Preacher’s Sigh And Potion: Lost Album Matthew Dear SKU: 22.00 23.00 £22.00 - £23.00 £22.00 - £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ghostly Released Date: 25th June 2021 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Preacher’s Sigh And Potion: Lost Album quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Twenty-plus years into his career, producer/vocalist/songwriter/DJ Matthew Dear remains artistically unpredictable in pursuit of his prescient strain of electronically-formed, organically-delivered indie pop. His work traverses myriad musical worlds, belonging to none. But these fluid moves have not been without a few forks in the road, decisive turns, and what-ifs. Most notable is the pivot-point following Dear’s acclaimed 2007 avant-pop LP, Asa Breed, in which he broke away from the 4/4 grid of his techno/house debut Leave Luck To Heaven and into something much more wild and idiosyncratic. Traveling between his adopted Detroit and his home state of Texas throughout 2008 and 2009, Dear amassed a set of personal, playful, looping guitar-centric recordings he’d consider for his next album. Given the new momentum of the hybrid electronic pop of Asa Breed which led to an opening slot for Hot Chip and remixes for ‘00 heroes like Spoon and Postal Service, Dear decided to shelf the material. He moved ahead to work on his watershed 2010 album, Black City, a steely noir set which earned him a Best New Music on Pitchfork and a worldwide tour with a besuited band. This “lost album” had a sound, a spirited country romp in the techno barn, and it had a rough title, a scribble on one of the CD-Rs passed to Ghostly label founder Sam Valenti IV, Preacher’s Sigh & Potion. He never fully walked away from it, and merely kept moving down the road, waiting for the audience to catch up. Over a decade later, that time is now. Preacher’s Sigh & Potion finds Dear unknowingly at an intersection in his young run, a burgeoning songwriter at his most freewheeling and unaffected. In hindsight, there were hints of Preacher’s sound on Asa Breed, but the set still registers endearingly out of step with his eventual direction. This was the first time Dear tapped so directly into his late father’s influence as a fingerpicking guitar player in the 1960s and ‘70s and a gateway to the music of John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, and Emmylou Harris. From the twang and tambourine stomp of album opener “Muscle Beach,” to the metronome-like pulse of “Hikers Y” complete with an unmistakable Matthew Dear dryly dismissive mantra, to the gloomy carnival-leaving-town pomp of “Gutters and Beyond,” Preacher’s Sigh & Potion is filled with the reckless notions of an artist dashing the history of pop and rock, the twang of country, the build and release of techno. Dear is an auteur, and in retrospect, so many of his signatures crop up in these relics from his former self. Dear remembers him well: “It’s crazy how music memory exists in a very deep and indescribable tangibility. I know the person who made all these, and remember glimpses of the desk, or studio set up for each recording. I know who wrote these lyrics, and where they were mentally during that process.” Revisiting this material now also has Dear thinking about his father’s legacy: “He also showed me that anyone can play, and perform for people, regardless of having albums or not. He was a very controlled and skilled guitar player but made it look natural and smooth. He had hundreds of songs in his repertoire and would play them nightly for us in the living room. He lived for music, and I hope I can pass that along to his grandkids.” Artist Matthew Dear Genre Rock And Pop Label Ghostly Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Muscle Beach Sow Down Hikers Y Never Divide All Her Fits Supper Times Crash And Burn Heart To Sing Eye Head Gutters And Beyond Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Matthew Dear and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Matthew Dear Bunny Rock And Pop | Ghostly | 1LP Released 12th October 2018 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matthew Dear Bunny £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ghostly SKU: GI323LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matthew Dear Bunny – Indies Only Rock And Pop | Ghostly | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th October 2018 £31.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matthew Dear Bunny – Indies Only £31.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ghostly SKU: GI323LPC1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th October 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Matthew Dear Beams Rock And Pop | Ghostly International | 2LP Released 27th August 2012 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matthew Dear Beams £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ghostly International SKU: GI155LP Formats: 2LP Released Date: 27th August 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hatchie Sugar & Spice EP Rock And Pop | Heavenly | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 7th September 2018 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hatchie Sugar & Spice EP £11.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Heavenly SKU: HVN437 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 7th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Editors An End Has A Start Rock And Pop | PIAS | 1LP Released 8th August 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Editors An End Has A Start £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: PIAS SKU: PIL085 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Dylan The Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960 Folk | Cornbread | 180g, 1LP Released 2nd August 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Dylan The Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960 £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Cornbread SKU: CRNBR16059 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 2nd August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cut Worms Nobody Lives Here Anymore Rock And Pop | Jagjaguwar | 2LP Released 9th October 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cut Worms Nobody Lives Here Anymore £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Jagjaguwar Released Date: 9th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lower Dens The Competition Rock And Pop | Ribbon Music | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th September 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lower Dens The Competition £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Ribbon Music SKU: RBN070LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duran Duran Danse Macabre Rock And Pop | BMG | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th October 2023 £28.00 - £30.00 Select options Duran Duran Danse Macabre £28.00 - £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Select options Nearly New View Product Quick View Various Artists Rock Buster Rock And Pop | CBS | 2LP Released 24th October 2023 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Various Artists Rock Buster £10.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: CBS SKU: nn275012 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 24th October 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Sauna Youth Distractions Rock And Pop | Upset The Rhythm | 180g, 1LP Released 8th June 2015 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sauna Youth Distractions £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Upset The Rhythm SKU: UTR071LP Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pavement The Secret History Vol.1 Rock And Pop | Matador | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 13th November 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pavement The Secret History Vol.1 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador SKU: OLE10641 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham's picks View Product Quick View Prince Originals Rock And Pop | Warner Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes CD Released 19th July 2019 £30.00 - £50.00 Select options Prince Originals £30.00 - £50.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Warner Records Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes CD Released Date: 19th July 2019 Read More Select options See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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