simple_torture Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Apparently coming on 11/24 (RSD Black Friday?): A1. Solitude A2. Snowblind Quote Limited edition 7” includes two never-before-heard covers of Black Sabbath songs on Side A, and a hand-drawn etching of a ram on Side B. Original cover art and etching by William Schaff. When Jason Molina took on another artist’s song, he willed his own universe into it, his own personal and artistic mythology. Be it Conway Twitty or Townes Van Zandt, their blues were infused with Molina's own entrancing blues. This pair of newly discovered, home-recorded Black Sabbath covers is no different. Molina, a through-and-through fan of metal (seek out his high school metal band the Spineriders' album if you haven’t yet) peels back the sinister and stoned elements of Sabbath, zeroing in on the loneliness and brooding. He takes “Solitude,” from 1971’s unfuckwithable Master of Reality — and one of Sabbath’s more mystical, nearproggy songs — and doubles down on the title. Molina extracts Ozzy Osbourne’s gorgeously cooed vocal performance and transforms it into a high and lonesome sound, a desert campfire howler. And on his cover of “Snowblind," from 1972’s Vol. 4, it becomes obvious what a guitar hero Sabbath’s Tony Iommi was for Molina. Molina seemed to pull from Iommi’s odd, simple fingerings and tunings throughout his catalogue: from his first album (known informally as “the black album”) to Magnolia Electric Co.’s Josephine. Molina’s brief acoustic cover dials back the bombast, but you can surely connect “Snowblind”’s chord progressions with Molina’s own on the black album and Axxess & Ace. Recorded in the midwest in the late ‘90s, during Molina’s multi-season run of batting 1.000, these two intimate songs are a bittersweet artifact of one of the Rust Belt’s titan songwriters. Note to buyer: Do not attempt to play Side B of this 7” release. Side B is a gorgeous etching of a black ram by artist Will Schaff. If you do attempt to play the etching on Side B it will sound absolutely awful. Secretly Canadian pre-order with t-shirt bundle options: https://www.secretlystore.com/the-black-sabbath-covers-jason-molina Bull Moose: http://www.bullmoose.com/p/26043852/jason-molina-the-black-sabbath-covers First open pre-order: https://www.fatbeats.com/products/jason-molina-songs-ohia-magnolia-electric-co-the-black-sabbath-covers-7 Edited October 26, 2017 by simple_torture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodan Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Where can this be preordered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, jrodan said: Where can this be preordered? Oh, shit, I forgot the link! https://www.fatbeats.com/products/jason-molina-songs-ohia-magnolia-electric-co-the-black-sabbath-covers-7 No official Secretly Canadian pre-order yet; I'm holding off for now in case there are any extras from the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Want the 7 inch, but I’ll wait until this (hopefully) pops up at bullmoose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerrysonford Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 16 hours ago, simple_torture said: If you do attempt to play the etching on Side B it will sound absolutely awful. Still tempting. Metal Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 On Bull Moose now if that's your jam: http://www.bullmoose.com/p/26043852/jason-molina-the-black-sabbath-covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, simple_torture said: On Bull Moose now if that's your jam: http://www.bullmoose.com/p/26043852/jason-molina-the-black-sabbath-covers Fosho! Thanks for da link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Secretly Canadian is doing a bundle with a t-shirt, if that's what you're into: https://www.secretlystore.com/the-black-sabbath-covers-jason-molina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Got this in the mail. Man, these tracks are short! Also, I wish I had gotten a digital download with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 15 minutes ago, PookdaddyG said: Got this in the mail. Man, these tracks are short! Also, I wish I had gotten a digital download with them You can get the digital tracks from Bandcamp for $2: https://jasonmolina.bandcamp.com/album/the-black-sabbath-covers They're also on Spotify if that's your bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easteracrobat Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Yeah 10 EUR for 3 1/2 minutes of music is kind of crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I just discovered Jason Molina a couple weeks ago when I saw The Avett Brothers cover just be simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Tidal Wave said: I just discovered Jason Molina a couple weeks ago when I saw The Avett Brothers cover just be simple Welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Tidal Wave said: I just discovered Jason Molina a couple weeks ago when I saw The Avett Brothers cover just be simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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