AFTER THE GRAVEYARD & CLEAR SKIES OVER BLACK RIVER
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Is there anything as ubiquitous and personal as nostalgia? It is a feeling we all readily acknowledge and are inescapably drawn to, often finding it in the same places, while cherishing it for our own reasons. Simply reading the word evokes a unique slew of images in all of us, from which we subconsciously define the sentiment. Yet culturally, at least from an American perspective, it is common to find that we describe the emotion using very similar phrases and images, as if they were drawn from a collective memory – a national dream in the most literal sense.
Liam Betsonʼs music lends itself to our collective memories – the true American dream, blasting images into the blackness of our minds like a spinning animation wheel making a horse gallop.
After the Graveyard and Clear Skies Over Black River are vivifying and mnemonic works that bestow the same gift of empathy that Dorothea Lange gave our grandparents. Liam the Youngerʼs songwriting equalizes the bucolic dreams of our American consciousness, pacifying the storm waves of understanding each other. It is both euphoric and lonely in a way that Guthriean folk has a tendency to be, yet is altogether present and its own.
Underwater Peoples first came about these recordings almost three years ago. We’ve listened to them ad naseum ever since and have dreamed of the day we’d be able to release them on vinyl. Now with some help from Liam’s new personal label (A Learning Computer) We’re proud to announce the records will be available for purchase on February 7th. The covers will be screen printed and the vinyl comes with two downloads of each album! Check the Combo Deals section for a nice price on buying both.
