Post Tropical James Vincent McMorrow

• 1 Cavalier 04:43
• 2 The Lakes 04:07
• 3 Red Dust 04:01
• 4 Gold 03:00
• 5 All Points 03:43
• 6 Look Out 03:26
• 7 Repeating 04:38
• 8 Post Tropical 04:33
• 9 Glacier 04:09
• 10 Outside Digging 04:31
• Total Runtime 40:51

Info for Post Tropical

Written, produced, and performed entirely by McMorrow, Post Tropical was recorded on a pecan farm half a mile from the Mexican border located between El Paso and ruthless bustle of Juárez. Built up slowly and spontaneously from hundreds of non-linear sound files and lyric pages, the result is 10 stunning, meticulously crafted original songs. Its broadened horizons may come as a surprise to everyone but McMorrow himself, who has harbored a lifelong love of hip-hop and atmospheric R&B. 'I wanted to give this record the feel and movement of the R&B records that I love.' he says.

It's a step forward that is immediately apparent on album opener and first single 'Cavalier' a brooding twist on the Slow-Jam, which builds quietly from hushed keys and hand-claps to soaring brass, beats and McMorrow s idiosyncratic falsetto. Across the album, the sounds and melodies evolved from a painstaking process of building texture: there are 808s on the haunting 'Red Dust,' looped piano on Looking Out , and 50 mandolins made to sound like a waterfall on 'The Lakes.'

Post Tropical is the follow-up to McMorrow's acclaimed 2011 debut album, Early in the Morning and earned McMorrow a #1 debut, a Jools Holland performance, and platinum certification in Ireland. 'I'm so proud of that album, but I never longed to be a guy with a guitar,'; says McMorrow, 'The texture of this record is completely different.'

James Vincent McMorrow, guitar, vocals

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