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Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band: Pedal Steal + Four Corners (PoB-045)

Pedal Steal + Four Corners collects, for the first time, Allen’s radio plays and long-form narrative audio works—2.5 hours of cinematic songs, stories, and country-concrète sound collage—in a deluxe gatefold edition, including one LP, three CDs, a DL code, and a Grammy-nominated 28pp. booklet boasting the first in-depth essay to explore this singular body of work; dozens of images of Allen’s related visual art; and full scripts and credits for all five pieces.

MMXVIII End Times: Lists + Playlists of the Annus Horribilis.

As 2018 comes to a close, we are proud to look back on a year of seven new PoB releases and feel honored to have worked with so many inspiring artists. Proud sensations! Several releases from our 2018 catalog were highlighted on notable Best of 2018 lists, so we’d like to say thanks to the authors for their consideration and kind words. Also, check out our “MMXVIII End Times” Playlist.

Gruß vom Krampus Sale: 20% off PoB Catalog through December 16th.

‘Tis the season to give records to beloved friends and family (and to yourself too.) In lieu of the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we prefer to observe Krampus Day (honoring the Central European folkloric anti-Santa critter). To celebrate, all catalog items in the PoB store will be discounted 20% through Sunday, December 16th. Use the coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout.

Michael Chapman Announces True North + Shares “It’s Too Late” via Billboard.

The masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album 50, True North finds the elder statesman of British songwriting and guitar plumbing an even deeper deep and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. Once again Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and Bridget St John sings, with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole. Hear “It’s Too Late” via Billboard, check out the limited red-wine vinyl, and pre-order.

Michael Chapman: True North (PoB-044)

The masterful follow-up to his universally celebrated 2017 album 50, Michael Chapman’s True North finds the elder statesman of British songwriting and guitar plumbing an even deeper deep and honing an ever keener edge to his iconic writing. This authoritative set of predominantly new, and utterly devastating, songs hews to a more intimate sonic signature—more atmospheric, textural, and minimalist than 50, stately and melancholy in equal measure. Steve Gunn produces and plays guitar, and Bridget St John sings, with cellist Sarah Smout and legendary pedal steel player BJ Cole.

Nap Eyes "Too Bad" Digital Album Cover

Nap Eyes: Too Bad (PoB-053)

In their first recordings released since the critically acclaimed long-player I’m Bad Now, Haligonian heroes Nap Eyes sail an autumnal wind of regret and longing. “Have You Seen the Light” exposes an inscape of illumination and revelation all too rare today. Hate begets hate, and light begets light. Too Bad? “I’ve Always Known You Care” evinces the affections we do not reveal, as the fall leaves fall. Nigel ends the song with a promise for the future: “Oh yeah, you can count on me.”

Nap Eyes "Too Bad" Digital Album Cover

Hear Nap Eyes’ New Two-Song Single “Too Bad” & Catch Them on Tour with Cloud Nothings.

Haligonian heroes Nap Eyes have shared two new tracks, honest and deeply resonant, available worldwide today to stream or purchase as a digital single. In these first recordings released since the critically acclaimed long-player I’m Bad Now, the group sails an autumnal wind of regret and longing, Nigel Chapman’s signature existential lyrics guiding each track as the leaves fall.

The Weather Station & Jennifer Castle’s Collaborative Split Single Is Out Now.

Two of the greatest working songwriters and poetic voices in Canada have recorded a miraculous, magical pair of songs together. The Weather Station’s “I Tried to Wear the World (feat. Jennifer Castle)” and Jennifer Castle’s “Midas Touch (feat. The Weather Station),” two sides of the same tarnished gold coin of sorrowfully sweet sentiments, represent their first-ever studio collaboration and the third edition of the Polaris Collaboration Sessions.