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Cass McCombs - Heartmind
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On
Heartmind,
Cass
McCombs
enters
the
double-digit-album
phase
of
his
career,
a
quantitatively
rarified
place
for
any
songwriter;
rarer
still,
though,
is
the
fact
that
he
does
not
yet
seem
to
have
settled
into
a
qualitative
sound
or
pattern,
of
singing
the
same
thought
twice
(or
perhaps
even
once).
Songs
like
"Karaoke"
are
a
god-level
burst
of
powerpop
perfection,
as
fetching
as
anything
Cass
has
ever
cut.
The
springy
staccato
guitar,
the
vaporized
electric
keys,
the
melody
seemingly
born
for
singing
or
clapping
or
dancing
along:
Cass
triangulates
a
perch
of
his
very
own
out
among
The
Go-Betweens,
The
dB's,
and
The
Cure,and
vibrates
there,
a
beacon.
And
then,
of
course,
there
is
the
song's
playful
if
painful
lyrical
conceit—the
lover
who
is
making
all
the
sacred
motions
of
commitment
but
whose
feelings
may
be
no
more
deep
or
real
than
someone
simply
reading
the
lyrics
for
"Vision
of
Love"
or
"Stand
by
Your
Man"
from
some
crowded
bar's
TV
screen.
There
are,
at
least,
some
basic
facts
to
share
about
Heartmind,
logistical
evidence
that
may
in
turn
shape
your
own
questions:
Cass
recorded
these
songs
in
multiple
sessions
on
both
coasts,
in
Brooklyn
and
Burbank.
The
great
Shahzad
Ismaily
not
only
cut
the
staggering
"Unproud
Warrior"
and
four
others
here
but
also
played
lots
of
bass.
Buddy
Ross
tracked
"New
Earth,"
a
paean
of
post-humanity
renewal
with
several
sharp
wisecracks.
Ariel
Rechtshaid—now
a
dozen
years
into
his
collaboration
with
Cass,
which
began
with
2009's
Catacombs—captured
Cass'
scintillating
guitars
on
"Belong
to
Heaven,"
a
thoughtful
consideration
of
what
we
all
lose
when
we
lose
an
old
friend
to
the
inevitable
end.
The
steadfast
Rob
Schnapf
(who
previously
produced
McCombs'
ANTI-
debut,
Mangy
Love)
mixed
and
merged
it
all.
Wynonna
Judd
(yes,
that
one)
offers
harmonies,
while
her
beau
Cactus
Moser
provides
some
lap
steel.
Joe
Russo,
Kassa
Overall,
Danielle
Haim,
Nestor
Gomez
are
featured
on
the
album,
too.
Tracks:
Music
Is
Blue
/
Karaoke
/
New
Earth
/
Unproud
Warrior
/
Krakatau
/
A
Blue,
Blue
Band
/
Belong
To
Heaven
/
Heartmind
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