Winnowing (2014) by Bill Mallonee

A CD VERSION OF THIS ALBUM WITH IT'S EXPANDED ART WORK & LINER NOTES IS AVAILABLE AT: http://www.billmalloneemusic.com

I've mentioned that Winnowing is an Autumn record.
From the opener, "Dover Beach" to the real closer "Now You Know" it's something of a study in all that Autumn means to me. I wonder if it means something similar to all of our spirits. Things retire; nature goes dormant.

Maybe the very essence of Hope is like that. It sleeps, for a spell, with the expectation that it'll return. Maybe in a different form. Who knows?
That's the hope anyway. They say it springs eternal.
I like that idea.
Hope returning with a vibrancy that only the years of wisdom and "world-worn-ness" could imbue them with...

I think I've found a certain suppleness in my voice over the years that was never present in the early work. Maybe now it's because i mostly sing alone (as opposed to with a band) and it fosters being in touch with the nuance of phrasing. Anyway...
Melancholy, Longing, Fear, Darkness.
You know, the landscapes of the reality behind the one we live in most of the time.
I rarely heard anyone speak of these things as a kid. It was a subject all hush-hush if broached at all.

Is that why writers are born? Those who spend a life-time tinkering out a nomenclature to describe the unspoken? To give Face and Name to something lasting, even eternal?

Anyway, these impressions have always been the reason why I write.
That persistent melancholy that pervades our everyday reality (when we quiet down long enough to "listen") has been such a strong emotion in my work, I can hardly think of anything else that defines the heart of it.
And Autumn? "She" aids and abets.
Autumn, with her colors, smells, diminishing light hearlding the approaching dormancy of the winter seems to be the "voice" of much of this album...
Now Ya' Know...
bill

Tracklist

1.	DOVER BEACH/OUT IN THE COLD	6:02

2.	THOSE LOCUST YEARS	3:57

3.	OLD BEAT UP FORD	5:09

4.	GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO	5:49

5.	DEW DROP INN	4:57

6.	BLAME IT ON THE DESERT WHISPERING	4:33

7.	IN THE NEW DARK AGE THE ONLY LAMP BURNING BRIGHT IS YOU	4:21

8.	HALL OF MIRRORS/ROOM FULL OF WOE	5:41

9.	NOW YOU KNOW	6:00

10.	TAP YOUR HEART ON THE SHOULDER (& See If She's Still Awake)	6:26

11.	COMES TUMBLING DOWN (OUT-TAKE)	5:32

12.	DOVER BEACH (DEMO~mix 3)	5:13

13.	Blame It On The Desert Whispering (Demo)	4:34

14.	NOW YOU KNOW (Demo)	5:15

15.	DOVER BEACH (DEMO mix 4)	5:09

Credits

released August 20, 2014

all songs: Bill Mallonee
Published by BMI c. 2014

Bill Mallonee: electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, bass, drums, Mellotron, keyboards, harmonicas, string arrangements

Muriah Rose: acoustic piano, vocals, electric piano, organ, string arrangements

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