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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
This fall Jennifer Castle will be playing a string of solo dates across the EU and in the UK, including shows with Eleanor Friedberger, Andy Shauf, and Hater. This is her first tour overseas since the release of Angels of Death—don’t miss it.
Pitchfork reviews Nathan Bowles’ Plainly Mistaken, calling it “his best album to date—his most mystical and earthbound, all at once.” Plus, a great interview with the folks at Aquarium Drunkard.
Nathan Bowles’ phenomenal fourth solo album Plainly Mistaken is out today! Stream the album everywhere music is streamable, and please considering buying a copy directly from us or from your favorite local shop, digi-merchant, or mailorder.
In advance of “banjo king” Nathan Bowles’ Plainly Mistaken officially hitting the streets tomorrow, The FADER is premiering the fourth single, the “much-appreciated freakfest” and Cousin Emmy/Osborne Bros./Silver Apples cover “Ruby/In Kind I,” proclaiming “the man has lost it here.”
Nathan Bowles has shared another track from his heady forthcoming album Plainly Mistaken (Out Oct. 5). The indelibly careening melody of “Fresh & Fairly So”—a staple of recent live sets—could be an old-time standard of the type Bowles might explore with the Black Twig Pickers, but here it’s given the kinetic trio treatment. Join the trio at their release show at Nightlight in Chapel Hill, NC on Sept. 29.
