Strays Margo Price

• 1 Been To The Mountain 05:28
• 2 Light Me Up 05:05
• 3 Radio 02:49
• 4 Change Of Heart 04:04
• 5 County Road 06:08
• 6 Time Machine 02:46
• 7 Hell In The Heartland 04:28
• 8 Anytime You Call 03:48
• 9 Lydia 06:12
• 10 Landfill 05:34
• Total Runtime 46:22

Info for Strays

Auf ihrem Weg durch mehrere Lebensabschnitte voller Verlust, Lügen, Versagen und Drogenmissbrauch hat sie gelernt, Trauma, Schmerz und Sucht loszulassen, und diese Sammlung von zehn Originalsongs ist eine Feier der Freiheit in ihren vielen, leidenschaftlichen Formen. Produziert wurde das Album von Jonathan Wilson, der bereits für Angel Olsen und Father John Misty gearbeitet hat, und von Price selbst. Die 10 Songs wurden hauptsächlich im Sommer 2021, im Fivestar Studio im Topanga Canyon aufgenommen. Das Schreiben selbst fing bereits 2020 an, nachdem Price und ihr Mann Jeremy Ivey einen Roadtrip nach South Carolina machten. Daraus ergab sich die nötige Motivation und Inspiration musikalisch selbstbewusster zu experimentieren und verschiedene Ansätze zu entdecken. Das Ergebnis ist eine gelungene Mischung aus klassischem Rock 'n' Roll, pyschedelischem Country, Rhythm ›n‹ Blues und Pop. Dazu sagt Price: »Ich fühle diesen Drang immer weiterzugehen und dabei Neues zu schaffen. Ansonsten bleibt man immer an derselben Stelle stehen. Man muss seinen Horizont erweitern und ich bin nach anderen Dingen auf der Suche als z.B. vor möglichst vielen Menschen zu spielen oder viele Auszeichnungen zu bekommen. Ich versuche nur das zu finden, was meine Seele wirklich braucht«. Als Gäste sind auf dem Album auch Sharon Van Etten, Lucius und Mike Campbell vertreten.

Margo Price

Margo Price
It only takes Margo Price about twenty-eight seconds to convince you that you're hearing the arrival of a singular new talent. “Hands of Time,” the opener on Midwest Farmer's Daughter (coming Spring 2016 on Third Man Records), is an invitation, a mission statement and a starkly poetic summary of the 32-year old singer's life, all in one knockout, self-penned punch: “When I rolled out of town on the unpaved road, I was fifty-seven dollars from bein' broke . . .”

Throughout Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, Price recalls hardships and heartaches – the loss of her family's farm, the death of her child, problems with men and the bottle. Her voice has that alluring mix of vulnerability and resilience that was once the province of Loretta and Dolly. It is a tour-de-force performance that is vivid, deeply moving and all true.

From the honky tonk comeuppance of “About To Find Out,” to the rockabilly-charged “This Town Gets Around” to the weekend twang of “Hurtin' (On The Bottle)”, Price adds fresh twists to classic Nashville country, with a sound that could’ve made hits in any decade. Meanwhile, the hard-hitting blues grooves of “Four Years of Chances” and “Tennessee Song” push the boundaries further west to Memphis (the album was recorded at Sun Studio).

Price grew up in Aledo, Illinois (pop. 3,612), and after dropping out of college, she moved to Nashville in 2003. She soon met bass player – and future husband – Jeremy Ivey, and formed a band called Buffalo Clover. They self-released three records and built a local following, but it was personal tragedy that brought Price’s calling into even sharper focus. “I lost my firstborn son to a heart ailment,” Price says, “and I was really down and depressed. I was drinking too much. I was definitely lost. I did some things that I regret very much now that resulted in a brush with the law. Thank god I had my friends and family to keep me going. Coming through that, I thought, 'I'm just going to write music that I want to hear.' It was a big turning point.”

After recording the album with her band at Sun Studio and shopping it to a number of Nashville labels, Price reached another critical career moment when a friend brought up Third Man Records and told her, “You're on Jack's radar, he wants to hear the record.” Price says, “I sent it over, and it just felt like home. A good creative space to be involved in, and everyone is so down to earth. It was awesome when I met with Jack. He told me he thought my voice was a breath of fresh air, and that he loved the record.”

As Price looks ahead to a busy 2016, full of touring and promoting Midwest Farmer's Daughter, she reflects on her hopes for what listeners might get from these songs. “I hope that the record helps people get through hard times or depression. That's ultimately what music did for me in my childhood, and especially in my early adult years. It's about being able to connect personally with a song, and hopefully, it makes you feel not so lonely.”

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