Slips, Trips, & Falls

by J.M. Hart

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	1.	Brave Not 05:12
	2.	Scraps 05:21
	3.	Since You Left Town 04:22
	4.	Stardust 04:38
	5.	Wednesdays 03:34
	6.	Lilly 08:07
	7.	Ship of Dreams 06:31

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“…a fine balance between pleasant country-tinged singer-songwriter fare and cosmic Americana.”
—Record Crates United

“Slips, Trips, & Falls” is a collection, sifted from the past few years of songs, that seems to hang together in some sort of way. An awful lot of them begin with the letter ’s’. This is not by design. In fact the design is generally tertiary behind vibe and pleasure (although those may be the same thing.)

The name comes from a night some time ago. A full and proper quorum sat vigil near the fire as the chiller did its business ripping heat from the wort in the tank in the back. Conversation rolled about and we told our tales, cataloging various collisions, incisions, and the vast array of decisions both wise and otherwise that had preceded the moment. My mind strayed often to the task of updating the record. The importance of a historical document is widely understood because, without such a thing we’d have nothing to look back upon, leaving one standing atop a pillar in the void. This, of course, is a fine condition for a few idle hours on the weekend but not an ideal fashion in which to be going forward through life. Keeping the document, tracking the steps, has fallen to me because I’m meticulous enough to remember to put pen to paper, besides which, I bought the paper. Though I’m not sure of the provenance of the pen. All I know is that the ink flows at need. So there we were, sitting near the fire and Taylor just drops this phrase and its meaning and I took to it, discarding the meaning and original purpose, seeing in it the various properties purposes and actions of this set of songs. Most any set, really, but, title in hand, this set formed up and made itself a whole.

The seven songs range from personal to political, fictional to factual, and some just settle right in between. Even the fiction has some fact about it and the realest of lines nestle into the most fantastic settings. A friend called me a story teller. I just think of myself as a songwriter; stories are just part of the thing.

“Wednesdays”, the first single (set for release in time for May Day), is a song for and about the working people and its arrangement is akin to the starting point for each of these songs. A little acoustic guitar & vocal. Maybe another guitar. Other songs asked for a bit more. I play a little rudimentary bass now. But when it came time for the real thing, longtime friend and collaborator Ben Taylor (ex- Bloodshot Records’ JC Brooks & Uptown Sound) ably took the call and delivered. Field recordings? Friend & neighbor, Will Thornton (Francis Thornton, Programmed Cell Death) had just the thing in his stash. On the closing track, "Ship of Dreams", I knew I needed more than I could deliver. The ambient country vibes of pedal steel player Howard Hughes Suite precisely matched the prescription.

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released June 3, 2022

Produced by J.M. Hart at Sunken Road Studios, Fredericksburg, VA

Mixed & Mastered by Rob Dobson
Cover illustration by Shanski
Design by J.M. Hart & Sean Bonney
Layout by Sean Bonney

All vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, mountain dulcimer, banjo, programming, & recording by J.M. Hart except:

The Howard Hughes Suite - pedal steel (7)
Ben Taylor - bass (2, 4)
Will Thornton - Field Recording (1)

Thanks to:
Will Thornton for the loan of a bass guitar & use of his field recording.
Brian Mosley (Electric Catnip) for listening.
My family for their patience and support.

Find The Howard Hughes Suite at thehowardhughessuite.bandcamp.com

Find Will Thornton at francisthorntonmusic.bandcamp.com

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J.M. Hart Virginia

Settled along the fall-line in his home state of Virginia, Jonathan has been writing songs alone and with others for some time.

Record Crates United notes that Jonathan walks the line between “country-tinged singer-songwriter fare and cosmic Americana.”

He works a day-job by day, hosts The Brokedown Podcast by night, and tries to spend time with his family in between. ... more

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