{"product_id":"jeffrey-alexander-the-heavy-lidders-liquid-donnon-vinyl-lp-feeding-tube-pre-order-out-7-3-26","title":"Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders -  Liquid Donnon (Vinyl LP, Feeding Tube) PRE-ORDER - Out 7\/3\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 7\/3\/26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"On the alternate timeline where the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeat Puppets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inherited the bulk of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrateful Dead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's tourheads when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerry Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e died in 1995, none of this would be necessary, because \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeavy Lidders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are a household name for evolving their own musical space that overlays dusty folk, cosmic jazz, deep psych, free improv, and even (gasp!) indie rock, building an audience that ranges from open-eared curiosity seekers to deep committed music weirdos that's also yielded the Heavy Lidders an infamous sub-cult of concert tapers that you're already sick of hearing about. A lot of other things are better over on that timeline, too. But in this consensus reality (and probably the other one, too), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiquid Donnon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e catches the Lidders at their heaviest, 'heavy' in the Lidderverse being far from a monolithic musical idea. There's heavy like the album-opening 'From Loch Raven to Fells Point,' one of several tracks with elegant and gnarled conversational jams featuring the core Lidders lineup of Alexander alongside guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrew Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and bassist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse Sheppard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (both of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eElkhorn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and drummer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Verrastro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But there's heavy, too, like 'Calliope Walker' and 'Tightroping,' featuring Gardner shifted to dream-space vibraphone, the former with saxophonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTacuma Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the latter with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Texas noise-psych legends \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharalambides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on veil-crossing wordless vocals, her first collaboration with Alexander in some 20 years. But then there's also heavy like the cover photo of Alexander's late friend and album namesake \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonnon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, taken at a Dead show at Rich Stadium in Buffalo in 1989, a spirit threading through the songs and weaving unexpectedly into Alexander's life decades later, emerging especially when Alexander passed through a near-death experience of his own. But, taken together, the different heavies of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiquid Donnon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e add up into a state of musical grace, where all the Heavy Lidders from all the universes come together as one. Just, like, imagine. Convened in 2019 on Alexander's relocation back to his native east coast, the Heavy Lidders are the latest hard-touring expression for the guitarist's music, joining a vast and tangled discography (and tape list) that includes the beloved long-running west coast \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and, before them, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eIditarod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Forest\/Black Sea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as a bushel of solo play-all-the-instruments projects, a stint with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackie-O Motherfucker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, sessions with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKemialliset Ystävät\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvarus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and others, and you'll have to keep digging for the rest. And while it's not hard to find tapers at Lidders gigs (and they encourage you to be one), or to track themes and songs over Alexander's many live releases, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiquid Donnon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes a new primary text, the original versions of six new pieces for the repertoire. The album closes with a devastating pairing of 'Reservoir Drop' into 'The Summer Song,' floating into a duo between Alexander's guitar and Carter's voice.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47971453337818,"sku":null,"price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/FTR824LP_CU.jpg?v=1781057019","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/jeffrey-alexander-the-heavy-lidders-liquid-donnon-vinyl-lp-feeding-tube-pre-order-out-7-3-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}