{"title":"Jason Molina","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Molina (born December 30, 1973, Lorain, Ohio, USA – died March 16, 2013, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He gained recognition for his work as a solo artist and with various musicians. From 2003 onwards, he released music under his own name or with a consistent lineup of band members as the Magnolia Electric Co.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMolina's music showcased his talent for storytelling through heartfelt lyrics and haunting melodies. His unique blend of folk and indie rock captivated audiences worldwide. With a prolific career spanning over two decades, he left behind a rich musical legacy that continues to inspire artists today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite battling personal demons throughout his life, Molina's dedication to his craft never wavered. His raw vulnerability resonated with listeners who connected deeply with the emotions conveyed in his songs. Whether performing intimate acoustic ballads or leading a full band arrangement, Molina's performances were always captivating and emotionally charged.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pyramid-electric-co","title":"Pyramid Electric Co","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyramid Electric Co. is the first full-length solo album by Jason Molina, released in 2004 on Secretly Canadian Records. It was recorded by Mike Mogis and received universal critical acclaim according to Metacritic (with an 81 aggregate score). While critics found it hard going: \"Pyramid is not Songs: Ohia but the musical equivalent of A Season in Hell, not something one can take in often, but which is beautiful for the fact that it was completed at all\", they also commented on the sincerity of the delivery: \"The delivery is too matter-of-fact, too genuine to evoke pity or sadness. It is lethargic, yet not dreary — it grabs you violently and lays you down so, so gently.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50417049272651,"sku":"286514","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1f8afa30-bf87-43e7-a259-73fd0519d43c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726714860"},{"product_id":"let-me-go-let-me-go-let-me-go","title":"Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go","description":"\u003cp\u003eJason Molina's (Magnolia Electric Co., Songs: Ohia) second solo album was recorded in Bloomington with Jim Zespy. According to Jason \"...These are meditations on depression, waiting, dislocation, separation, doubt, fear, loneliness...The usual from me...But here, if I did not see redemption or even a glimmer of hope, and thought I could put that into lyrics and a simple melody, I allowed that to be the driving force of the song. In the past I would edit these themes out or push them to the sides in favor of a better line technically, or a more anticipated rhyme. This session, in my mind, leads easily into my upcoming projects\". \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50419836584267,"sku":"275423","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4ede53ea-df92-489d-83c2-7e63ea1352e1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726749517"},{"product_id":"eight-gates","title":"Eight Gates","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometime in 2006 or 2007, Jason Molina moved from the midwest to London. Separated from his bandmates and friends and never one for idleness, Molina explored his new home with fervor. Sometimes he’d head out on foot, often with no destination in mind. Other times, he’d pick a random tube stop and find his way back home. He’d pick up on arcane trivia about London’s rich history, and if the historical factoids weren’t available — or weren’t quite to his liking — Molina was quite comfortable conjuring his own history. His adoration of The Great American Tall Tales like John Henry and Paul Bunyan’s blue ox Babe stretched across the Atlantic, where he created his own personal Tall Tales. And when he learned of the London Wall’s seven gates (itself a misconception), Molina went ahead and called it eight, carving out a gate just for himself. The eighth gate was Molina’s way into London, a gate only passable in the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight Gates is the last collection of solo studio recordings Molina made before he passed from complications related to alcoholism in 2013. Recorded in London around the time of the supposed spider bite and Jimi’s supposed parakeets, some of the songs (Whispered Away, Thistle Blue) are fully-realized — dark, moody textures that call to mind his earlier work on The Lioness. Knowing what we know about those parakeets and their peppered presence on the recordings, one can’t help but think of that colorful tree of birds on Talk Talk’s classic \u003ci\u003eLaughing Stock\u003c\/i\u003e, certainly a spiritual guide for much of the set. Other songs (\u003ci\u003eShe Says, The Crossroads and The Emptiness\u003c\/i\u003e) lay in a more unfinished states, acoustic takes that call to mind Molina’s \u003ci\u003eLet Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go\u003c\/i\u003e, and still tethered to Molina’s humorous studio banter. You remember how young Molina was, and how weighty this art was for such a young man. On the closer, \u003ci\u003eThe Crossroads and The Emptiness,\u003c\/i\u003e Molina snaps at the engineer before tearing into a song in which he sings of his birthday (December 30), a palm reading and the great emptiness with which he always wrestled. It is a perfect closer and, in many ways, the eighth gate incarnate: mythical, passable only in the mind, built for himself and partway imaginary but shared, thankfully, with us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50479636545867,"sku":"1094150","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50479633170763,"sku":"1094149","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50479634612555,"sku":"1094148","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/831486ee-0456-4bc2-ae9a-9976d0a9e1b5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727510826"},{"product_id":"the-black-sabbath-covers","title":"The Black Sabbath Covers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Jason Molina took on another artist's song, he willed his own universe into it, his own personal and artistic mythology. Be it Conway Twitty or Townes Van Zandt, their blues were infused with Molina's own entrancing blues. This pair of newly discovered, home-recorded Black Sabbath covers is no different. Molina, a through-and-through fan of metal (seek out his high school metal band the Spineriders' album if you haven't yet) peels back the sinister and stoned elements of Sabbath, zeroing in on the loneliness and brooding. He takes \u003ci\u003eSolitude\u003c\/i\u003e, from 1971's unfuckwithable \u003ci\u003eMaster of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e -and one of Sabbath's more mystical, near-proggy songs - and doubles down on the title. Molina extracts Ozzy Osbourne's gorgeously cooed vocal performance and transforms it into a high and lonesome sound, a desert campfire howler. And on his cover of \u003ci\u003eSnowblind\u003c\/i\u003e, from 1972's \u003ci\u003eVol. 4\u003c\/i\u003e, it becomes obvious what a guitar hero Sabbath's Tony Iommi was for Molina. Molina seemed to pull from Iommi's odd, simple fingerings and tunings throughout his catalogue: from his first album (known informally as \"the black album\") to Magnolia Electric Co.'s Josephine. Molina's brief acoustic cover dials back the bombast, but you can surely connect \u003ci\u003eSnowblind's\u003c\/i\u003e chord progressions with Molina's own on the black album \u003ci\u003eAxxess and Ace\u003c\/i\u003e. Recorded in the midwest in the late '90s, during Molina's multi-season run of batting 1.000, these two intimate songs are a bittersweet artifact of one of the rustbelt's titan songwriters. Do not attempt to play Side B of this 7\" release. Side B is a gorgeous etching of a black ram by artist Will Schaff. If you do attempt to play the etching on Side B it will sound absolutely awful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50506993795403,"sku":"1021640","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/027bea7e-38f7-4a30-aab9-500f02c09645_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727835887"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_0abc3c4c_thumbnail_4096_f4230a83-2f53-477e-8dd5-8bc7ce18d629.jpg?v=1726714841","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/jason-molina.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}