THE DEAD TONGUES - Body Of Light / I Am A Cloud - 2LP - Vinyl [AUG 9]

2LP - Black Vinyl. Features a meticulously embossed cover, and gorgeous custom inner-sleeves for each album. 

Across the last 15 years, Ryan Gustafson of The Dead Tongues has emerged as one of modern folk’s most distinct voices. As idiosyncratic and spectral as the songs have sometimes been, Gustafson has always tied his visions and verses to the kinds of hooks you tuck away like talismans, pulled out in case of emergency. Dust, Unsung Passage, Desert: The Dead Tongues’ albums remain some of the more compelling and curious works in their field on this side of a century. The latest edition to The Dead Tongues’ catalog, the song-centric and magnetic Body of Light and the discursive and wonderfully elliptical I Am a Cloud, is 16 complete tunes split across interweaving and disparate albums.

The albums feature performances by Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Bon Iver), Mat Davidson (Twain), Matt Douglas (The Mountain Goats), Joe Westerlund (Califone, Megafaun), Jeff Ratner (Bing and Ruth), and more. Gustafson wanted to dedicate the studio time to not just recording songs but also making something new, with new improvisations.

The two albums, released digitally as distinct standalone releases, join together in the physical format as a beautiful, deluxe, double album. The 2LP package features a meticulously embossed cover, and gorgeous custom inner-sleeves for each album.

Tracklist 

Body of Light:
01. Body of Light
02. Dirt For A Dying Sun
03. Dreamer
04. Fading Away
05. Daylily
06. Moonshadow
07. Wolves
08. Big Nothing
09. Hard Times, Sore Eyes

I Am A Cloud:
01. Lightning
02. I'm A Cloud Now
03. Formations
04. A Bridge
05. Where Love All Happened
06. Letters of Returning
07. Even Here, Even Now