| Forest Bathing | ||||
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| Studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw | ||||
| Released | April 13, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017–18 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 33:33 | |||
| Label | L.M. Dupli-cation | |||
| Producer | Jeremy Barnes | |||
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Forest Bathing is the seventh studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw. It was released April 13, 2018. Prior to its release, the song "A Broken Road Lined With Poplar Trees" premiered on Under the Radar's website.
Album name and concept
The term forest bathing refers to the Japanese concept of Shinrin-yoku (森林浴), a Japanese form of nature therapy. According to L.M. Dupli-cation, "This is not an urban music. It's rural; songs of the woods and roads where there are no sidewalks or street lamps to light your way. "A Broken Road lined with Poplar Trees" describes just this- the dirt from the summer sun, a melody from home on my tongue. The song "Babayaga" by Trost, is a tribute to the archetypal crone Babayaga, who sticks out her cane just as a child runs by... And "The Washing Bear" is a classic brass romp, connecting Serbian brass with it's [sic] Southern brothers in Albania and Turkey..."
The band cites the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as "their forest bath of choice."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Alexandria" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "A Broken Road lined with Poplar Trees" | 3:15 |
| 3. | "A Song for Old People/A Song for Young People" | 3:04 |
| 4. | "The Shepherd Dogs are Calling" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Night Sneaker" | 1:38 |
| 6. | "The Magic Spring" | 3:07 |
| 7. | "The Sky Is Blue, The Desert is Yellow" | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Babayaga" | 1:48 |
| 9. | "The Washing Bear" | 2:18 |
| 10. | "Bayati Maqam" | 5:25 |
Personnel
- Jeremy Barnes - composition, Persian santur
- Heather Trost - composition, strings and woodwind
- Cüneyt Sepetçi - clarinet
- Unger Balász - cimbalom
- Sam Johnson - trumpet
- John Dieterich (from Deerhoof)
- Noah Martinez (from local New Mexican band, Lone Piñon)
References
- "A Hawk and a Hacksaw return to nature on forthcoming album Forest Bathing". tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "LM Duplication - A Hawk & a Hacksaw / Forest Bathing". lmduplication.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Premiere: A Hawk & A Hacksaw "A Broken Road Lined With Poplar Trees"". undetheradarmag.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Gomez, Adrian. "Musical journey: A Hawk and a Hacksaw playing NM shows before 6-week tour". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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