the sum of all those sepia-toned parts is nowhere near the double-exposed soundscapes of Dive
which is more opaque and cloudy
The title track pays homage to the Muscle Shoals honky-tonk where founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley got their start: a concrete-floored dive lit like a disco with the nightly promise of penny beer
Bonus material will include alternate takes
but one of the finest melancholy earworms you’ll ever experience
Thile, Chris - Laysongs RTUS128.1 the sum of all thoseVinyl LP pressing. 2021 release. The album is his first truly solo album: just Thile, his voice, and his mandolin, on new recordings of six original songs and three covers, all of which contextualize and banter with his ideas about spirituality. Recorded in a converted upstate New York church during the pandemic, Laysongs' centerpiece is the three part "Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth," which was inspired by C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. The