DEAN OWENS - Spirit Ridge - LP - Gatefold Vinyl [FEB 14]

LP - Black Vinyl housed in a beautifully designed Gatefold Sleeve. (Note that Tame The Lion doesn't appear on the vinyl version (but is included in the download)).

Spirit Ridge is the follow up to Dean's critically acclaimed collaborations with US Latin
rock icons Calexico which resulted in 2 remarkable albums - Sinner's Shrine (2022) and El Tiradito (The Curse of Sinner's Shrine) (2023) - which dramatically evoked the wide panoramic landscapes of the south western US desert states. The twelve songs on Spirit Ridge are a musical and lyrical development, both monumental and deeply personal, rooted in a liminal hinterland which connects the lush Italian hills, the US desert states and post industrial Scotland. The spirit of the lion tamer is rarely far away!

Preceded by 3 well received "taster" EPs (The Ridge Trilogy) released July-Dec 2024, the full Spirit Ridge album is now ready to launch into the world in all its guitar driven, brass infused glory! A magical mix of Dean's trademark melancholy and unforgettable
melodies, a masterpiece of concise songwriting about family and connections to places, with a nod to spirit animals. Vocally he has never sounded better.

Recorded at Crinale Studio, a 400 year old farmhouse in the hills of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, with Italian producer/musician Don Antonio.

Dean: This album’s for family. Those who are long gone, those who’ve recently passed on, those who are here right now and those whose spirits will be forever present in our lives… all around us on Spirit Ridge.

Don Antonio: ‘I am Italian, Dean is Scottish, these are stories and sounds written and played in a way which deeply reflects who we are, the places we've been, the seeds we planted and the fruits we harvested. These songs are monumental!’

Tracklist: 

Side A
1. Eden Is Here
2. Spirito 
3. My Beloved Hills 
4. Light This World 
5. The Buzzard And The Crow 
6. Burn It All

Side B
1. Face The Storm (The Buffalo)
2. Sinner Of Sinners
3. Wall Of Death
4. A Divine Tragedy
5. Spirit Of Us