Blog: speed of dark

Jim Fairchild of Grandaddy and Modest Mouse has released his second solo album, Oh For the Getting and Not Letting Go . After years of living in Modesto, Los Angeles, and Portland in between touring, Fairchild and his lady Natasha Wheat moved permanently to Chicago in 2007. This album grew from his reflections on this cold, gritty, and unfamiliar setting, but it is not a depressing album by any means. Instead, the gray city seems to have generated renewed feelings of hope and discovering opportunity. The promo text promises, "It's WAY more rock-style than his [...]

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