MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks brille ‘Trees Speak’ relates to the

‘Trees Speak’ relates to the idea of future technologies storing information and data in trees and plants - using them as hard drives - and the idea that trees communicate collectively

Released the year after Kurt Cobain's suicide

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It isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on her debut album

Monks and Ball had fleshed out the lineup with bassist Jimmy Tony and drummer Benjamin Reinhartz and hit a blistering stride that floored critics on both sides of the Atlantic

MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks brille ‘Trees Speak’ relates to theMJ returns with another surefire must hear and own album. This guy can do no wrong. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice reminiscent of the high lonesome warble of a choirboy. Songs snake their way from a lo fi home recording to something glossier made with longtime friends at Asheville's Drop of Sun studios, but the recording setting doesn't