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JOE HENRY PRESENTS REISSUE TRILOGY OF THREE OF HIS MOST ACCLAIMED ALBUMS: CIVILIANS, BLOOD FROM STARS, AND INVISIBLE HOUR
Joe Henry is one of the artists who have shaped the sound of modern American folk and blues music like hardly anyone else. Not only is Henry a GRAMMY Award-winning producer, but also a well-respected and prolific artist in his own right.
In 2024, Joe Henry is set to release three of his most acclaimed studio records for the first time on vinyl via earMUSIC, featuring a special selection of unheard bonus tracks as well as intimate demos and live recordings from his personal archives.
“With this new reissue series, I find there’s something unexpectedly compelling to me about revisiting this particular trio of albums as, together, these volumes represent my sort of ‘coming-of-age’ as a record maker, in that I stopped observing any border between a song’s composition and its studio articulation. It all became a single impulse for me…conjured into fruition right there in my basement,” Henry reflects on the reissue series.
Civilians, the first of the three, invites the listener on a journey into Henry’s poetic lyricism. While writing the album, Henry found himself going back to an old-fashioned approach of songwriting, starting most songs on acoustic guitar and adding significant production only later on during the process. Recorded in Henry’s studio in Pasadena, long time collaborators like Loudon Wainwright III, Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, and Van Dyke Parks have influenced the sound of the album alongside Henry.
Pre-order Civilians here.
Blood From Stars, Henry’s 2009 record, sees him exploring the realms of orchestral blues and jazz. During the time, Henry was listening to a lot of country-blues and revisiting poems by writers like e.e. cummings — two forms of art that he says strongly influenced the sound of the record. With his evocative lyrics and soulful vocal delivery, Henry crafts a poignant narrative on what he calls one of his personal favorites amongst his own records.
Pre-order Blood From Stars here.
Rounding out the trilogy is Invisible Hour, one of Henry’s more recent works. Recorded in 2013, it features several of his closest musical companions, including Lisa Hannigan and best-selling novelist Colum McCann. Henry describes the songs on the album as “songs pertaining in some ways to the subject of marriage — marriage as a verb, not a noun.” The album tells a captivating story about resilience and the redemptive power of love.
Pre-order Invisible Hour here.
All three albums will be pressed on 180g double-vinyl and additionally be made available as CD Digipak, for streaming and digital download via earMUSIC, with the official pre-order starting today.
CIVILIANS TRACK LISTING:
“Civilians”
“Parker’s Mood”
“Civil War”
“Time Is A Lion”
“You Can’t Fail Me Now”
“Scare Me To Death”
“Our Song”
“Wave”
“Love Is Enough”
“I Will Write My Book”
“Shut Me Up”
“God Only Knows”
“Time Is A Lion — Demo”
“I Will Write My Book”
“God Only Knows — Demo”
“Bread & Flowers”
BLOOD FROM STARS TRACK LISTING:
“Prelude: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down”
“The Man I Keep Hid”
“Channel”
“This Is My Favorite Cage”
“Death to the Storm”
“All Blues Hail Mary”
“Bellwether”
“Progress of Love”
“Over Her Shoulder”
“Suit on a Frame”
“Truce”
“Stars”
“Coda: Light No Lamp When the Sun Comes Down”
“Bellwether – Live-On-Air”
“Truce – Live-On-Air”
“Channel– Live-On-Air”
“Stars – Live-On-Air”
“Light No Lamp – Live-On-Air”
INVISIBLE HOUR TRACK LISTING:
“Sparrow”
“Grave Angels”
“Sign”
“Invisible Hour”
“Swayed”
“Plainspeak”
“Lead Me On”
“Alice”
“Every Sorrow”
“Water Between Us”
“Slide”
“The Glorious Dead — Alternate Version Demo”
“News From The Great Wide World — Demo”
“Slide — Alternate Version Demo”
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