#h.c. mcentire

[missythangs]

H.C. McEntire, Every Acre, LP. Co-Produced, Mixed, Recorded. Link to album.

[concerthopperblog]

H.C. McEntire Invites Presence on Contemplative 'Every Acre'

“High hunter's moon, golden and full. The wind lets me choose this new view.” So opens H.C. McEntire's “New View,” the lead track on her new album Every Acre. That kind of lyrical portraiture is what first made me check McEntire out after an impressive set at Americanafest a few years ago, and it's an artist's eye that permeates the entirety of Every Acre.

“New View” kicks off the album with a whisper, a gentle country-rock melody flowing underneath a song about letting go of past traumas to just be present in a new relationship. “Who knew it would be so good? Baby, did you?” sung just before she implores her lover to “bless me and beg me, I'm willing to lose. Take me and wreck me. I'll take more of you.”

Another album highlight is the smoldering “Turpentine.” Featuring guest vocals from Indigo Girls' Amy Ray, “Turpentine” details the pain of hardscrabble farming. At about the midpoint of the song, a fuzztoned guitar solo wails like a farmer's lament. “Time ain't always kind to the shakin' child or the slippin' mind,” McEntire reminds us, later noting “every acre that you ever owned, hissed and split like a radiator hose.” Ray's presence is felt throughout but she is never out front. This is McEntire's show and she carries the weight.

The most pure country song on the album is single “Dovetail.” Originally conceived as a boot stomper, McEntire's pianist slowed things down one evening in the studio and the band quickly discovered they had a ballad on their hands. Evoking Emmylou Harris, McEntire tells the tale of varied women she's known. “Sometimes she leaves you like a landslide. Sometimes she's a tower tall and strong. Not all will want to have their hands tied. Some will never want you gone.”

Every Acre is an album that isn't meant to be listened to absently while you clean the house. Without fail, the songs here reward close listening, even more repeat listening. There's always something new waiting for you in these poetic lyrics, if you're willing to put your busy life on hold and just sit with it for a time.

[sonicziggy]

"Rows of Clover" by H.C. McEntire https://ift.tt/VOsM6Jm

[noloveforned]

i'm back from my long weekend in chapel hill and ready to hit wlur at 8pm with a new show so tune in if you're around tonight!

last weekend was all about celebrating 35 years of merge records. i joined in on the fun with a three hour restrospective of merge releases (stream it on mixcloud) in (mostly) reverse chronological order. as always some stuff got left out so my apologies go out to polvo, sacred paws, and the others i would have liked to squeeze in!

no love for ned on wlur – july 26th, 2024 from 8-11pm - merge records 35th anniversary show

artist // track // album // label superchunk // everybody dies // everybody dies 7" // merge quivers // apparition // oyster cuts // merge rosali // my kind // bite down // merge mhaol // bored of men // attachment styles // merge carson mchone // hawks don't share // still life // merge hiss golden messenger // hardlytown // quietly blowing it // merge the mountain goats // last gasp at calama // songs for pierre chuvin // merge cable ties // hope // far enough // merge archers of loaf // raleigh days // raleigh days 7" // merge gauche // flash // a people's history of gauche // merge swearin' // oil and water // fall into the sun // merge waxahatchee // silver // out in the storm // merge h.c. mcentire // quartz in the valley // lionheart // merge teenage fanclub // the darkest part of the night // here // merge twerps // back to you // range anxiety // merge ex hex // waste your time // rips // merge mikal cronin // weight // mcii // merge mount moriah // lament // mount moriah // merge wild flag // romance // wild flag // merge times new viking // it's a culture // dancer equired // merge superchunk // digging for something // majesty shredding // merge jay reatard // pull down the shades // stroke - songs for chris knox tribute // merge telekinesis // coast of carolina // telekinesis! // merge big dipper // wrong in the charts // supercluster- the big dipper anthology // merge shout out louds // normandie // our ill wills // merge camera obscura // lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken // let's get out of this country // merge robert pollard // dancing girls and dancing men // from a compound eye // merge tenement halls // plenty is never enough // knitting needles and bicycle bells // merge arcade fire // neighborhood #1 (tunnels) // funeral // merge richard buckner // a chance counsel // dents and shells // merge crooked fingers // big darkness // red devil dawn // merge destroyer // this night // this night // merge the essex green // the late great cassiopia // the long goodbye // merge the rosebuds // kicks in the schoolyard // make out // merge spoon // small stakes // kill the moonlight // merge the clean // drawing to a whole // anthology // merge annie hayden // red lines // the rub // merge the ladybug transistor // perfect for shattering // argyle heir // merge the rock*a*teens // car and driver // sweet bird of youth // merge superchunk // hello hawk // come pick me up // merge neutral milk hotel // two-headed boy // in the aeroplane over the sea // merge lambchop // your fucking sunny day // thriller // merge butterglory // she clicks the sticks // are you building a temple in heaven? // merge east river pipe // hey, where's your girl? // poor fricky // merge the magnetic fields // born on a train // the charm of the highway strip // merge 3ds // beautiful things // the venus trail // merge seam // granny 9x // granny 9x 7" // merge erectus monotone // vertigogo // vertigogo 7" // merge finger // everywhere // everywhere 7" // merge chunk // my noise // what i do 7" // merge

[musicollage]

H.C. McEntire — Eno Axis. 2020 : Merge.

! acquire the album ★ attach a coffee !

