Songs: Ohia - Protection Spells

Secretly Canadian

£27.52

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SC037LP
Barcode: 0656605003719
Release Date: 25 Oct 2024
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Secretly Canadian are proud to reissue Songs: Ohia’s ‘Protection Spells’, a collection of some of the most precious time capsules in the greater Molina vaults. ‘Protection Spells’ has a spotty release history, with long periods out of print and limited formats. It returns to print now for the first time in over a decade (possibly two) and for the first time on vinyl.
 Of ‘Protection Spells’, Molina had this to say: “‘Protection Spells’ is a collection of songs recorded over a period of several Songs: Ohia tours. Presented here are nine entirely improvised pieces. The approach to these songs involved no rehearsals, no second takes, no additions and no going back. What you have here are songs that just happened in real time.
 “The many musicians on these recordings were friends, bandmates, and, at times, total strangers. I have long hoped to offer the listener a chance to have some of these great accidents on record. It is a direct look at my songwriting process, only a little more risky, and nobody has any idea what direction we are going until we all start working on it together. I think that the years of improvised music I played in the past helped to strengthen the risk-taking with these songs.
 “Here, the goal was to still have basic songs without falling into long freak-out noise experiments, saving that kind of exploration for live settings. You will notice the appearances and disappearances of ideas that could never be recreated, not that they are all brilliant, but they are certainly not forced. The seemingly arbitrary moments of strange repetition of the lyrics, the clear lack of a preconceived system of established song parts, all are the marks of improvised songwriting.
 “Since even the singing had no idea what the floorplan of the song was to be, there were some unanticipated troubles and some shy steps taken, but I have preserved these mappings of the dangerous musical byroads that Songs: Ohia has always depended on. I hope you enjoy this.” - Jason Molina, July 10, 2000
 Available to independent retailers on black vinyl.

Tracklisting
Trouble Will Find You
The Moon Undoes It All
Darkness That Strong
Keep Only One Of Us Free
The World At The End Of The World
Fire On The Shore
Mighty Like Love, Mighty Like Sorrow
The One Red Star
Whenever I Have Done A Thing In Flames