Paradise of Bachelors

Mind Over Mirrors: Undying Color (PoB-32)

Jaime Fennelly's most ambitious and spellbinding set of roiling, meditative recordings to date is also the first to feature a full ensemble, including Janet Beveridge Bean (Eleventh Dream Day), Jim Becker (Califone), Haley Fohr (Circuit des Yeux), and Jon Mueller (Death Blues). “A sense of everlasting wonder” – NPR Read More

by paradiseofbachelors on Nov 7, 2016 • 2 Comments

DISCOGRAPHY / Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman: 50 (PoB-29)

The veteran songwriter and guitar sage’s late career masterwork, a moving legacy statement by a legend. Backed by Steve Gunn, Nathan Bowles, James Elkington, Jason Meagher, Jimy SeiTang, and Bridget St John, Chapman tears into both bold renderings of new songs and reinterpretations from his revered catalog. "Mesmeric" – NPR Read More

by paradiseofbachelors on Sep 25, 2016 • Comments Closed

DISCOGRAPHY / Terry Allen

Terry Allen: Lubbock (on everything) (PoB-27)

Allen’s deeply moving second masterpiece, a satirical memory palace to his West Texas hometown, is often cited as the urtext of alt-country. Produced in collaboration with the artist and remastered from the original tapes, this is the first edition to correct the tape speed inconsistencies on all prior versions. “Essential” – Rolling Stone Read More

by paradiseofbachelors on Aug 15, 2016 • 1 Comment

DISCOGRAPHY / Itasca

Itasca: Open to Chance (PoB-30)

The music of L.A.-based songwriter Kayla Cohen is mutable and multivalent, richly allusive of the hermetic worlds of private-press canyon-cult mystics and East Coast noiseniks alike. Itasca’s enchanting, acid folk-inflected PoB debut is also the first to feature a full band. “Bask in its evanescent light” – NPR Music Read More

by paradiseofbachelors on Jul 13, 2016 • 3 Comments

DISCOGRAPHY / Nathan Bowles

Nathan Bowles: Whole & Cloven (PoB-28)

On his exquisite third solo album, Nathan Bowles (Steve Gunn, Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) augments his mesmeric clawhammer banjo pieces with piano, percussion, and vocals. Straddling Appalachian string band music and avant-garde composition, he proves himself heir to deconstructivist tradition-bearers like Henry Flynt and Jack Rose. Read More

by paradiseofbachelors on Jun 23, 2016 • Comments Closed

NEWS

James Elkington / Michael Chapman / Nathan Bowles / NEWS / Steve Gunn

Michael Chapman’s 50 Celebrated by MOJO, Uncut, The Wire, BBC.

by paradiseofbachelors on Dec 21, 2016 • No Comments

The critical acclaim for Michael Chapman’s magnificent forthcoming album 50 continues with unanimous praise from the UK, including MOJO, Uncut, The Wire, and BBC Radio. Also, peep photos of the finished LP package.

Mind Over Mirrors / NEWS

Hear Mind Over Mirrors’ “Glossolaliac” via FACT Magazine.

by paradiseofbachelors on Dec 15, 2016 • No Comments

Mind Over Mirrors has shared the rolling and hypnotic song “Glossolaliac” this morning via FACT Magazine, who write that the vocals of Haley Fohr (Circuit des Yeux) and Janet Beveridge Bean (Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater) “add to Fennelly’s stratospheric soundscapes with textural vocalizations that bring to mind the orbital beauty of Steve Reich while achieving an analog warmth all its own.”

Michael Chapman / Mind Over Mirrors / NEWS / Terry Allen

Annual Krampus Day Sale: 20% Off Through Dec. 11.

by paradiseofbachelors on Dec 2, 2016 • No Comments

To celebrate, all catalog items will be discounted 20% through Sunday, Dec. 11th when you use the coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout. This year, in the spirit of assistance and resistance, we will be donating a portion of our sale proceeds to the ACLU. Also, listen to our PoB 2016 Picks + Office Favorites Playlist.