Product Overview
Son Volt - Electro Melodier (LP) 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of Son Voltâs groundbreaking debut Trace. Instead of a triumphant tour marking the illustrious landmark, Farrar was forced indoors by the pandemic, and his ÓReverieÝ during that time helped define Electro Melodier, Son Voltâs 10th studio album Ü and third with influential Nashville indie Thirty Tigers. The title, taken from the names of two vintage amplifiers from the late Ü40s and early Ü50s, also describes the discâs unique blend of folk, country, blues, soul and rock Ü an electric troubadour with melodies that hit and stick. Social protest songs like ÓLivin' in the U.S.A.Ý and ÓThe Globe,Ý the former about the promises of this nation gone wrong, the latter referencing the street protests accompanying the Black Lives Matter movement, exist side by side with odes to long-term relationships (specifically his 25-year marriage) in ÓDiamonds and CigarettesÝ and ÓLucky Ones.Ý TRACKLISTING: SIDE A 1. Reverie 2. Arkey Blue 3. The Globe 4. Diamonds And Cigarettes 5. Lucky Ones SIDE B 6. War On Misery 7. Livinâ In The USA 8. Someday Is Now 9. Sweet Refrain 10. The Levee On Down
