Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow" from 'The Lioness'  released 01/17/00 via Secretly Canadian

Opening with an epic and ending with a little spartan ode, THE LIONESS is songwriter Jason Molina's fourth and most dynamic and empassioned full-length album to date. Recorded at Chem19 Studio in Glasgow, Scotland, with his Glaswegian friends Aidan Moffat and David Gow of Arab Strap, and Alasdair Roberts of Appendix Out, as well as with Songs: Ohia veterans Geof Comings and Jonathan Cargill, it is, on its exterior, a much darker affair than each of its predecessors. Perhaps it was the Scottish weather and company which gave it such a feel, for at the core of THE LIONESS, there is a warmth and tenderness unmatched by previous Songs: Ohia recordings. Indeed, this is a dark and sultry record, but not a melancholy one. While the last Songs: Ohia album AXXESS & ACE was an album which revealed many of the painful truths about love through its loss, this is an album about the beauty of love as seen from its rich foundational and experiential stages.

Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow" from 'The Lioness'  released 01/17/00 via Secretly Canadian


The Lioness

The Black Crow

Songs: Ohia - "The Black Crow"

Bridging Pink Floyd and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, this album drifts through expansive soundscapes haunted by phantom echoes of the Summer of Love. Eleven instrumental pieces craft a melancholic yet majestic requiem for an age that once promised to transform the world. Produced with AI.

Introspection

The Spell

The Letter

Hand Cannot Erase (Deluxe Edition)

Perfect Life

Cover Version

The Day Before You Came

Ancestral

Real Gone

Green Grass (Remastered)

Dead and Lovely (Remastered)

An extended 6 minute version that was previously released as part of the "Blackfield" digital download single, but I think only in mp3 form (as usual this is full resolution WAV). Blackfield's third album is due for release in March, and there is now a facebook page dedicated to the band at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackfield/103704446366593