{"id":30301,"date":"2017-09-22T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=30301"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T12:47:00","slug":"josh-ritter-gathering-album-out-today-ahead-of-shepherds-bush-empire-show-december-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/09\/josh-ritter-gathering-album-out-today-ahead-of-shepherds-bush-empire-show-december-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Ritter – ‘Gathering’ Album Out Today Ahead Of Shepherds Bush Empire Show December 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Gathering’ is the ninth full length album from singer songwriter Josh Ritter and is out today on Pytheas Recordings\/Thirty Tigers.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The album marks 20 years since Ritter first started recording and performing, and sees Ritter return to the Clubhouse Studio, New York, with his band, the Royal City Band, and engineer Trina Shoemaker.<\/p>\n

Ritter says of the recording,<\/p>\n

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\u201cI began with an exciting sense of dissatisfaction, and what emerged, as I began to find my voice, was a record full of storms. I still can\u2019t tell what era these stories are from.\u00a0They feel part roustabout, part psalm to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Comprising 13 tracks, the album is raucous and fiery, reminding us of the legendary early days of rock’n’roll, sounding like a cross between Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n

Citing among his influences the likes of Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, Billy Collins, Mark Twain, one isn’t surprised that one of Ritter’s strengths is his lyricism. Fast-paced instrumentation is matched with relentless singing, only slowing down by track 5, ‘When Will I Be Changed’, which features Grateful Dead guitarist, Bob Weir.<\/p>\n

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