{"product_id":"atw-4","title":"ATW","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy most bands’ fifth LP, the sound is pretty set. Parameters established. Refinement dissipated in favor of formulaic execution of what’s worked in the past. Fair enough. All Them Witches take a harder route.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, the Nashville four-piece offered what might’ve otherwise become their own template in their fourth album, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Through The War\u003c\/i\u003e. Their second for New West Records following 2015’s mellow-vibing \u003ci\u003eDying Surfer Meets His Maker, Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e brought larger production value to dug-in heavy psych blues jamming with oversight from producer Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter exploring new ground on 2013’s \u003ci\u003eLightning At The Door\u003c\/i\u003e and 2012’s \u003ci\u003eOur Mother Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eDying Surfer\u003c\/i\u003e, with\u003ci\u003e Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e the band had arrived at something new, something sprawling, and grander-feeling than anything before it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo naturally, in a year’s time they’ve thrown that all to the Appalachian wind, turned the process completely on its head and reversed paths: recording in a cabin in Kingston Springs, about 20 miles outside of Nashville on I-40, with guitarist Ben McLeod at the helm. Take that, expectation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result, mixed by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Kurt Vile), is the most intimate, human-sounding album All Them Witches have ever recorded and another redefinition of the band. Introducing keyboardist\/percussionist Jonathan Draper to the fold with McLeod, bassist\/vocalist Charles Michael Parks, Jr., and drummer\/graphic artist Robby Staebler, the new eponymous record isn’t self-titled by mistake. It’s the band confirming and continuing to develop their approach, in the shuffle of “Fishbelly 86 Onions,” the organ-laced groove of “Half-Tongue,” the tense build of “HJTC” and the fluid jam in closer “Rob’s Dream.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a reaction to being a “bigger” band. To playing bigger shows, bigger tours, etc. From the sustained consonants in Parks’ vocals to McLeod’s commanding slide in “Workhorse” and drifting melancholy at the outset of “Harvest Feast,” All Them Witches is there laying claim to the essential facets of their identity. And the urgency of these tracks – fast pushers and sleepy jams alike – is among their greatest strengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a rawer delivery, as stage-ready as the band itself, and as ever, it captures All Them Witches in this moment. Is it who they’ll be tomorrow? Who the hell knows? Check back in and we’ll all find out together. That’s the whole idea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New West Records","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Bone and Orchid Marble \/ Blue and Orchid Marble","offer_id":50476431311179,"sku":"2224763","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_adb92410_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727459530","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/atw-4","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}