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M. Ward – Duet For Guitars #2 LP
NEW. SEALED.
Recent reissue.
Jealous Butcher Records
Originally released in 1999, M. Ward s debut is a sparse, mostly live affair recorded with pal and engineer Adam Selzer of Norfolk & Western at Type Foundry Studio in Portland, OR. Listeners who are already accustomed to Ward s breathy, conversational vocal delivery and soft-picked, West Coast Americana melodies will find much to love here, while those looking for good entry point should probably start with one of his later albums. Duet for Guitars #2 is peppered with instrumentals in the John Fahey and Bad Timing-era Jim O Rourke vein, and Ward s lackadaisical picking sounds just as lazily precise here as it does on future recordings. There s a real warmth to the sessions that transcends the often bare-bones production. For the most part, it sound like most takes were done live with two microphones, with the occasional overdub, and that style suits Ward s dreamy tales of molasses-slow teenage summers ( Beautiful Car ) and oddball parables like Fishing Boat Sons. It s also interesting to hear him shedding the inflections of some of his more obvious heroes like Neil Young ( Who May Be Lazy ) and Bob Dylan ( It Won t Happen Twice ). Duet for Guitars #2 sounds like a debut. It s got some filler and it tips to the lo-fi end of the scale more often than not, but it s brimming over with promise and timelessness.
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