Meadow 6 by Mother Sun
Mother Sun build and inhabit a world of natural influences, revolving art pop and pastoral psychedelia on fourth LP ‘Meadow 6’. The British Columbia based band’s shapeshifting melodies interlock and segway into elements of motorik krautrock, jazz funk, late 60s folk and dreamy power pop on a journey through a vibrant green countryside; down the well into underground tunnels, through the roots of tree, past the busy beehive through rolling wheat fields and beyond.
“On this record with a lot of the lyrics, I became really interested in plants and humans’ relationship with them and the earth; gathering & farming, commodifying & exploiting, researching & controlling, using to alter consciousness. A lot of the early musical ideas started sitting outside playing guitar in the garden. I think with these songs we wanted to create a record that sonically speaks to the magic that is constantly unfolding all around in the natural world.”
- Jared Doherty
Recorded over the past few years between stints touring their last record ‘Train of Thought’, the band went into self-production mode during a period of changes in their lives, with each member changing addresses during the album’s unhurried development. Song arrangements evolved on the road and early singles ‘Marbles’, ‘Yellowbee’ and ‘Good Morning’ became staples in the band’s shifting setlist.
An escape is never far away, and ‘Meadow 6’ evokes a sense of location, a new area unlocked on the world map. The artwork compiles film photographs taken on travels in recent years to create a surreal environment. Photos of buildings taken in transit on tours of western Canada perch impossibly on mossy rocks, grain silos on the prairies become part of a leafy cityscape and dandelions grow out of Japanese castles on floating mountains in the sky.
Tracklist
| 1. | Subterranean Homecourt Advantage | 3:04 |
| 2. | Send a Signal | 4:33 |
| 3. | Marbles | 2:06 |
| 4. | Yellowbee | 3:51 |
| 5. | Honeyspinning | 1:37 |
| 6. | Headgrown | 2:46 |
| 7. | Good Morning | 4:06 |
| 8. | Green Tea | 2:46 |
| 9. | Mustard Seed | 4:32 |
| 10. | Meadow 6 | 1:49 |
| 11. | Pink Pedal | 4:05 |
| 12. | Giant Bog | 6:30 |
Credits
Alexander Ward - bass, Rhodes, synthesizers, standup bass, piano, tenor & alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, french horn, clarinet, flugelhorn, flute, backing vocals
Jared Doherty - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, piano, Rhodes, synthesizers, tenor saxophone, drum machine, samples, organ, engineer, mixing
Jared Rinaldi Wilman - drums, percussion, shaker, wood blocks, tambourine, impact drill, drum machine, backing vocals
Milio Pagnotta - electric, acoustic and twelve string guitars, vocals, bass clarinet, engineer, mixing
with
Aaron James MacInnis - alto saxophone on 4
Lacee Shea - backing vocals on 2
Composed, arranged, recorded, mixed and produced by Mother Sun at Holy Cow Studio 1 & 2 and at home on Pleasant St. & Battle St. on the traditional lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc people ‘Kamloops, BC’ in the years 2020 - 2024
Lyrics by Jared Doherty except ‘Headgrown’ by Milio Pagnotta & Jared Doherty
Mastered by Greg Mindorff at Suite Sound Labs except ‘Marbles’ mastered by David Parry
Artwork by Jared Doherty
Layout and text by Frank Luca
