Nick Jaina is a busy man. Earlier this year, he released the sparse, somber, and piano-led full-length Wool—a record that basically carried me through the cold winter months. Then Jaina and part of his trusty band went galavanting around the US, and he was nice enough to pen a number of epic tour diaries for LocalCut. And now this: Jaina just sent us the press release full of details on his forthcoming album (and second to be released in 2008!) A Narrow Way. Count me among the ranks who are incredibly excited—a full band album recorded LIVE in the studio, sans one measly overdub. A Narrow Way is out on October 14 on CD via Hush Records and on sure-to-be-beautiful 180-gram vinyl by Jealous Butcher. Everything you need to know:

Tracklisting for the album:

1. A Narrow Way
2. Walking Into A Burning House
3. That’s The Kind of Fruit That You Leave On The Vine
4. Battleground
5. Eleanor
6. Winding Sheet
7. I Forget My Name
8. That Tired Tired Lie
9. Singing The Devil’s Tune
10. Planters Field
11. I Know I’m Your Man

It will be available in stores and online on October 14th, but we will also have it for sale on our national tour, which begins on September 10th in Boise and which will take us around the country in a clockwisemotion for 25 shows in 40 days.

This album was recorded at Type Foundry Studios in Portland completely live. The size of the band ranged from seven to ten pieces and every part—including vocals—was done at the same time and then mixed live to two-track tape by Adam Selzer. If we needed a hand clap or a tambourine hit, we had to bring in an extra person to do it, instead of just over-dubbing it. Why did we do this? We felt that it would create a sense of urgency in the recordings, as modern recording has diminished the importance of actually performing in the moment. We tried to remove all safety nets and technological helpers and just allow the band to play together in a room like musicians used to do until the Beatles started taking drugs in ‘65 and giving everyone a different idea of how people should make albums. Bands want to play music together in a room at the same time. It’s their natural habitat. It makes them happy. Like wildebeests in the Serengeti.

And to tie you over until the fall, here’s a MP3 of the record’s closing number, “I Know I’m Your Man,” recorded live on Daytrotter. This might be my favorite song of the year. Jaina is also streaming three new songs on his MySpace page. October can’t come soon enough.

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Links:
Nick JainaSpace
Hush Records
Jealous Butcher Records

Photo of Nick and co. from PDX Pop Now! 2008 by Jordan Strong

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