Love & Work: The Lioness Sessions

Description

‘The Lioness’ (2000) was the first Jason Molina project to fully turn away from the battlefield folk and deconstructed Americana of earlier Songs: Ohia recordings. At the dawn of the 21st century, the album felt modern. It aligned Molina with a new set of peers – Low, Gastr del Sol, Red House Painters and, most importantly, the influential Scottish band Arab Strap, whose producer and members were crucial in the creation of ‘The Lioness’. The avant-garde tones and arrangements of Arab Strap are absorbed here into Molina’s songwriting to create what would become, for many acolytes, the archetypal Songs: Ohia sound.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. The Black Crow – Songs: Ohia
2. Tigress – Songs: Ohia
3. Nervous Bride – Songs: Ohia
4. Being in Love – Songs: Ohia
5. Lioness – Songs: Ohia
6. Caxcomb Red – Songs: Ohia
7. Back On Top – Songs: Ohia
8. Baby Take a Look – Songs: Ohia
9. Just a Spark – Songs: Ohia
Disc 2
1. On My Way Home (Lioness Sessions Outtake) – Songs: Ohia
2. Never Fake It (Lioness Sessions Outtakes) – Songs: Ohia
3. From the Heart (Lioness Sessions Outtake) – Songs: Ohia
4. It Gets Harder Over Time (Lioness Sessions Outtake) – Songs: Ohia
5. I Promise Not to Quit (Lioness Sessions Outtake) – Songs: Ohia
6. Neighbors of Our Age (Lioness Sessions Outtake) – Songs: Ohia
7. Pyrate II (Even Now) [Lioness Sessions Outtake] – Songs: Ohia
8. Velvet Marching Band (Lissy’s Sessions) – Songs: Ohia
9. Raw (Lissy’s Sessions) – Songs: Ohia
10. Already Through (Lissy’s Sessions) – Songs: Ohia
11. Wondrous Love (Lissy’s Sessions) – Songs: Ohia