Locust Land

Bill MacKay and Drag City are delirious with pride to announce the discovery of a new territory: Locust Land, a record which seeks to reflect the nerve-shredding consciousness run amok in our world today - and somehow allay it with sound. Bill's music is a visceral crackling where it meets the air, and Locust Land can't help but reflect its era more than any other in his discography. It's been five years since the release of Fountain Fire - but in the interim, Bill has barely stopped moving, collaborating with artists across the spectrum, including cellist Katinka Kleijn, banjo player Nathan Bowles and keyboardist Cooper Crain. He's also contributed to recordings by Steve Gunn, Ryley Walker, Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (Blind Date Party), and Black Duck (on their self-titled record featuring Douglas McCombs and Charles Rumback). Forget five years - how'd he even get Locust Land squeezed out of his temporal lobes? Bill's sense of music as art is constantly modulating - lifting off from where it is found and naturally migrating to some other place. Sometimes, that's elsewhere - others, it's simply to be found deeper inside the starting point. And so, the action of moving on informs the landscape of Locust Land. This manifests in several different ways. A restless energy and urgency is repeatedly felt - in the driving momentum of 'Keeping in Time,' 'Glow Drift,' and 'When I Was Here' - while a dogged persistence radiates from the tone colors and percussion of 'Oh, Pearl.

Tracks

1~1~Phantasmic Fairy
1~2~Keeping In Time
1~3~Glow Drift
1~4~Half Of You
1~5~Oh Pearl
1~6~Radiator
1~7~When I Was Here
1~8~Neil's Field
1~9~Locust Land

Details

Catalogue Number: DC876
Format: Cassette
Artist: Mackay, Bill
Release Date: 24 May 2024
Genre: Folk
Label: DRAG CITY
Distributor: Rocket Group