Will Johnson and the remaining members of Magnolia Electric Co. have joined forces below a brand new moniker: Magnolia & Johnson Electrical Co. Johnson and the group each collaborated closely with late singer-songwriter Jason Molina within the years earlier than his loss of life; now, they’ve come collectively for a brand new 7″ document and a batch of Texas tour dates in September. Immediately, Magnolia & Johnson Electrical Co. have additionally shared a model of “The Large Beast,” originally recorded by Molina and Magnolia Electrical Co. Hearken to that beneath, and scroll down for tour dates.
Magnolia & Johnson Electrical Co. includes Will Johnson, Mike Brenner, Jason Evans Groth, Michael Kapinus, Mark Rice, and Pete Schreiner. The musicians convened in Texas earlier this 12 months to document new studio variations of each Molina’s and Johnson’s songs, which they’ll launch on September 19 as a two-song 7″ that includes “Wood Coronary heart” and “Twenty Cycles to the Floor”—each of which originall appeared on the 2009 collaborative album Molina and Johnson. The periods had been recorded and blended by Britton Beisenherz and mastered by mastering engineer Matthew Barnhart. Longtime Jason Molina collaborater Will Schaff created the quilt paintings.
Will Johnson is a Texas songwriter who performs in Centro-matic and South San Gabriel, in addition to the 400 Unit with Jason Isbell. In 2009, he launched Molina and Johnson with Jason Molina; the tour supporting the album was canceled as a result of Molina’s struggles with alcohol.
Magnolia & Johnson Electrical Co. will tour the identical Texas cities that Molina and Magnolia Electrical Co. performed many instances throughout their seven years of fixed touring.
Magnolia & Johnson Electrical Co. Tour:
09-18 Austin, TX – twenty ninth Avenue Ballroom
09-19 San Antonio, TX – The Lonesome Rose
09-20 Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
09-21 Houston, TX – Continental Membership ^
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