{"id":23000,"date":"2014-12-12T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T00:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23000"},"modified":"2014-12-15T18:08:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:08:03","slug":"listen-to-strand-of-oaks-pay-perfect-homage-to-jason-molina-on-jm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-12\/listen-to-strand-of-oaks-pay-perfect-homage-to-jason-molina-on-jm\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Strand Of Oaks Pay Perfect Homage to Jason Molina on “JM”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world lost one its best (soul-baring) artists this year when the great songwriter Jason Molina<\/strong> went AWOL-into-the-next-world.\u00a0 Thankfully, many continue to carry the torch for Molina<\/strong> and all of his various fronts (Songs: Ohia; Magnolia Electric Co.<\/strong>).\u00a0 Included in this worthwhile effort are his label Secretly Canadian<\/strong><\/a>, but also the Avett Brothers<\/strong> <\/a>and a murder of others.\u00a0 Most recently, Secretly Canadian<\/strong> released the superb Deluxe Edition of Didn’t It Rain<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 If you don’t own it, then Merry Christmas to yourself.<\/p>\n

Adding to the host of homilies for Molina<\/strong>, Strand of Oaks<\/strong><\/a> also paid perfect homage to Molina<\/strong> this year with the song JM<\/strong><\/em> off of their 2014 album Heal<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We love everything about it, including the lyrics and the Neil Young\/Built to Spill guitar razing.<\/p>\n

We’ll admit to being somewhat ambivalent about Strand of Oaks<\/strong><\/a> (Tim Showalter<\/strong>) until recently.\u00a0 But with the album Heal<\/strong> <\/em>and a recent stream of captivating cover song releases, we’ve been completely won over by the artist.\u00a0 You can go HERE<\/strong> <\/a>to read the back-story on Heal<\/strong><\/em>, but as the Jamaicans say: “Dem dat knows it feels it.”\u00a0 And with Heal<\/strong><\/em>, we all definitely feel it.\u00a0 Without getting too maudlin and specific, when we listen to Heal<\/strong><\/em> (and, specifically, JM<\/strong><\/em>) it’s as if the words were written on our souls.\u00a0 Lived through this and that, and out the other end.\u00a0 Oh that it were so for JM<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The crow has in fact lost its wings.<\/p>\n

Check JM<\/strong> <\/em>out below (the song’s lyrics follow the song), and while you’re at it, go HERE<\/strong><\/a> to see our post about and listen again to one of our favorite re-releases of\u00a0the year in Molina’s<\/strong> Journey On: Singles Collected<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, including the sweetest of songs, Soul<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Desolation row has never sounded so good.\u00a0 Hammer down, heaven bound, dearly departed.<\/p>\n