Shannon Lay - Living Water felt and paves the way for

and paves the way for a new generation of appreciation

It is almost 20 years since the 'Deep Soul' genre was popularized and packaged by the late music journalist and passionate soul music propagandist

Standalone reissues of the six studio albums which were included in 2015's now-deleted Five Years box set all pressed on 180g vinyl

As well as perfectly capturing the behavior of his characters

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Shannon Lay - Living Water felt and paves the way forThe debut release on Mare, Kevin Morbys new imprint with Woodsist Records, Shannon Lays Living Water is an instant classic. Recorded by Emmet Kelly (Cairo Gang, Bonnie Prince Billy, Ty Segall) in his Los Angeles home studio, this is an album where the room reacts to the music taking shape around it. Lays voice transcends time and space. One cant tell if shes old or new, if shes sitting next to you, on a mountain top, or down in some canyon. Her second