Preacher’s Sigh & Potion: Lost Album

Description

The album finds Dear unknowingly at an intersection in his young run, a burgeoning songwriter at his most freewheeling and unaffected. In hindsight, there were hints of Preacher’s sound on Asa Breed, but the set still registers endearingly out of step with his eventual direction. This was the first time Dear tapped so directly into his late father’s influence as a fingerpicking guitar player in the 1960s and ’70s and a gateway to the music of John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, and Emmylou Harris.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Muscle Beach – Matthew Dear
2. Sow Down – Matthew Dear
3. Hikers Y – Matthew Dear
4. Never Divide – Matthew Dear
5. All Her Fits – Matthew Dear
6. Supper Times – Matthew Dear
7. Crash and Burn – Matthew Dear
8. Heart to Sing – Matthew Dear
9. Eye – Matthew Dear
10. Head – Matthew Dear
11. Gutters and Beyond – Matthew Dear