Joanna Newsom
Have One On Me 3LP (boxset)

The extraordinary Joanna Newsom returns with a compelling three album set. It consists of 18 songs spread over three discs and clocking in at a running time of more than two hours. The album sits somewhere between Ys and her 2004 debut The Milk Eyed Mender with flowing strings and woodwind next to traditional rock instrumentation and more exotic additions such as Balkan tambura and Bulgarian kaval. The album has depth, width, colour and length. Standouts are Baby Birch which nudges 10 minutes and captivates the listener with nothing more than voice and harp, before blossoming iunto full folk-rock splendour and Does not Suffice which has a gospel-inflected progression - it's flat-out gorgeous and heavy with sadness. Joanna Newsom stands alone as one of the most compelling and ambitious artists of our generation.

NEW / Released in 2010

Tracklist:

A1 Easy

A2 Have One On Me

A3 '81

B1 Good Intentions Paving Company

B2 No Provenance

B3 Baby Birch

C1 On A Good Day

C2 You And Me, Bess

C3 In California

D1 Jackrabbits

D2 Go Long

D3 Occident

E1 Soft As Chalk

E2 Esme

E3 Autumn

F1 Ribbon Bows

F2 Kingfisher

F3 Does Not Suffice (In California, Refrain)