Tired Pony follow their acclaimed debut The Place We Ran From (2010) with The Ghost of the Mountain, out Oct. 1 on Gary Lightbody’s own label Heaneyville and distributed by Caroline.
The band’s new video for “All
Things All At Once” can be viewed/shared here http://youtu.be/jNnet9hRri4 and the track is streaming here https://soundcloud.com/tiredpony/all-things-all-at-once.
Tired Pony is Gary Lightbody
(Snow Patrol), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Iain Archer, Richard Colburn (Belle and
Sebastian), Scott McCaughey (R.E.M., Minus 5), Troy Stewart and
producer/multi-instrumentalist Garret “Jacknife” Lee.
Lightbody formed
the group in 2009 to realize his long-standing ambition of making an
Americana album. However, over a period of nine days in February and
March, sequestered in Lee’s Topanga Canyon, Calif. studio, the reality outgrew
his vision—The Ghost of the Mountain
shows a much wider range of textures and influences.
Of the recording,
Buck notes, “We were trying to soak up the Topanga canyon folk vibe but
also bring the discordant Krautrock and weird synth-pop sound into it
too.” The sophomore release also features contributions by guest
vocalist Minnie Driver.
Woven into the songs of the new
record is the narrative of two characters dealing with an unforgiveable
act that has changed both of their lives. Lightbody wrote about this
same duo on The Place We Ran From and that story continues here.
“We had so much fun doing the first one and I had so much more to say on
the characters,” he explains.
The Ghost of the Mountain Track Listing:
1. I Don’t Want You As A Ghost
2. I’m Begging You Not To Go
3. Blood
4. The Creak In The Floorboards
5. All Things All At Once
6. Wreckage and Bone
7. The Beginning Of The End
8. Carve Our Names
9. Ravens and Wolves
10. Punishment
11. The Ghost Of The Mountain
12. Your Way Is The Way Home
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