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Annihilation

by Footings

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited to 500 copies on color vinyl available via Don't Live Like Me, Sophomore Lounge, and Feeding Tube Records

    Color is a cute shade of Yellow or "Chick"

    Estimated ship date is late July \m/

    Includes unlimited streaming of Annihilation via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Tornado 01:21
2.
Wouldn't It Be Something 01:37
3.
Later Days 03:25
lyrics
what can i say when i'm around you the lengths i have to go to play it cool the birds explode in ritual abandon while we enjoy perpetual reserve will we give the world another answer will we find a place to put the shit the animals all stare at us and wonder when we're gonna finally figure it each day is full of whimsical deference why do what could be done another day well i prefer eternal perseverance cause how will you ever know unless you stay?
4.
Bayou 02:40
lyrics
your bayou is a tide pool and i remind you of someone on a bus that you may never talk to but you can't help thinking about us the dogs here all run wild with agendas and cadenzas all their own and the waves don't care about you and it's a struggle when you're all alone you can wonder why until your clothes are dry the only thing we know is the undertow
5.
Sleeping 00:35
6.
Heading West 02:50
7.
Arrow 02:28
8.
Annihilation 04:21
9.
Sometimes 01:47
10.
Lottery 02:01
11.
Only Half 02:24
12.
Ordinary Night 02:40

about

Footings is the long-running/rocking outgrowth of Peterborough NH's great ruralist duo, Redwing Blackbird. Initially formed as a trio in 2012 by Eric Gagne on guitar and vocals, Footings' sound embraces a sort of inner light derived from folk music, but surrounds it with a variety of rockist tropes. This rock action can take many forms, especially on this new album, which features their most expanded/expansive line-up yet.

Original trio member Elisabeth Fuchsia (frequent Pile collaborator) is on viola and long-time collusionist Candace Clement provides guitar, synth and vocals. Jordan Holtz (from Rick Rude) supplies vocals. Ben Rogers (Eric's bandmate from Death to Tyrants) adds drums where needed. Will Killingsworth (Ampere/Bucket Full of Teeth) adds pedals and tambourine as required. The latter pair were also responsible for engineering the album, but their musical additions are sonically notable.

Gagne's songs and deep vocals, often the core of the band's operation, combine the literary qualities of a heavy reader with the observational data of a poet. In this, Footings might occasionally be mistaken for one of Will Oldham's multifarious projects. But the band has a distinct way of scrambling their eggs, and that was never clearer than it is here. Full songs are interspersed with fragmentary shards in a way that reminds me of how Michael Hurley faded out “Rat Face” after its intro, on Hi Fi Snock Uptown. I mean, “Sleeping” sounds tantalizingly close to a Neil Young penned out-take from Deja Vu for the 35 seconds it runs. But that's all there is!

This outré editing process works quite well. By allowing themselves to create slivers of textural similarity to Sonic Youth (“Ordinary Night”), Crazy Horse (“Sleeping”), and even Heldon (“Wouldn't It Be Something”), Footins display wide possibilities while maintaining their primary focus on creating a kind of avant garde American roots music with the brash complexity of Yo La Tengo and the stately depth of Wilco.

Annihilation is the best Footings record to hit the planet yet. And that is saying something.
--Byron Coley

credits

released June 4, 2021

Footings is:
Eric Gagne - Guitars + Vocals
Elisabeth Fuchsia - Viola + Violin + Farfisa + Guitar
Candace Clement - Guitar + Vocals + Synth
Jordan Holtz - Vocals
Ben Rogers - Drums
Will Killingsworth - Pedal Manipulation + Tambourine

Recorded at Dead Air by Will Killingsworth + Loud Sun Studio by Ben Rogers
Mixed by Will Killingsworth + Ben Rogers
Mastered by Sarah Register
Artwork by Zadie Gagne

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