M. Ward - More Rain flac album

More Rain is the first album Ward’s released since putting out Classics, an album of covers, with She & Him partner Zooey Deschanel in 2014. Since then, he’s been mostly working on his solo career and producing Mavis Staples’ latest album, out now. But he guesses he’ll eventually make more music with both She & Him and Monsters of Folk, the supergroup he formed with Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James in 2009. Something, I’m sure, will surface at some point, he says of both projects

Ward's new album, More Rain, comes out March 4. (Sarah Cass/Courtesy of the artist). Naming an album More Rain and then kicking it off with the sound of an actual rainstorm is either gutsy or foolhardy

More Rain will be out on March 4 through Merge. Guests on the album include . s Peter Buck, Neko Case, . lang, the Secret Sisters and NRBQ's Joey Spampinato. A press release notes that Ward initially envisioned the project as a doo-wop album, but it eventually turned into a more upbeat affair. He said in a statement, "I think one of the biggest mysteries of America right now is this: How are we able to process unending bad news on page one and then go about our lives the way the style section portrays us?

More Rain is Ward's first solo album since 2012's A Wasteland Companion, having released Volume Three and Classics with Zooey Deschanel as She & Him in the interim as well as recording and producing other artists. Ward began working on More Rain in 2012, initially experimenting with layering his own vocals to create a doo-wop record. lang, and Neko Case, the sound of the album went in a different direction, described as true gotta-stay-indoors, rainy-season record that looks upwards through the weather while reflecting on his past.

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Label: Merge Records Genre: Alternative. More mastered by Joe LaPorta.

This item:More Rain by M. Ward Audio CD £. 5. Only 4 left in stock. A Wasteland Companion by M. Only 6 left in stock. We were very happy with our son's eighth album and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys M. Ward music. 31 people found this helpful.