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Pinegrove 11:11 Ltd Edition Red Vinyl LP New Sealed with exclusive print
Pinegrove’s new album, ‘11:11’, is an unqualified triumph, an
album that seizes listeners with hook-filled songs imbuing feelings
of warmth, urgency and poetic beauty, even as it asks some of
life’s big and difficult questions.
On previous Pinegrove recordings, band member Sam Skinner
usually oversees mixing duties, but this time out, noted producer
and former Death Cab for Cutie member Chris Walla has assumed
the role. Calling previous album ‘Marigold’’s production “crisp and
contained,” Hall, who co-produced ‘11:11’ with Sam, sought more
of a “messier” feel for these new songs. Most of the recording took
place at two Hudson Valley facilities (Levon Helm Studios in
Woodstock and The Building in Marlboro) with the final touches
done side by side with Walla in Seattle.
‘11:11’ features lush soundscapes, organs, Megan Benavente’s
melodic and adventurous bass playing, Josh Marre’s signature
guitar work and a special guest - Doug Hall, Evan’s father- playing
piano on many tracks. The record sounds intimate, yet expansive.
“It spends equal time on optimism, community, reaffirming what
we are and how it’s our duty to look out for one another,” says
singer Evan Stephens Hall. “There’s anger, love, hope and grief.
The record has all of that.”
The opening mini epic track, ‘Habitat’, is a two-part masterpiece of
texturalism, brimming with robust, percussive guitars and driven by
unsettling shifts. Another key track is ‘Alaska’, a happy-go-lucky
romp of dense, bracing guitar rock, lurching out of the gate with
tectonic force and boasting hooks at every turn. Later, the breezy,
pastoral folk-tinged ‘Iodine’ glistens with exquisite vocal
harmonies, and ‘Flora’ is a beautifully appointed apology to nature,
its luxurious country rock feels connected to past masters like the
Flying Burrito Brothers or early Wilco.