catalogue

MEEK, BUCK

TWO SAVIORS (KEELED SCALES)

MEEK, BUCK - TWO SAVIORS 143345
format:
1 LP
release:
12.03.2021
label:
KEELED SCALES
item ID:
143345
barcode:
0682604702735
Two Saviors is Buck Meek's second album, following 2018's self-titled LP also released on Keeled Scales and currently on its third pressing.

The Big Thief lead guitarist worked with producer and engineer Andrew Sarlo on this album (who's produced all four of Big Thief albums, as well as coproducing Bon Iver's i,i ).

Andrew agreed to record it only if it was made under his conditions-- that they make the album in New Orleans during the hottest part of the year, spend no more than seven days tracking live, on an 8-track tape machine, with only dynamic microphones and no headphones, and not allowing the players to hear back any of the takes until the final day.

The band, featuring Adam Brisbin (guitar, vocals), Mat Davidson (bass, pedal steel, fiddle, vocals), Austin Vaughn (drums), and Buck's brother Dylan Meek (piano, organ, vocals), set up in a Victorian house one block from the Mississippi River, and worked within these limitations, encouraging every recording to be imbued with the living, intuitive, and human energy of a first take.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. PARADEIDOLIA
  • 1.2. CANDLE
  • 1.3. SECOND SIGHT
  • 1.4. TWO SAVIORS
  • 1.5. TWO MOONS
  • 1.6. DREAM DAUGHTER
  • 1.7. HAM ON WHITE
  • 1.8. CANNOBALL! PT. 2
  • 1.9. TWO MOONS (MORNING)
  • 1.10. POCKETKNIFE
  • 1.11. HALO LIGHT