CD [Ensign]

Now that is has officially been delivered by UPS to an end-user consumer it is for real. Ben's album is the real thing now. And I am proud very proud very proud of my friend Ben for producing Love Tractor's newest album Black Hole.



The album is excellent. It's a cohesive project that is a seamless jouney from track to track through a deep resevoir of sounds, shifting through many moods. There is depth to each track. At times haunting. At times springy. Always a driving thread of energy and weight. The tracks have a very dense, layered sound. A complex and interesting soundscape. A ride. A trip through the depths of a black hole.

This is Love Tractor's latest album since 2001's The Sky at Night. And prior to that it had been 12 years between projects. Love Tractor is from Athens, GA at a time in antiquity when the town ruled the college music scene and birthed bands like REM and the B-52's. Today Love Tractor's Mike Richmond and producer Ben Holst are the force behind Black Hole. Along with the release of the album, Love Tractor most recently played at Austin's South by Southwest festival. They haven't toured in 16 years. But they are back.

Get yourself a copy of Black Hole at Barnes & Noble now >>



NOTE: These doof pictures are testament to how happy and excited I am to now own this album.