Califone - Villagers (New CD) JULY 21 NR fierce confrontations and wide-open confessional

fierce confrontations and wide-open confessional blurs

We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) is thrilled to present the official reissue of criminally overlooked Japanese jazz gem Mellow Dream (1977) by Hokkaido pianist wunderkind Ryo Fukui

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Featuring contributions from former Ornette Coleman bandmates Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins

Califone - Villagers (New CD) JULY 21 NR fierce confrontations and wide-open confessionalPart experimental indie and part 70s soft rock, Califones first record in three years finds creative force Tim Rutili reaching new levels of harmony, fragility, and confidence. Whether detailing aging goths retaining their identity through year long spooky decorations (Halloween), an imagined conversation with an inbred monarch (Habsburg Jaw), or the conflicts between identity and technology (Ox Eye), Villagers nine tracks spread out and luxuriates in