simple_torture Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 https://www.secretlystore.com/eight-gates-jason-molina?ffm=FFM_86ac2bcddf8111e15b7ccef813525ee0 Tracklist Whisper Away Shadow Answers the Wall The Mission’s End Old Worry She Says Fire on the Rail Be Told the Truth Thistle Blue The Crossroad and the Emptiness -- Background info, via press release: Sometime in 2006, or 2007, Jason Molina moved from the Midwest to London. Separated from his bandmates and friends, and never one for idleness, Molina explored his new home with fervor. He’d pick up on arcane trivia about London’s rich history, and if the historical factoids weren’t available — or weren’t quite to his liking — Molina was quite comfortable conjuring his own history. When he learned of the London Wall’s seven gates, Molina went ahead and called it eight, carving out a gate just for himself. The eighth gate was Molina’s way into London, a gate only passable in the mind. Fast-forward to 2008, Molina set off on an experimental solo tour through Europe. While in Northern Italy, Molina claimed to have been bitten by a rare, poisonous spider. A debilitating bout of illness ensued. "I was in the hospital here in London,” Molina wrote in a letter. “Saw six doctors and a Dr. House-type guy. They are all mystified by it, but I am allowed to be at home, where I am taking a dozen scary Hantavirus type pills a day that are all to supposedly help — but they make me feel like shit.” There is no record of a single doctor visit, not any prescription record for these medications. It is entirely plausible there was no spider and that whatever was keeping him indoors during this time was entirely self-induced. While at home, he of course wrote songs. Molina also claimed that during this time, he fed several bright green parrots that would gather in his yard and made short, crude field recordings of them with his trusty four-track. Only once Molina was officially on the mend and re-exploring the streets of London would he learn that those parrots had their own fabled tale. Back in the 60s, Jimi Hendrix — in a moment of psychedelic clarity — released his pair of lime green ring-necked parakeets from their cage, setting them free into the London sky. Now, their descendants are spotted regularly around certain parts of the city. Or so we’re told. Recorded in London around the time of the supposed spider bite and Jimi's supposed parakeets, some of the songs on Eight Gates (“Whispered Away,” “Thistle Blue”) are fully-realized — dark, moody textures that call to mind his earlier work on The Lioness. Knowing what we know about those parakeets and their peppered presence on the recordings, one can’t help but think of that colorful tree of birds on Talk Talk’s classic Laughing Stock, certainly a spiritual guide for much of the set. Other songs (“She Says,” “The Crossroads and The Emptiness”) lay in a more unfinished states, acoustic takes that call to mind Molina’s Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go, and still tethered to Molina’s humorous studio banter. You remember how young Molina was, and how weighty this art was for such a young man. On the closer, “The Crossroads and The Emptiness,” Molina snaps at the engineer before tearing into a song in which he sings of his birthday (30th December), a palm reading and the great emptiness with which he always wrestled. It is a perfect closer and, in many ways, the eighth gate incarnate: mythical, passable only in the mind, built for himself and partway imaginary but shared, thankfully, with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 First single: https://open.spotify.com/track/5uXg7PBGI5yIJpF2K01xKO?si=j9iHzR7wT5qHZNGjacPRyg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Will grab retail. Really hate locking a color variant in a bundle tactics though. Someone let me know when Bullmoose has it up. Edited May 20, 2020 by museummouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellnow Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Got the bundle just because I like the shirt and I don’t see another way to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardedSteven Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Landlocked has the red LP on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Bull Moose has a "shortcake splash" variant: https://www.bullmoose.com/p/34544534/molina-jason-eight-gates-shortcake-splash-vinyl museummouth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellnow Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just now, simple_torture said: Bull Moose has a "shortcake splash" variant: https://www.bullmoose.com/p/34544534/molina-jason-eight-gates-shortcake-splash-vinyl I think that’s the red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, wellnow said: I think that’s the red. That makes sense. Indie exclusive, I would imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museummouth Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, simple_torture said: Bull Moose has a "shortcake splash" variant: https://www.bullmoose.com/p/34544534/molina-jason-eight-gates-shortcake-splash-vinyl That’s what I’m talking about. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftbarley Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Still waiting for Sojourner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, deftbarley said: Still waiting for Sojourner... They've been putting out about two releases per year, so I did hope that was going to be the late-year release in 2020 (although I was expecting a deluxe, 15th anniversary edition of What Comes After the Blues). A new album was basically the only thing I would've liked more than Sojourner. Maybe next year! Edited May 20, 2020 by simple_torture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonedigger Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) Got my copy in the mail yesterday, amazing record and nice pressing. After a couple listens I'd say it's really unlike anything else he put out, short, meditative and almost gospelly. Great compliment to the rest of his solo catalog Edited July 10, 2020 by bonedigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 30 minutes ago, bonedigger said: Got my copy in the mail yesterday, amazing record and nice pressing. After a couple listens I'd say it's really unlike anything else he put out, short, meditative and almost gospelly. Great compliment to the rest of his solo catalog Wow, great to hear! Mine hasn't shown up in my USPS tracking yet, but will keep a closer eye now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonedigger Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 hours ago, simple_torture said: Wow, great to hear! Mine hasn't shown up in my USPS tracking yet, but will keep a closer eye now... Yeah I hadn't received a shipping notification or anything so it was a nice surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Just now, bonedigger said: Yeah I hadn't received a shipping notification or anything so it was a nice surprise I never got shipping notifications with previous Secretly Society subscriptions, but it would show up in my shipping dash. Gives me hope that it'll be here sooner rather than later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 hours ago, bonedigger said: Got my copy in the mail yesterday, amazing record and nice pressing. After a couple listens I'd say it's really unlike anything else he put out, short, meditative and almost gospelly. Great compliment to the rest of his solo catalog Forgot to ask earlier--download code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonedigger Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 2:26 PM, simple_torture said: Forgot to ask earlier--download code? Yes but mine doesn't work, I haven't e-mailed Secretly Canadian about it yet but I'm guessing maybe those won't be activated until the August release date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simple_torture Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 If anyone is in the same boat and hasn't received this yet: I got in touch with SC today and there was a delay in getting it out to everyone. They said it should be out by the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewberinger Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 my showed up today and I didn't receive any shipping notification either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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