KEXP ~ PACIFIC NOTIONS - part 5

T.Milly👑- Silhouette (Remix)

The More You Know

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Jesse was late again, but I don’t mind I’ll wait for him
Jesse gets mean sometimes
But I don’t mind, he’s got a lot on his mind.
And dammit Jesse. It’s true. I do love you
And dammit Jesse. It’s true. I do trust you

Jesse’s a mess again
So I lie awake with him
And he’s holding on to something I can’t see
But it’s alright, I’m safe with him

And dammit Jesse. It’s true
I do, love you
And dammit Jesse. It’s true, I do trust you

And he could be bad, and turn his back;
He could break all his promises. But when I see Jesse I smile.
When I see Jesse I smile.
He could be bad, and turn his back;
He could break all his promises. But when I see Jesse I smile.
When I see Jesse I smile.

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In the late 90’s, east-side LA was in the throws of a post-indie explosion; a network of stoned bands ranging from neo-psychedelia to pseudo-country overran Spaceland (our generation’s Troubadour) and the local Silverlake Lounge. I was playing freakbeat records twice a week in dive bars, half of Spacemen 3 was crashing at my house (my drop-out roommate was Sonic Boom’s tour drummer) and it was during this blur that I met Raymond Richards, a clean-cut all-American pedal steel guitarist playing in Mojave 3 (the country-tinged 4AD side project of shoegaze royalty, Slowdive). I was instantly swept off my feet, head over heels in love with Raymond's weeping tone — the most chill-inducing, emotionally responsive dialog I’d had with music since discovering Satie as a child — it was then and it is now, truly haunting. After a year of personnel trials, my roommate and I stole Raymond for our own band, and not only did he smother our songs with his enchanting steel, he was virtuosic with a variety of atypical instruments such as baritone guitar and theremin, he utilized them all. The band was short-lived — I split to jam with Ariel Pink, Raymond fled to Portland, then me subsequently to New York City — but in founding the ESP Institute years later, there was always a recurring mental note; "we must make Raymond’s pedal steel album." I had managed to wrangle his blessed performance on a remix for Project Club’s 'El Mar Y La Luna', but it took almost a decade until I once again wore the producer hat and we began working on 'The Lost Art Of Wandering', a title borrowed from Sam Shepard’s 'Stories'. Spiritually candid, expansive yet enveloping, this is the strung-out, visceral country music that simply radiates from Raymond. Each song is his set of coordinates in a vast open terrain, holding a sentimental familiarity, a truthful longing for the simple comforts that diffuse life’s complications, a place to get lost. —Lovefingers

Produced by Lovefingers
Cover image - Barbara and Michael Leisgen, Eintauchen [detail], 1972

Beautiful You

Laura Christie Wall