ARTiST: Jeb Loy Nichols
TiTLE: Days Are Mighty
LABEL: Tuition Records
GENRE: Acoustic
TiME: 57:16 min
SiZE: 54,4 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jun-08-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jun-04-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
CD1
01. My Kind 02:54
02. Days Are Mighty 02:48
03. Lay Down And Cry 03:11
04. 25 Years Too Late 03:18
05. Can't Find The Words 02:17
06. Poor Little Barn 02:59
07. That's Not What She Said To Me 02:40
08. After November 03:08
09. Let's Not Fall 03:07
10. Almost 02:55
11. I Need You So 04:15
CD2
01. I Need You So (Demo) 02:20
02. Let's Not Fall (Demo) 02:48
03. My Kind (Demo) 02:20
04. Days Are Mighty (Demo) 02:14
05. Can't Find The Words (Demo) 02:22
06. Lazy Afternoon (Demo) 01:49
07. Poor Little Barn (Demo) 01:52
08. Almost (Demo) 02:16
09. 25 Years Too Late (Demo) 02:56
10. Still Tomorrow (Demo) 02:47
Release Notes:
'I wanted to keep this one personal', says Jeb Loy
Nichols. 'Personal and small. It seems like that's
the only way to keep outside all the nonsense that
passes for the music business these days.'
For Jeb Loy, the personal has always been political.
A small act of sacrifice, of defiance, of
awkwardness, is often the starting point of these
new songs. 'I think about it more and more' he says.
'What I do everyday, in every small part of my life,
is part of something bigger.'
Six years ago he moved to a remote farm in Wales to
try and have as little to do as possible with the
excesses of urban life. These days he grows much of
his own food, generates his own power, recycles
almost everything he uses, and heats his house with
his own wood.
His new record, Days Are Mighty, is an intimate
portrayal of a simple life lived on the margins.
'My last record', he says, 'was all about being away
from home. I went to Nashville and wrote a record
about my relationship with America. This record is
about my relationship with home.'
Days Are Mighty, like most home life, is deceptive.
On first listen it feels warm, comfortable, and
safe. But like most home life, scratch the surface
and you find a whole world of contradictions. Songs
of loss, of separateness, of fear.
'Sure', says Jeb Loy, 'it's all there. But it's
beautiful too. It's simple. Direct. It's like the
bluegrass records I grew up with. All those
beautiful harmonies singing songs about death. I
wanted to make a beautiful record. A warm record.
But I wanted it to be about the stuff I deal with
everyday. I deal with regret, with age, with
disappointment, with the failure of society to be
decent.'
The record steers away tricky production and fancy
arrangements. It's a record that sounds like what it
is: songs about life outside fashion. 'I could have
made a bigger record', Jeb Loy says. 'Brought in
horns and strings and everything, but I wanted it to
fit in my kitchen. I wanted to feel like we were
sitting at my kitchen table talking. Just you and
me. I wanted to talk about the see everyday. Old
barns falling down, the winter months, old
girlfriends, the lack of political resistance. I
wanted to say: the only true revolution is to fall
in love. That's permanent revolution. That's real
upheaval.'
To keep the record simple, Jeb Loy chose to work
with old friends. Jennifer Carr, a long time
collaborator, is on keyboards. Andy Hamill, one of
JebÆs closest friends, is on bass. Jonathan Lee is
on drums. 'Mates, Jeb Loy says, 'one and all. A good
time. Just us, talking. Just family.'
"Days are Mighty" is a limited 2 disc edition
including 10 demo songs!