John Lee Hooker - Plays & Sings The Blues (180Gm Vinyl) [Import] co-op Months of road-testing the album's

Months of road-testing the album's 11 tracks in front of fervent audiences imbued a sense of spontaneity and looseness into the songs

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A year-long period of limited resources and contact inspired the band to reflect on the various environments in which they've created music over the years: to comb through their previous sounds and creative approaches

Yet the listener will still encounter those sun-drenched textures and honey-rich passages from the band's beginning on "Septem" (2016) that reflect the beautiful landscapes of the Pacific Coast with it's redwood forests and the blue ocean that also inspire Illudium

The music here continues to be an intuitive outgrowth of a friendship that started in late-90s Olympia and still bears fruit today-even as each member lives in a different city

John Lee Hooker - Plays & Sings The Blues (180Gm Vinyl) [Import] co-op Months of road-testing the album's