More songs by Mavis Staples
Description
Sadness and light are so closely intertwined here that one seems impossible without the other. The world simultaneously weighs heavily and beckons with its beauty, leaving a sense of fragile balance after every line. Anger flares up like a spark, sadness spreads like a quiet wave - but it all sounds not like tragedy, but like an acknowledgment that life is rarely one-sided.
The music embraces this contradiction gently and simply, without unnecessary embellishment. There is something comforting about it: even if the day seems like the last, it is still part of a big, strange, sad, and beautiful world.
Author: Mark Linkus
Producer: Brad Cook
Arrangement and mixing: Brad Cook and Paul Voran
Mastering: Tim Smiley
Vocals: Mavis Staples
Backing vocals: Amy Ray, M. J. Lenderman
Acoustic guitar: Brad Cook
Electric guitar: M. J. Lenderman
Bass guitar: Brad Cook
Drums: Matt McCogan
Piano: Phil Cook
Synths: Brad Cook
Saxophone: Matt Douglas
Steel guitar: Colin Crum
Lyrics and translation
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