Three years on from drawing out her Pint of Blood, Jolie Holland has announced she will soon be setting out on another genre-jumping journey. Her latest full-length, Wine Dark Sea, sets sail May 20 via Anti-.
A press release for the 10-song set explains that this time around, Holland set out to team-up with a handful of players from New York's jazz and experimental scenes to put together a "louder, noisier" LP flirting with elements of delta blues, country, free jazz and "no wave abandon," among other eclectic styles. Collaborators on the self-produced album include Doug Wieselman (Lou Reed, Antony and the Johnsons), Indigo Street and bassist Geoffrey Muller.
"I told Doug Wieselman I wanted an Ethiopianesque bass clarinet solo on 'All the Love' and he said, 'yeah, I got that,'" Holland said of the sessions in a statement. "I asked him to give me a tremolo guitar like Pops Staples, and he brought that spirit through for 'Dark Days.'"
Down below, you can get the first taste of Wine Dark Sea via a newly premiered video for its "Waiting for the Sun." Holland noted that she asked Muller to serve up a bass line that feels "like a sweet boyfriend telling his lady he's picking up the whole bill for their vacation on the beach."
You can sort out for yourself if the R&B groove indeed features said "comforting, manly vibe" by checking it out beneath the album's tracklisting.
Wine Dark Sea:
1. On And On
2. First Sign of Spring
3. Dark Days
4. Route 30
5. I Thought It Was The Moon
6. The Love You Save
7. All The Love
8. Saint Dymphna
9. Palm Wine Drunkard
10. Out On The Wine Dark Sea
A press release for the 10-song set explains that this time around, Holland set out to team-up with a handful of players from New York's jazz and experimental scenes to put together a "louder, noisier" LP flirting with elements of delta blues, country, free jazz and "no wave abandon," among other eclectic styles. Collaborators on the self-produced album include Doug Wieselman (Lou Reed, Antony and the Johnsons), Indigo Street and bassist Geoffrey Muller.
"I told Doug Wieselman I wanted an Ethiopianesque bass clarinet solo on 'All the Love' and he said, 'yeah, I got that,'" Holland said of the sessions in a statement. "I asked him to give me a tremolo guitar like Pops Staples, and he brought that spirit through for 'Dark Days.'"
Down below, you can get the first taste of Wine Dark Sea via a newly premiered video for its "Waiting for the Sun." Holland noted that she asked Muller to serve up a bass line that feels "like a sweet boyfriend telling his lady he's picking up the whole bill for their vacation on the beach."
You can sort out for yourself if the R&B groove indeed features said "comforting, manly vibe" by checking it out beneath the album's tracklisting.
Wine Dark Sea:
1. On And On
2. First Sign of Spring
3. Dark Days
4. Route 30
5. I Thought It Was The Moon
6. The Love You Save
7. All The Love
8. Saint Dymphna
9. Palm Wine Drunkard
10. Out On The Wine Dark Sea