Boyd, C.J.: Kin Ships
Boyd, C.J.: Kin Ships
Format: CD
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Artist: Boyd, C.J.
Label: Joyful Noise Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 714270693915
Genre: Rock
C.J. Boyd has literally spent the last ten years of his life on tour. Boyd refers to his obsessive dedication to the road as the InfiniTour. As the ten-year anniversary of the InfiniTour approached, both Boyd and his label (Joyful Noise Recordings) decided the occasion should be marked with the release of a commemorative album. But no ordinary album would suffice, the project would have to match the expansive scope of the massive endeavor being celebrated. From this idea Kin Ships was born. Kin Ships is a sprawling four disc collection documenting the vast assortment of people and places Boyd has touched, and been touched by over the last ten years. Kin Ships traces Boyd's winding path across the United States, making use of many unconventional recording spaces along the way, from an A&W parking lot in Wheatland, Wyoming, to an abandoned grain silo in Buffalo, New York, to the bathroom in the Delaware House Travel Plaza on I-95 in Newark, Delaware. But Boyd is quick to assert that the American landscape framing his sonic adventures is merely circumstantial - none of us get a say in deciding where we're born, right? "I have absolutely no allegiance to the US or any government," Boyd emphasizes. Though Boyd didn't set out to create a celebration or critique of the United States, some commentary was inevitable. In the liner notes, Boyd shares memories of his encounters with Occupy Wall Street in New York, and the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota. One of the most memorable moments on Kin Ships is Boyd's somber reading of Adam Matlock's moving "Song For Ferguson". In his commentary on the song in the album's notes, Boyd explains how his bi-racial heritage has shaped his views on race and justice in America. Boyd's love for the music and musicians he's encountered on the road is palpable. At times Kin Ships feels like an intimate curated tour through 21st-century DIY music in America. There's a recurring theme of movement present throughout the music on Kin Ships, reflecting the constant motion of touring, and our continual push towards meaning and purpose in life. It's a musical journey that provides listeners with space to explore. Like a great novel Kin Ships takes time to unfold, and sticks with you long after the story has ended.
Tracks:
1.1 Little Warrior
1.2 Lessons from What's Poor
1.3 Sink or Swim
1.4 Shelly
1.5 Silver Silk
1.6 Eloise
1.7 Dark Before Light
1.8 Give Out
1.9 Ride Blind
1.10 Borrowed Time, Borrowed Eyes
1.11 Long Time
1.12 Enemy
1.13 Catalyst / Philosophize in It! Chemicalize in It!
1.14 Uncanny
1.15 Not at Home
1.16 St. Joseph's
1.17 Boulevards
1.18 The Hell-Bent and Heaven Sent
1.19 Pharaoh
1.20 Wake Up It's Time to Rise
1.21 Dropout Generation
1.22 How Small
1.23 Distance
1.24 Choir
1.25 Bodies
1.26 So Long You
1.27 Circumnavigation / the Highway
1.28 Empires
1.29 The Ballad of Paper Ships
1.30 Horses
1.31 Ships
1.32 Slow Passage
1.33 Car Wreck
1.34 Resident
1.35 Ash Into the Sky
1.36 There's No Invisible Disguise That Lasts All Day
1.37 Drinking Isn't Fun Anymore
1.38 River Babies
1.39 Not Having Found
1.40 People / Halfsleeper
1.41 Leave Here
1.42 Lonesome Guitar
1.43 Formidable Design
1.44 Severance
1.45 Bent
1.46 Violent Lavender
1.47 Paint
1.48 Song for Ferguson
1.49 Universe
1.50 Rolling Home
1.51 Desert
1.52 (Bonus Track) Outlying Territories of the U.S. Empire
