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Nap Eyes’ Brad Labelle Discusses His Favorite Guitar Solos for FADER.

In which the homie Brad Labelle, distinguished Nap Eyes shredder and lovely guy, discusses his favorite guitar solos, among which is mentor/producer/colleague James Elkington’s solo from “Late Jim’s Lament:
“His solo here is probably the best acoustic guitar solo I’ve ever heard. He’s an endlessly inspiring musician/person and I’m honored to have him as a mentor. You can also catch him ripping it up live in the Jeff Tweedy band.”

Please Stay Home Sale.

Like you, we are feeling powerless and scared. So we’d like to do what we can, in our small way, to encourage your homebodying by helping to provide some discounted quarantine entertainment. Playing records at home is a safe way to combat anxiety and avoid the endless media churn. It’s always a substantive way to support the artists whose livelihoods are threatened by the many necessary tour and festival cancellations. So through Friday, March 27, use the coupon code STAYHOME on the PoB webstore or Bandcamp for 25% off everything. Also, Jake Xerxes Fussell’s first LP is back in print!

Nap Eyes Are “So Tired.”

In the proud tradition of improvisatory, languidly unfolding self-interrogative Nap Eyes songs—like Socratic dialogues between Nigel and Nigel—comes “So Tired,” the opening track on Snapshot of a Beginner. Check out the lyric video and tour dates with Destroyer and Itasca.

Terry Allen in the Washington Post, the Wire, the NY Times, and Elsewhere.

Many thanks to John Lingan for writing a moving, fine-grained profile of Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen for the the Washington Post Magazine. Thanks also to the New York Times’ T: The Style Magazine for highlighting Moby Dick. Plus, watch Terry perform a rare, intimate house show produced by The Florida Room and premiered by the Wire and hear the Panhandle Mystery Band’s live session on KUTX.

Jake Xerxes Fussell and Itasca Abroad.

That’s right: both Jake Xerxes Fussell and Itasca are setting out on European tours. You can even catch both of them at the End of the Road Festival in Dorset, UK this summer, Sept. 3–6. What a party!

Terry Allen Releases Moby Dick into the Deep.

Following a sold-out release concert at Austin’s historic Paramount Theatre (hello, Houdini Hole), and already sailing forth into an armada of critical acclaim, Terry Allen today releases his magisterial new record Just Like Moby Dick into the deep blue sea. Order it from us, or find it in your favorite ship-shop or ocean stream. See you at the GRAMMYs.

Nap Eyes Announce Snapshot of a Beginner with “Mark Zuckerberg” Video.

Nap Eyes will release their new album Snapshot of a Beginner, their most concentrated and hi-fi effort to date (produced by Jonathan Low and James Elkington), on March 27th via Jagjaguwar / Royal Mountain, in partnership with PoB. This one’s for the procrastinators and the slow learners. This one’s for the bungled and the botched, for the fumbled and humbled. This one’s for the late bloomers. (Get 20% off the Naps catalog with coupon SNAPSHOT.)