Details
Catalog #: LMO-125
Tracklist:
2. You Have To Lose Your Hat Someday
3. Sweet Nothing
4. In A Way
5. Escape Artist
6. Non Prophet
7. Holy Hock
8. Hill Still Nameless
9. Infinity Leaf Clover
10. Hot Water Song
11. Burnt Hand Hymn
12. May Day
13. Battery Liferv 14. Green Ink Pen
15. Long Winter
16. Smoke Punching
17. I Don't Know Why Double Birthday
18. Wild Violent
19. Mt S
20. Bitter Suite
21. Vanishing Point
Pressing Info:
Zac Little - vocals, guitar, bass, wind harp, piano,
percussion, programming, drums, baritone guitar, oud,
synth, dulcimer, banjo, mandola, omnichord,
baritone ukulele, recorder, mandolin, bouzouki, flute
Andy Cook - vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion,
piano, samples, tree branch
Jessi Bream - vocals, drums, percussion, tree branch
Caeleigh Featherstone - vocals, piano
Steve Ciolek - vocals, bird, percussion, drum machine
Leticia Wiggins - piano, flute, vocals
Luke Smith - piano
Bobb Hatt - saxophone
Kyle Kerley - trumpet, flugelhorn
Mike Brenner - lap steel, bass lap steel
Trish Featherstone - viola
Bob Bellamy- hammered dulcimer
Luz Little - vocals, percussion
Darla - percussion
Jude - percussion
Produced by: Steve Ciolek, Andy Cook, Leticia Wiggins,
Jessi Bream, Caeleigh Featherstone, Zac Little
Engineered by: Zac Little at the apartment and The All Love Garden,
and Andy Cook at Spider-Land
Additional Recording by: Caeleigh Featherstone,
Mike Brenner, Kyle Kerley
Mixed by: Mike Mogis, Glenn Davis, Zac Little
Mastered by: Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering
Overview
Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs was born from a period of personal struggle when Little hit a years-long stretch of burnout and found unexpected healing and a creative spark in painting. A green-ink pen discovered on the sidewalk rekindled his sense of wonder, leading to a series of monochrome artworks that would later inspire the album’s cover and spirit. “I loved the way it looked, the way it would glide when the ink flowed. It felt good to just let go,” he explains.
What began as a meditative artistic practice grew into a collection of paintings that became the basis for a solo exhibition in a hospital gallery and ultimately the hand-painted gatefold jacket that houses the new album. That spirit of renewal carried into the recording process, which began at Little’s home studio in Columbus, OH. Longtime collaborator Glenn Davis helped shape the sessions, while producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) brought the songs into full focus with expansive, layered mixes.
Like the green ink that sparked it all, Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs feels more found than written. “I wanted this album to reflect that—some songs were found on the landscape, others were found on two moons, orbiting that landscape like satellites, disparate pieces pulling on each other, creating a world of song,” Little explains.
Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs stands as Saintseneca’s most realized release to date – a 21-song opus that’s more adventurous than anything he’s done before, yet grounded in a pop sensibility that makes its expansive sonic world accessible. The album feels familiar and rooted, yet carries more gravity as two moons orbit its landscape. Strings and synths intertwine with drum machines and samples, creating a sound that defies easy categorization – unamericana. “I found that I circled back to the country music that I grew up listening to and always wanted to run from, but then I just wanted to hear it. The voice of George Jones, raw and razor sharp with emotion, the alchemical perfection of Hank Williams’ songwriting, Dolly Parton’s crushing melodies. They seemed to effortlessly cut through the air, floating in the atmosphere like perfume even after the songs stopped.”
