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Best thing Jason ever did and certainly one of the cornerstones of what was then being called "alt-country" (IDK how country it was, but it was most certainly alt-) Can't tell you how many times I spun "Farewell Transmission" on "The Barndance" on KXSF.... it was a mainstay.
May 9, 2024
coreydubrowa For whatever reason I always met more people into like, post-hardcore (or anti-folk (!)) who loved Jason's music than the alt-country crowd. E.g. the Chicago overlap of Wilco fans and Songs: Ohia fans seemed pretty minimal... maybe that changed more with the later Magnolia records though.
May 9, 2024
Jason Molina: "We put, I think, about 12 people in a room and recorded that song live, completely live, and unrehearsed. I showed ‘em the chord progression, they had no idea when it would end, and we just cut it. Steve [Albini] did a beautiful job. I noticed that at one point when it was a little too loud or a little too soft he came and opened a door to make it work, because it was just an ambient recording. When you hear that song kick off everybody knows it, and what’s so disturbing to me is the way that I ended it is I was dictating to the band and Steve—I go “Listen. Listen. Listen.” And then at one point they all stop. It’s great."
May 8, 2024
sjkramer BTW even if you're not a guitarist the chords for Farewell Transmission are super easy to play, had a lot of fun last night jamming to it. Was struck by the "Listen." outro which seemed like an obvious callout to Albini's Shellac
May 9, 2024
