: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Kevin Morby : Album.......: Oh My God : : Label.......: Dead Oceans .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: DOC191 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2019-05-01 Str.date....: 2019-04-26 Quality.....: 247kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://kevinmorby.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Oh My God 4:05 2. No Halo 3:06 3. NothingSacred / AllThingsWild 3:31 4. OMG Rock and Roll 2:29 5. Seven Devils 3:55 6. Hail Mary 5:38 7. Piss River 5:20 8. Savannah 3:20 9. Storm (Beneath the Weather) 1:20 10. Congratulations 2:46 11. I Want to Be Clean 3:30 12. Sing a Glad Song 4:22 13. Ballad of Faye 2:24 14. O Behold 3:41 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 49:27 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 92.49 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: Throughout his four solo albums and myriad records of various :, : collaboration, Kevin Morby has recognized in his work the : :' ubiquity of an apparent religious theme. Though not identifying ': ,: as ôreligiousö in the slightest, Morbyùthe globetrotting son of :, : Kansas City who has made music while living on both coasts : :' before recently returning to his Midwestern stomping ': ,: groundsùrecognizes in himself a somewhat spiritual being with a :, : secular attitude towards the soulful. And so, in an effort to : :' tackle that notion head-on and once-and-for-all, he sat down in ': ,: his form of churchùon planes and in bedsùand wrote what would :, : become his first true concept-album: the lavish, resplendent, : :' career-best double LP Oh My God. ': ,: :, : ôReligion is around all of us,ö Morby says. ôItÆs a universal : :' language and there is profound beauty in it. IÆve found it a ': ,: useful tool within songwriting, as itÆs something everyone can :, : relate to on some level. There are religious themes or imagery : :' in a lot of what IÆve done, so I wanted to get all of that out ': ,: and speak only that language for a whole record. ItÆs not a :, : born-again thing; itÆs more that æoh my godÆ is such a profound : :' statement we all use multiple times a day and means so many ': ,: different things. ItÆs not about an actual god but a perceived :, : one, and itÆs an outsiderÆs view of the human experience in : :' terms of religion.ö ': ,: :, : Morby admits he has viewed the world through a skewed spiritual : :' lens his entire life. As a kid he was told by his working-class ': ,: parents that he was a Methodist, though the family rarely if :, : ever made good on that claim come Sunday; he saw : :' fire-and-brimstone billboards on Kansas roadways with the aim ': ,: of scaring heathens straight. Despite his ignorance and :, : indifference, religion seemed to be everywhere, and as Morby : :' grew as a musicianùplaying bass for Woods, fronting The Babies, ': ,: and with his solo careerùhe embraced its influence with his :, : work. In 2016, on the heels of a trio of critically-acclaimed : :' albums, he wrote the protest song ôBeautiful Strangersö about ': ,: the devastating world events of that year, and in it he inserted :, : multiple ôoh my godös as pleas of desperation. The song took off : :' and the phrase became a mantra for Morby, inspiring him to ': ,: weave the exclamation conceptually into the fabric of an entire :, : album. In effect, he sought to highlight how that immortal turn : :' of phrase embodies so much of our relationship with the sacred ': ,: and profaneùhow religion is all around us, always, and that by :, : simply uttering an OMG we enforce its ubiquity and ability to : :' endure while humanizing its reach. ': ,: :, : In January 2017, preceding the release of his fourth solo record : :' City Music, Morby went into producer Sam CohenÆs Brooklyn ': ,: studio for four days to record a handful of material written :, : with his usual folk-meets-lo-fi-electric-guitar sound in mind. : :' Cohen, with whom Morby made his 2016 breakthrough Singing Saw, ': ,: had started recording the new songs with a business-as-usual :, : mentality when on the third day he was struck with an idea: : :' Rather than create what was becoming Singing Saw: Part 2, what ': ,: if they stripped everything back and used only a few colors at a :, : time instead of the entire Morby rock palette, focusing on Morby : :' as hyper-literate singer instead of guitar-slinging troubadour? ': ,: :, : ôSam suggested that we make songs that sound like sonic pop-art : :' that only have a few colors, like a Keith Haring piece,ö Morby ': ,: says. ôMy other records had tons of colors, so we decided to :, : keep this stark, like a painting thatÆs black-and-white with one : :' vibrant blue. We went back to the drawing board and thought ': ,: about what we wanted to do conceptually across an entire piece. :, : And for the first time I could do exactly what I wanted, as I : :' had time and the ability to get everything precise. Sam ': ,: encouraged me to let my lyrics sit on top of everything else, :, : and that discovery and the confidence that came with making my : :' fifth record helped me realize the new direction was exactly ': ,: where we needed to be. We opened it up completely and set out to :, : make something in its own universe.