Nickie Harte Kelly
These are very cerebral peregrinations featuring this fine acoustic and electric guitarist. The themes are pastoral, and evoke the beauties of the Northern California coast. The music is minimalist and hypnotic, with delicate percussion, bass, clarinets, and pedal steel for ornamentation to the central meditation of the guitar at it’s core.
Favorite track: California Angelica.
chamber pot blues
This is really good. There's no shortage of folks with guitars droning out and I think this one stands out from the rest. The lovely addition of clarinet improvisations seals the deal. Have a great day everyone.
Favorite track: California Angelica.
"Arc Of Day" is Danny Paul Grody's sixth album overall and second for Three Lobed Recordings (and first since 2013's "Between Two Worlds"). It was mastered by Carl Saff and pressed to 180g black vinyl by Gold Rush in Austin, Texas.
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The bones of a bird, stripped of flesh and feather, give no sign of the heights and depths a living bird can reach, the lengths it can travel, or the songs it can sing. The same is true of the bones of the human hand. For all their strength and delicacy, seeing them skeletal and stark obscures our knowledge of the rhythmic energy with which they engage space, the burdens they can bear, the music they can produce. Yet, in both bird and hand, the foundation of grace and motion remain. Music above all else proves this to be true. To experience a guitarist playing is to experience the hand taking flight.
This flight is the essence of all Danny Paul Grody’s work. His compositions seem to be the sonic tracings of migrations patterns. They grant us that avian instinct to simply take to air and trust our innate knowledge of the route.
"Arc Of Day" is Grody’s first collection of new music since his self-released "Furniture Music II" in 2021. Born of explorations with Rich Douthit on drums & percussion, the album charts a path from grief and isolation to re-emergence, picking up Trevor Montgomery on bass, Chuck Johnson on pedal steel, and Jonathan Seilaff on clarinet along the way. "Arc Of Day" not only encapsulates the journey from bone to flesh and feather, it renews the listener like birdsong in Spring after the long Winter silence.
-Donal Mosher-
credits
released June 16, 2023
Danny Paul Grody — Acoustic 12–string guitar (1, 3, 4), Acoustic guitar (2, 5), Electric 6–string & 12–string guitar (6), Field recordings (3, 5)
Rich Douthit — Drums & percussion (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Trevor Montgomery — Electric bass (2, 3, 4)
Jonathan Sielaff — Clarinet & bass clarinet (2, 3, 5)
Chuck Johnson — Pedal Steel (4)
Recorded April 2022 at Brothers Chinese in Oakland, California by Jay and Ian Pellicci.
Mixed August 2022 at Brothers Chinese by Jay Pellicci.
‘Daybreak’ recorded and mixed September 2022 by Danny Paul Grody at home in San Francisco, California.
Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering September 2022.
Artwork by Billy Joe Miller.
Layout & Design by D.Norsen.
Special thanks to Cory Rayborn for giving this music a home, Billy Joe Miller for the beautiful artwork, and to Rich Douthit, Trevor Montgomery, Jonathan Sielaff, and Chuck Johnson for taking this material to new and unexpected places. This album would not have been possible without the love and support of our families, friends, and extended community.
Three Lobed Recordings is a boutique record label that specializes all flavors of psychedelia. The label was started in 2000 and is largely operated by cats.
bill nace's music opens worlds, open spaces. experience for yourself. please check out this one as well as "through a room" - https://billnace.bandcamp.com/album/through-a-room Three Lobed Recordings
I’m so grateful this crossed my path. This album is so beautiful. All the clear technique and mastery and vision are kinda secondary to the fact that this album brought me calm and joy during one of the most difficult times in my life. Yeah, grateful. David McCullough
A stellar compilation featuring shoegaze and indie favorites like Drowse, Midwife, and Mount Eerie benefitting Project Onward in Chicago. Bandcamp New & Notable May 11, 2023