Epigone by Roscoe Speers
"The fifth Roscoe Speers album combines and redistributes both ancient and modern seedstock. T’was intermittently sown, beginning just prior to the great pandemic. As such, the former was by and large shaped in the latter's slow, bewildering wake."--The Reverend Harlow Jesse Carpenter
Tracklist
| 1. | Make Believe | 2:46 |
| 2. | Oneironaut | 4:04 |
| 3. | The Morrow's Saw | 4:13 |
| 4. | Unseen Things | 3:58 |
| 5. | Landlocked/Boltwood | 3:34 |
| 6. | Ye Olde Conquistador | 3:13 |
| 7. | X Was Ten | 3:11 |
| 8. | Elder's Ridge | 5:02 |
| 9. | Can't Take It With You | 3:14 |
| 10. | The Jow | 4:41 |
Credits
released December 21, 2024
PRAISE BE TO: Pearl Curl (piano/keys/choir); Greenberry Griffith (drums); J. William Hall (guitars/ebow/choir); Joel Huzinecz (guitars/drums/choir); Brian Lindamood (bass on 1/2/4/8/9/10); Roscoe Speers (leaden voice)
AND LEST WE FORGET: George Bender (bass VI on 1/bass on 3/5/6); Ronnie Blackburn (mandolin/banjolin); Matt Calvetti (bass on 7/vibraslap); THE Reverend Harlow Jesse Carpenter (odd guitar/production); Minnie Caulfield (violin/choir); Mary Durgan (oboe/choir); Andy Glagola (guzheng); Jemima Gossage (flute/choir); Ruhamma Houseman (harpsichord/choir); Lucille Joiner (autoharp/choir); Jan Rebres (cello); Sarah Roley (bassoon/choir); Jimmy Traynor (percussion); Ivan Yoelson (vibraphone, loops)
WRITTEN BY Husenits/Speers with Calvetti (3/6/7) and Kaneko (4)
RECORDED IN Columbus, Ohio, USA
MASTERED BY Zach Moore at HDdB Studio (Pittsburgh)
PRAISE BE TO: Pearl Curl (piano/keys/choir); Greenberry Griffith (drums); J. William Hall (guitars/ebow/choir); Joel Huzinecz (guitars/drums/choir); Brian Lindamood (bass on 1/2/4/8/9/10); Roscoe Speers (leaden voice)
AND LEST WE FORGET: George Bender (bass VI on 1/bass on 3/5/6); Ronnie Blackburn (mandolin/banjolin); Matt Calvetti (bass on 7/vibraslap); THE Reverend Harlow Jesse Carpenter (odd guitar/production); Minnie Caulfield (violin/choir); Mary Durgan (oboe/choir); Andy Glagola (guzheng); Jemima Gossage (flute/choir); Ruhamma Houseman (harpsichord/choir); Lucille Joiner (autoharp/choir); Jan Rebres (cello); Sarah Roley (bassoon/choir); Jimmy Traynor (percussion); Ivan Yoelson (vibraphone, loops)
WRITTEN BY Husenits/Speers with Calvetti (3/6/7) and Kaneko (4)
RECORDED IN Columbus, Ohio, USA
MASTERED BY Zach Moore at HDdB Studio (Pittsburgh)
License
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
ROSCOE SPEERS haunts the stretch of Interstate 70 between Columbus and Westsylvania. New recordings emerge periodically, like cicadas.