Name: Vague Tidings
Brand: Elephant Micah

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

WV214LP

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Limited edition LP with extra heavy textured jackets and metallic silver ink plus Insert.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0843563130865

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

WV214CD

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Download code: No

0843563130841

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Elephant Micah

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Western Vinyl

Elephant Micah, the musical moniker of Joe O'Connell, is a talented artist hailing from Pekin, Indiana. With his own label LRRC (Luddite Rural Recording Cooperative), Elephant Micah has carved out a unique space in the music industry. His soulful and introspective sound resonates with listeners, drawing them into his world of heartfelt storytelling. Influenced by artists such as Will Johnson and Sam Amidon, Elephant Micah's music captivates with its raw emotion and authentic lyrics. Discover the enchanting melodies of Elephant Micah and immerse yourself in a truly captivating musical experience.

Email: elephantmicah@hotmail.com

Contact Address: 
Joe O'Connell 
9206 S. Old Palmyra Rd. 
Pekin, IN 47165 
USA

Western Vinyl is a music label based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1998 by Brian Sampson, the label has established itself as a prominent force in the music industry. With a diverse roster of talented artists and performers, Western Vinyl offers a wide range of musical genres and styles to its listeners.

Known for their commitment to quality and innovation, Western Vinyl strives to bring unique and groundbreaking music to the forefront. The label's dedication to nurturing talent and supporting artistic vision has earned them a reputation as an influential player in the independent music scene.

Whether you're a fan of *indie rock*, *experimental electronic*, or *ambient soundscapes*, Western Vinyl has something for everyone. Explore their catalog and discover new sounds that will captivate your ears and expand your musical horizons.

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The raw inspiration for Vague Tidings came from a 2006 DIY tour of the 49th state. It was a trip that went off the beaten path sometimes a bit too far for comfort. Now, over a decade later, listeners find Joe O’Connell aka Elephant Micah stationed at a creaky spinet piano, singing about the Alaskan sky. Throughout, his lyrics take a new angle on a pet theme: human encounters with the natural world. Vague Tidings places these encounters in the American West and, at times, in its sci-fi corollary, outer space. Its imagery draws from the allure of Alaska, the idea of Western prosperity, and the human relationship to wilderness more broadly. Often, O’Connell sings about the goal of capturing and commodifying nature. In poetic sketches of resource extraction industries and dark sky tourism, frontier lust runs amok. Pipelines catch fire and stars disappear, all to the tune of a stark, uncanny Americana.

Vague Tidings is a sustained, hallucinatory rendering of this theme. In style, its eight songs follow a switchback path between foggy incantations and mountain anthems. Made with a small cohort of acoustic instrumentalists, the record is rough hewn, but easy on the ears. To put Vague Tidings down on tape, O’Connell assembled some of his favorite musicians in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, where he’s lived since 2015: Libby Rodenbough (Mipso) bows and plucks a detuned fiddle, Matt Douglas (Mountain Goats) breathes life into various woodwinds, and Matt O’Connell (Lean Year) sets the pace on a two-piece drum set. Their loose, imaginative playing pushes Vague Tidings beyond the singer-songwriter genre into something richer in texture. Ultimately, this is foreboding but spacious music, with plenty of room for reconsidering life on earth.

For fans of Jason Molina, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bill Callahan, Damien Jurado.

Vague Tidings

Music GB