{"title":"Little Mazarn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mustang-island","title":"Mustang Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMustang Island\u003c\/em\u003e, the third album from Austin-based band \u003cstrong\u003eLittle Mazarn\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a gentle force. Waves of grief crest like surf on the Texas coast. Wild horses break through long-shuttered gates, only to come back around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLead songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey Verrill\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/her) joins bandmates \u003cstrong\u003eJeff Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e (he\/him) and \u003cstrong\u003eCarolina Chauffe\u003c\/strong\u003e (they\/them). The ten-song collection continues work with Dear Life Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA full-throated romp through the capabilities of community-minded songcraft, \u003cem\u003eMustang Island\u003c\/em\u003e is both naturalistic and futuristic, completely recasting \u003cstrong\u003eLittle Mazarn\u003c\/strong\u003e's origins in primitive folk. Instead, the band reaches towards sonic experimentation and spacious expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e's heart-opening vocals and \u003cstrong\u003eJeff\u003c\/strong\u003e's singing saw, both trademarks of the project, mix with unexpected bombastic drums, dissonant synthesizers, and a chorus of orchestral oddities. This mid-career ode dances confidently in the creative liberties granted by decades in the game – more dazzlingly lively, and honestly somber, than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe band’s crossroads branch across prominent Southern outsider music: On cello, \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e has recorded with Patty Griffin and Dana Falconberry. The Oklahoma-born \u003cstrong\u003eVerrill\u003c\/strong\u003e didn’t write her first song until age 34. \u003cstrong\u003eJeff\u003c\/strong\u003e has played in Bill Callahan’s band, now drums with Thor \u0026amp; Friends and Orange Mothers, and still works on experimental puppet work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Mazarn\u003c\/strong\u003e has also collaborated with Thor Harris (Swans), Honey Island General Store (2023), following two previous LPs on Dear Life and Self Sabotage Records, and past LPs released by Keeled Scales (2022) and 10 (2019). Alongside this new record, \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e directs music from Kate Wolf and Bob Wills to Six Texas Playboys, giving direct musical roots to \u003cem\u003eMustang Island\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e left her job at a hearing clinic to help call a hot check in school. Recording also aligned with the death of \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e’s father, a career educator, in \u003cstrong\u003eJeff\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e’s hometown of Dallas. “Grief, and the avoidance of grief, is a big part of being human,” says \u003cstrong\u003eLindsey\u003c\/strong\u003e. “You make a choice, and then you grieve for the other choice. Or you finish a meal and literally grieve that it was so good. If you really befriend grief, you’re like, ‘oh, it’s here, in this pancake, which I loved so much that I ate the whole thing, and now it’s gone.’”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Life Recordings","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51637351547211,"sku":"R5005-1032","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51637351579979,"sku":"R5005-8165","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5fd37b72-0568-28a8-164c-9ab32cbf9ab1_9d2ec745-40e5-4744-b22f-2eef3c2a6a02.jpg?v=1752251505"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/little-mazarn.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}