Lessons for Mutants Johanna Warren SKU: WIX07LP Barcode: 677517700718 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Folk Label: Wax Nine Records Released Date: 7th October 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “I think it’s a mistake to equate ‘perfection’ with flawlessness. To be human is to be perfectly flawed,” Johanna Warren observes while describing the joys of analog recording. Her new LP Lessons for Mutants was tracked live with a band to two inch tape—a revelatory new way of working for Warren. “Tape forces you to commit to a performance, eccentricities and all. The little glitches and anomalies that we’re tempted to ‘correct’ are often what make a thing magical.” Lessons for Mutants is the prolific songwriter’s sixth solo LP and her second for Wax Nine/Carpark Records. The album’s running theme of metamorphosis (the title of the closing track, “Involvulus,” is Latin for “caterpillar”) reflects major changes in Warren’s personal life: after a decade of relentless touring, as the world was closing its borders, the American multi-instrumentalist unexpectedly found herself quarantining in rural Wales, where she’s now permanently homesteading. Though tracking for the new album began in New York in 2018 in tandem with the sessions for 2020’s Chaotic Good, the majority of Lessons for Mutants was recorded in the UK surrounded by sheep, cows and a forager’s paradise of wild edible plants—a far cry from the urban jungle of LA that Warren had most recently called home. The body of work that emerged from this dramatic about-face is Warren’s most dynamic to date, shapeshifting seamlessly from searing punk screams to sparkly psych-folk soundscapes, from the bootleg ambivalence of Dylan’s Basement Tapes to cosmic stoner grooves reminiscent of Black Sabbath’s acoustic moments. “Sometimes I can relate to myself/ I disassociate more than I’d like to, but what can you do?” Warren croons in “Tooth for a Tooth,” a wistful piano ballad that conjures the grainy romance of some smoke-filled 1940s jazz club. This kind of to-the-bone lyrical honesty has always been one of Warren’s strong suits, but these latest reflections are especially unflinching. Being forced to stop touring brought no shortage of self-examination for Warren, who quickly came to view her history on the road as an addiction from which she’s been detoxing. This sentiment dances through opening track “I’d Be Orange,” a drum-driven indie rock number replete with Beatles-esque male backing vocals: “Thirst for power, hunger for fame/ Always was a junkie for pain,” Warren confesses. This exploration of masochistic ambition and artistic martyrdom overflows into grunge anthem “Piscean Lover”: “It’s alright, we’re not ok/ We burn out not to fade away.” “There’s this unspoken rule in modern music—modern life, really—that everything needs to be Auto-Tuned and ‘on the grid,’” Warren concludes. “This record is an act of resistance against that. There’s beauty and power in our aberrations, if we can embrace them.” ”Reaching deep into the soul through the ill-fated love story of Orpheus and Euridyce, ‘Involvolus’ is starkly perfect in every way and a fitting conclusion to this brief but wonderful album.” 9/10 GOD IS IN THE TV Artist Johanna Warren Genre Folk Label Wax Nine Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings I'd Be Orange Piscean Lover Oaths County Fair Tooth for a Tooth :/ Lessons for Mutants Hi Res Good Is Gone Involvulus Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Hollow Coves Wanderlust Folk | Nettwerk | 1LP Released 3rd March 2023 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hollow Coves Wanderlust £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Nettwerk SKU: NMG36494 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jessica Risker I See You Among The Stars Folk | Western Vinyl | 1LP Released 4th May 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jessica Risker I See You Among The Stars £18.00 Genre: Folk Label: Western Vinyl SKU: WV166LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Fred Neil Sessions Folk | Capitol | 1LP Released 9th November 2022 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Fred Neil Sessions £12.00 Genre: Folk Label: Capitol SKU: nn253137 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Chieftains, The Voice Of Ages Folk | Concord | 2LP Released 17th March 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chieftains, The Voice Of Ages £33.00 Genre: Folk Label: Concord SKU: 7245789 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 17th March 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jenn Bostic Revival Folk | Jenn Bostic Music | 1LP Released 4th May 2018 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jenn Bostic Revival £15.00 Genre: Folk Label: Jenn Bostic Music SKU: LPJEN6 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Jon Boden Last Mile Home Folk | Hudson Records | 1LP Released 14th May 2021 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Boden Last Mile Home £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Hudson Records SKU: HUD022LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Radical Face The Family Tree: The Branches Folk | Nettwerk | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st November 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Radical Face The Family Tree: The Branches £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Nettwerk SKU: 3098717 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st November 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons A Selection Of Ever Popular Favourites Folk | Fledgling | 1LP Released 12th October 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Martin Simpson & Dom Flemons A Selection Of Ever Popular Favourites £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Fledgling SKU: FLLP3100 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jim Dickinson Dixie Fried Americana / Country | Future Days Recordings / Light In The Attic | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 2nd December 2016 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jim Dickinson Dixie Fried £34.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Future Days Recordings / Light In The Attic SKU: FDR623LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eleni Mandell Dark Lights Up Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 180g, 1LP Released 24th August 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eleni Mandell Dark Lights Up £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: LPYEP2444 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Folk Start again
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