ö : :' ': ,: Over the remaining day-and-a-half, Morby and Cohen recorded new :, : versions of four songsùôOh My God,ö ôNo Halo,ö ôSavannah,ö and : :' ôNothing Sacred/All Things Wild,ö the latter becoming a mission ': ,: statement for the new sound and featuring Morby singing, Cohen :, : playing a subtle organ part, and MorbyÆs drummer Nick Kinsey on : :' congas. Breaking the songs down into their separate parts ': ,: served MorbyÆs religious theme perfectly, as did the blueprint :, : of ôBeautiful Strangers,ö and over the course of 2017 he wrote : :' an albumÆs worth of similar songs while on tour. ': ,: :, : As Morby jetted around the world playing shows, he came to : :' realize that all that air travel was making its way into his ': ,: music, too. He had always used his time in the sky to work on :, : songs and listen to demos he had recorded, but he began noticing : :' an aero-dynamic emerging in his lyrics as well. ôFlying can be ': ,: something of a religious experience for many people, myself :, : included,ö he says. ôItÆs unnatural, and it can be so scary : :' being that high upùa few big bumps can even make an atheist ': ,: pray. YouÆre anxious as you take off and thinking about death, :, : then you level off and suddenly youÆre in this kingdom above the : :' clouds. ThereÆs a holy feeling, and a big part of the recordÆs ': ,: theme is being above the weather. The first song, æOh My God,Æ :, : starts with chaotic hammering on a piano and then smooths out : :' with a choir singing; itÆs meant to mimic how I feel on an ': ,: airplane.ö :, : : :' All that flying also meant Morby was sleeping in a new place ': ,: each night, a situation he also learned to embrace :, : creativelyùmost of Oh My GodÆs songs were written from beds. : :' Morby typically starts and ends each day by playing guitar or ': ,: writing songs while under the covers, a practice that mimics :, : prayer in myriad ways. ôThereÆs something sacred about working : :' from bed,ö he says. ôItÆs where you make love and where you ': ,: dream. I always write just before I go to sleep and right when I :, : wake up. ItÆs where I can access that feeling of dreams. Any bed : :' is always a sanctuary, but my bed at home is the Holy Grail.ö ': ,: :, : Morby sought to represent these sentiments visually for the : :' release of Oh My God. In addition to using a portrait of him ': ,: reclining in his own fluffy-white bed at home in Kansas City on :, : the album cover, he also worked with the filmmaker Chris Good on : :' a short film to accompany the release. The film stars Morby as ': ,: he wanders through a dream-like series of encountersùon planes, :, : in cars, in a diner, at home in his back yardùand presents a : :' Gondry-esque vision of the album and its holy mood. ': ,: :, : Meanwhile, in January of 2018, a full year after their initial : :' session, Morby and Cohen returned to the studio together to ': ,: complete the albumÆs recording. They fine-tuned the rollicking :, : opening trioùstarting with the title track, then first single : :' ôNo Halo,ö and ôNothing Sacred/All is Wildöù and played with ': ,: various styles and techniques throughout. The ethereal :, : ôCongratulationsö was written in a dream, a first for Morby. : :' (ôSomeone had been singing the chorus to me over and over, and ': ,: I woke up in the morning and walked to my piano and wrote it :, : then and there.ö) ôSeven Devilsö features a ripping guitar solo : :' by MorbyÆs bandmate Meg Duffy that evokes a distorted hellfire, ': ,: and ôPiss Riverö is a stream-of-consciousness, poetic and :, : profound tune featuring harp played by MorbyÆs friend Mary : :' Lattimore while the singer has a call-and-response conversation ': ,: with himself. Saxophone duties throughout the record were :, : handled largely by Cochemea Gastelum, and a seven-member choir : :' appears as well. Morby directed Cohen in the creation of a ': ,: track called ôStorm (Beneath the Weather),ö a 90-second ambient :, : instrumental piece made with synthesizers to mimic what it can : :' feel like under the clouds. ôAbove the weather, youÆre safe and ': ,: nothing can get to you; itÆs heavenly, like you achieved peace,ö :, : Morby says. ôBelow that youÆre subject to the insanity of : :' humanity, or Mother Nature. I wanted a weird, atonal sound on ': ,: the record to represent a storm, which feels in-line with the :, : pop-art idea.ö : :' ': ,: ôHail Maryö may be the albumÆs grandest moment and is :, : recognizable as one of the few guitar-driven songs that hearkens : :' back to his previous work. Its heavy scope is still apparent ': ,: despite the fact that Morby and Cohen edited it down from its :, : original 15-minute-long, multiple-verse version into a concise : :' five minutes and three verses. And as the final song, ôO ': ,: Behold,ö makes a familiar, just-in-case farewell from an :, : airplane seat (ôIf the planeÆs on fire/know I love youö), the : :' listener can sense the credits rolling as the clouds begin to ': ,: break, grips loosen, and the kingdom comes into view. At 14 :, : tracks and four sides, Oh My God is an actualized concept album : :' with a contemporary feel that is sure to plant its maker firmly ': ,: in a window seat at the front of the plane. :, : : :' ôThis one feels full circle, my most realized record yet,ö he ': ,: says. ôItÆs a cohesive piece; all the songs fit under the :, : umbrella of this weird religious theme. I was able to write and : :' record the album I wanted to make. ItÆs one of those marks of a ': ,: life: this is why I slept on floors for seven years. IÆve now :, : gotten the keys to my own little kingdom, and IÆm devoting so : :' much of my life to music that I just want to keep it ': ,: interesting. At the end of the day, the only thing I donÆt want :, : is to be bored. If someone wants to get in my face about writing : :' a non-religious religious record? Thank god. ThatÆs all I gotta ': ,: say.ö :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 9 \/