[musiconspotify]

H.C. McEntire Every Acre (2023) … grandeur …

[missythangs]

BETTY'S w / SS @hcmcentire going where eagles dare

[tenofthebest]

2023

1. H.C McEntire - Every Acre

The alt-country poet and band leader from North Carolina returns with her strongest work to date on which she explores the meaning of home, both physically and spiritually, while sounding like Neil Young and Tammy Wynette at their languid and guitar-drenched best. It's a rare pleasure nowadays to hear someone making great American music like this.

2. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren

The Britpop icons show up in surprisingly good form on their ninth studio album. Mature songwriting, lush harmonies, and a tight 36-minute run time make this take on middle-aged melancholy some of the best work of their career.

3. Kojaque - Phantom Of The Afters

Irish rapper-producer Kevin Smith delivers fresh, insightful, and poignant takes on immigrant song as he tells modern-day tales of a young Irish person relocating to London to pursue their dreams. If that sounds too specific, it turns out that the struggles are universal.

4. Buck 65 - Super Dope

The self-proclaimed "all-time undisputed king of drum breaks", who made my favorite album of 2022, came right back with another jaw-dropping set that he said is the best work of his career. It was the album I listened to most this year, by far.

5. Cory Hanson - Western Cum

Terrible title and even worse cover art aside, this is an extremely fun take on classic rock that fuses instantly enjoyable guitar shredding with surreal lyrics and a kind of bizarro Neil Young style of songwriting that works far better than you'd think.

6. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors

20 years in, the Liverpool band are at the peak of their powers on this collection of twangy folk-rock tunes that are laden with all manner of metaphors about the crumbling of modern Britain.

7. Margaret Glaspy - Echo The Diamond

The Brooklyn alt-pop singer-songwriter returns with an album written and recorded under self-imposed time constraints that help capture an arresting immediacy in both the writing and the stripped-down performances.

8. Róisin Murphy - Hit Parade

The Irish singer's full-length collaboration with German DJ Koze is her strongest album yet, full of intentionally off-kilter house, funk, and disco tunes that see both artists giving their all to produce a sound that is truly original.

9. Jape - Endless Thread

Two decades into his career, the Dublin-born, Malmö-based songwriter has come up with his most accomplished and cohesive collection of songs yet, on which he filters his inquisitiveness and introspection through inspiration drawn from the great 1970s solo albums from the likes of Paul McCartney, John Cale, and Judy Sill.

10. Colter Wall - Little Songs

The 28-year old son of a prominent Canadian politician is an unlikely candidate for the second coming of Johnny Cash, but Colter Wall's take on country and western is the real deal.

[punkrockmixtapes]

Listen/purchase: 'Til I Get It Right by H.C. McEntire

[thethetartarpits]

JANUARY 2023 [RECAP]

~*~ 10 Music Releases from the Past Month YOU Should Check Out ~*~

Belle & Sebastian - Late Developers Florry - Sweet Guitar Solos [EP] Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding - Alive at the Village Vanguard H.C. McEntire - Every Acre J.Rocc - Beatitudes King Tuff - Smalltown Stardust Lil Yachty - Let’s Start Here. Margo Price - Strays Oddisee - To What End Rachael & Vilray - I Love A Love Song!

[noloveforned]

no love for ned airs on wlur from 8pm tonight until the clock strikes midnight. join us for four hours of only slightly contained radio chaos. last week's beautiful mess is also available below for you to muck about in at your leisure.

no love for ned on wlur – february 10th, 2023 from 10pm-midnight

artist // track // album // label superchunk // slack motherfucker // superchunk // matador the true jacqueline // generation ship // an adventure somewhere maybe // (self-released) erik nervous // what's in the box? // halfass ep // (self-released) ghoulies // ghouls nite in // halloween special, volume one cassette // loopy scoop tapes playthings // sit down (stand up) // time to go- the southern psychedelic movement 1981-1986 compilation // flying nun alpaca brothers // green guitar // figment // zelle the waeve // someone up there // the waeve // transgressive r.ring // hug // war poems, we rested // don giovanni ibex clone // nothing ever changes // all channels clear // goner immaterial possession // bosphorus brine // immaterial possession // cloud scrawl // begin // smallmouth // rough trade king tuff // tell me // smalltown stardust // sub pop h.c. mcentire featuring amy ray // turpentine // every acre // merge records meg baird // star hill song // furling // drag city little feat // truck stop girl // little feat // warner bros. bill callahan and bonnie "prince" billy with meg baird // i've been the one // blind date party // drag city eugene chadbourne and jim mchugh // willin' // bad scene // post present medium don cherry and jean schwarz // doussn' gouni, part two // roundtrip- live at theatre recamier, paris 1977 // tranversales disques james brandon lewis // the blues still blossoms // eye of i // anti nostalgia 77 // flower // the loneliest flower in the village // jazzman liv.e // lake psilocybin // girl in the half pearl // in real life beyoncé // cuff it (wetter remix) // cuff it (wetter remix) digital single // parkwood raz fresco and als // kirby crackle // alkmy // novelty eric b. and rakim // what's going on? // don't sweat the technique // mca stan ipcus featuring the notorious b.i.g. // big poppa don't play // beatbox biggie ep // (self-released) gabby's world // sank // gabby sword // (self-released) girl ray // everybody's saying that // prestige // moshi moshi parade // pasado, presente, futuro // mares poco profundos // jabalina belle and sebastian featuring tracyanne campbell // when the cynics stare back from the wall // late developers // matador the legends featuring club eight // loser // loser digital single // golden island the sea urchins // solace // stardust // sarah