Simply stated, it`s not just a rare jewel of perfection, it`s a true piece of music-art and every bit the album a Posies fan would cross their fingers to hear. If you have not listened to the stream of the album on this site, well, it`s there because the proof is in the proverbial pop pudding. So click `play` and enjoy.... If you need more, let it be known that five years of hard work on this album shows in every groove, recorded note and carefully etched nuance of "Songs From The Year Of Our Demise". This is the most ambitious (and most accomplished) work of his career. Keyboards, cellos, organs, chimes and gizmos come and go while Jon`s signature guitar work and angelic voice consistently reach new heights of emotional turmoil and longing. The record is at turns more gritty and more lush, more atmospheric and more immediate, more universal and more personal than anything he`s done in the past. It reflects the highs and lows of both a soaring exuberance and a crushing fatalism. Keyboards, cellos, organs, chimes and gizmos come and go while Jon`s signature guitar work and angelic voice consistently echo the emotional turmoil of a past half decade that has seen him recover from a divorce, marry a reacquainted love, and inherit a daughter through that marriage. The album plays like a very personal and revealing musical journal of a period of difficult change. With few notable exceptions, every bit of writing, recording, and performing was done by Jon with "no one else around for miles" as he "methodically dragged the record into existence." This deeply personal musical statement stretches far beyond the expected boundaries of an artist known as a power pop legend. The sound will be familiar to any Posies fan who expects exceptional songwriting and hummable melodies, but this unique musical journey also takes listeners to sonic and emotional territories far beyond the expected parameters of the pop genre.
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