Who likes Michael Hurley?

Time Of The Foxgloves is out today, at least the vinyl showed up in my mailbox. Sounds great.

I'm excited about it!

Also I've trying to research how to inquire about purchasing any of his artwork and cannot seem to get anywhere with that...

tolerable writeup in The Guardian, glad to see him getting recognition

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/13/folk-singer-michael-hurley-interview

i adore hurley but it's really tied up with a past relationship that still hurts

Mine is delayed, but excited to get it next week.

Fucking lol at the "weird kkk level racist" shit. Never change ILM!

cool username, jackmyfruit

new record is fantastic — there are times when his vocals are gruff (even for Hurley), but by the end, he's crooning beautifully. long live snock!

I really love the instrumental that opens side b, "Knocko The Monk" I think?

First listen: distinctive, and sometimes subtle, turns in all these, as written, played: his Wurlitzer piano emphasizing the colors of "Blondes and Redheads," also digging the bass clarinet x half-circle of other voices around his (didn't really notice the wear that much, not after those 100 songs of Peter Stampfel's 20th Century, which I was amazedballed by over on the Holy Modal Rounders thread).

Ian and me in chat:

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Steve…, Mississippi is reissuing sweet korn on LP, but without two of the best cuts wtf
No Barbara Allen?? Negatory romance??

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Please have a word with someone about this

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I SAW THAT

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an absolute outrage

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I blame Hurley himself tbh

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he always does shit like that, see also Wolfways

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Inappropriate

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I’m still gonna fucking buy it tho 😕

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lol same

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gotta have the unreleased track

https://michaelhurley.bandcamp.com/album/sweetkorn

Seen him 3-4 times already this year in Portland, once opening for Will Oldham in a midsize theater, once in a little cider bar releasing this album ^^, and two more times at a bar he plays regularly. Always enjoying him.

last time I saw him (2019? pre-pandemic, also saw a pandemic zoom kitchen show) he was incredible, he's at some kind of peak