians include long-time Songdog member, Karl Woodward, who provides the Mellotron, Mathew Conner on drums, backing vocalist Colleen McCarthy and producer Alex Franklinos on bass. Together they weave sounds around Morgans’ words in a way the adds to their emotional depth. There are songs of lost opportunities as in ‘I Am My Own Worst Enemy’, but in acknowledging them there is the hope that there will be other chances. Within the pain there are flashes of celebratory memory that reminds us that as long as one is alive there is possibility, “but if we felt like being happy, couldn’t we just be it? (‘Love Song for Mabel’) You only write these songs if you paid attention while living. Morgans celebrates life, having experienced it in all its pain and joy. So, listen and enjoy it for as Morgans sings in ‘Little Lights’ ‘We go out so quick, us little lights, don’t you think, like a match in a storm?’ Artist Lyndon Morgans Genre Americana / Country Label Junkyard Songs Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Song For A Five String Guitar 2 My Own Worst Enemy 3 Of Gods And Men 4 A Love Song To Mabel 5 Wild As Ophelia 6 Between Punk And Thatcher's Fall 7 A Normal Life 8 Pearl 9 A Schmaltzy Heart 10 Rap Sheet 11 The Mooch 12 The Queen Of The #10 Deal 13 Little Lights 14 Sayonara 15 The Whole Box Of Stars Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Mastersons, The No Time For Love Songs Americana / Country | Red House Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th March 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mastersons, The No Time For Love Songs £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Red House Records SKU: RHRLP314 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dawes Misadventures of Doomscroller Americana / Country | Concord | 1LP Released 22nd July 2022 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dawes Misadventures of Doomscroller £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Concord SKU: 7241603 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd July 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Zach Bryan Zach Bryan Americana / Country | Warner Music | 1LP Released 29th September 2023 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Zach Bryan Zach Bryan £39.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Warner Music SKU: 0093624849773 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Glen Campbell Ghost On The Canvas Americana / Country | Surfdog Records | 1LP Released 15th April 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Glen Campbell Ghost On The Canvas £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Surfdog Records SKU: 822685133121 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dolly Parton Holly Dolly Christmas Americana / Country | 12 Tone Music | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th November 2020 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dolly Parton Holly Dolly Christmas £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: 12 Tone Music SKU: 0190296821790 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Prine German Afternoons Americana / Country | Oh Boy | 1LP Released 16th September 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Prine German Afternoons £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Oh Boy SKU: OBR003LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th September 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Civil Wars, The Unplugged on VH1 Americana / Country | Sensibility | 1LP Released 9th May 2013 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Civil Wars, The Unplugged on VH1 £25.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sensibility SKU: SNS9922 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th May 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Angelina Vagabond Saint Americana / Country | Wonderfulsound | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd December 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Angelina Vagabond Saint £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Wonderfulsound SKU: WSD31LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Mandolin Orange This Side Of Jordan Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 1LP Released 26th August 2013 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mandolin Orange This Side Of Jordan £21.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: YEP2338LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th August 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Califone Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People Americana / Country | Jealous Butcher | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 23rd September 2013 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Califone Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People £28.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Jealous Butcher SKU: JB100LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
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