FOOTINGS "Annihilation", by Footings

FOOTINGS "Annihilation"

by Footings

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Limited-edition vinyl pressing of Footings' "Annihilation" LP, available 7/30/21 on Sophomore Lounge / Feeding Tube / DLLM.

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1.	Tornado 01:21	buy track
2.	Wouldn't It Be Something 01:37	buy track
3.	Later Days 03:25	buy track
4.	Bayou 02:40	buy track
5.	Sleeping 00:35	buy track
6.	Heading West 02:50	buy track
7.	Arrow 02:28	buy track
8.	Annihilation 04:21	buy track
9.	Sometimes 01:47	buy track
10.	Lottery 02:01	buy track
11.	Only Half 02:24	buy track
12.	Ordinary Night 02:40	buy track

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"Footings is the long-running/rocking outgrowth of Peterborough NH's great ruralist duo, Redwing Blackbird. Initially formed as a trio in 2012 by Eric Gagne on guitar and vocals, Footings' sound embraces a sort of inner light derived from folk music, but surrounds it with a variety of rockist tropes. This rock action can take many forms, especially on this new album, which features their most expanded/expansive line-up yet.

Original trio member Elisabeth Fuchsia (frequent Pile collaborator) is on viola and long-time collusionist Candace Clement provides guitar, synth and vocals. Jordan Holtz (from Rick Rude) supplies vocals. Ben Rogers (Eric's bandmate from Death to Tyrants) adds drums where needed. Will Killingsworth (Ampere/Bucket Full of Teeth) adds pedals and tambourine as required. The latter pair were also responsible for engineering the album, but their musical additions are sonically notable.

Gagne's songs and deep vocals, often the core of the band's operation, combine the literary qualities of a heavy reader with the observational data of a poet. In this, Footings might occasionally be mistaken for one of Will Oldham's multifarious projects. But the band has a distinct way of scrambling their eggs, and that was never clearer than it is here. Full songs are interspersed with fragmentary shards in a way that reminds me of how Michael Hurley faded out “Rat Face” after its intro, on Hi Fi Snock Uptown. I mean, “Sleeping” sounds tantalizingly close to a Neil Young penned out-take from Deja Vu for the 35 seconds it runs. But that's all there is!

This outré editing process works quite well. By allowing themselves to create slivers of textural similarity to Sonic Youth (“Ordinary Night”), Crazy Horse (“Sleeping”), and even Heldon (“Wouldn't It Be Something”), Footins display wide possibilities while maintaining their primary focus on creating a kind of avant garde American roots music with the brash complexity of Yo La Tengo and the stately depth of Wilco.

Annihilation is the best Footings record to hit the planet yet. And that is saying something."

- Byron Coley

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released July 30, 2021

Written by Eric Gagne (BMI)
Performed by Footings

Footings is:
Eric Gagne – guitars, vocals
Elisabeth Fuchsia – viola, violin, farfisa, guitar
Candace Clement – guitar, vocals, synth
Jordan Holtz – vocals
Ben Rogers – drums

Recorded at Dead Air by Will Killingsworth and Loud Sun Studio by Ben Rogers Mixed by Will Killingsworth and Ben Rogers
Mastered by Sarah Register
Artwork by Zadie Gagne

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