Ash Wednesday

by Elvis Perkins

Ash Wednesday cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: XL
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:44
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Indie folk artist Elvis Perkins crafted the deeply personal 'Ash Wednesday' while grappling with the profound grief of losing both of his parents. The highly acclaimed album utilizes gentle, acoustic fingerpicking and lush chamber folk instrumentation to navigate intense themes of mourning, memory, and profound loss.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, acoustic, death, folk, male-vocals, confessional, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. While You Were Sleeping (6:19)
  2. All The Night Without Love (3:10)
  3. May Day (5:00)
  4. Moon Woman II (4:25)
  5. It's Only Me (3:58)
  6. Emile's Vietnam In The Sky (2:59)
  7. Ash Wednesday (6:30)
  8. The Night & The Liquor (4:44)
  9. It's A Sad World After All (4:12)
  10. Sleep Sandwich (4:10)
  11. Good Friday (5:17)

Credits

  • Elvis Perkins - primary artist, written-by, guitar, vocals, piano, vocals
  • Leavenworthjackson.com - artwork by [rubber stamp]
  • Brigham Brough - double bass
  • Gary Mallaber - drums
  • Antoine Silverman - fiddle, violin
  • Levi Person - performer [bottler], percussion [kettle], glockenspiel, piano, vocals, vibraphone
  • Janeen Rae Heller - saw
  • Tim Chokan - trumpet

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