Pearls to Swine
by Adam Torres
John Huber
John Huber
I heard perhaps 1 min of the Juniper Arms and fell in love with this track & album as a whole. Beautifully haunting.
Favorite track: Juniper Arms.
Picnic Boy
Picnic Boy
Thanks to Mubla Na Thguob for discovering this!
Mubla Na Thguob
Mubla Na Thguob
Just listened to the vinyl front to back. There's not a note or inflection that I would change, which is, I guess, my way of saying that I believe this is a masterpiece. The most beautiful album I have ever heard, bar none. Stunning!
Favorite track: High Lonesome.
Nels Johnson
Nels Johnson
The guitar work of Steve Gunn in a Cat Power atmosphere...Great!
Nick Green
Nick Green
Another classic from fat possum-pleased to be the first to pre order
CCORNS
Dustin Griffiths
Guy Capecelatro III
Ewan Powrie
Joe A
Harini Kanesiro
John Christakos
Thomas Reid
Yufeng Kok
Johnny Sullivan
Marcel Laible
John Mortimer
William Bradley
The Voice In Your Head
L Dev
Britti Himelfarb
Innes Johnstone
Daniel P Willig
Daniel Esq.
loic joseph
Benjamin Schwartz
Stencil
IAmContent
Chip Moeser
Rae Fitzgerald
Hege Wolleng
VFSYES
Eyso Zanstra
Basti
Tim Morris
George Hayes
Jonathan
Marc Steinacker
Anders Nilsson
HanTron
Florent Gomez
ar.oy
Jacob Rigaux
Pyrrosia
Pete Brown
wonderdog
Anton Kieck
kaspar008
Marmel
Brett H. I.
marianmclaughlin
susan carruthers
Phillip Cavazos
Sara Aridi
Luftbert
QiLi
Brady Campbell
Timothy Meakins
_ohm
Sean
Axel Sägebarth
Michael Saenz
Cole Perry
Natalie Little Crow
Sven Ivar Kokkersvold Olsen
Raphael
Travis Caves
woen staag
Old Man Gloom
anar b.
gary proudfoot
-
Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
$9 USD or more
-
Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumIncludes unlimited streaming of Pearls to Swine via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 2 days
$17 USD or more
-
-
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumIncludes unlimited streaming of Pearls to Swine via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 2 days
$13 USD or more
1. |
Juniper Arms
06:00
|
|||
2. |
||||
3. |
High Lonesome
04:02
|
|||
4. |
Morning Rain
03:54
|
|||
5. |
Daydream
03:26
|
|||
6. |
Outlands
06:03
|
|||
7. |
Where I'm Calling From
05:45
|
|||
8. |
Mountain River
03:17
|
|||
9. |
City Limits
04:48
|
about
There’s a persisting theme that threads through Adam’s own story as well as Pearls To Swine. Within the cosmos of the album, characters experience a sort of misadventure and persevere, casting light on the way life can lead you down a path that’s far from where you wanted to be. The album maps his complicated history as a songwriter and musician: it’s the sound of someone who discovered the value in his own devotion to music, and how writing and songs are extensions of his own journey. He embeds his own folklore within his high-lonesome sounding, deeply felt and moving brand of folk music.
To truly understand Pearls To Swine and Adam’s arrival on his current path, one has to start at the beginning. In 2006, the then 20-year-old released his idiosyncratic, varied, and beautiful debut album, Nostra Nova. A DIY self-release, the album became a closely-held, sleeper favorite in the close-knit music scene of Athens, OH and over the years grew to a ‘cult classic’-like status. But not long after its release, Adam turned his focus from pursuing music professionally to other interests: he returned to college; traveled, taught, and volunteered in South America; moved to Austin to attend graduate school; and spent two years working for the state of Texas on a project aimed at cleaning the water quality of the Rio Grande River in South Texas. All the while, he never stopped playing music, writing songs, or performing. Having penned more than 100 songs since 2006, Adam quietly released his first music since Nostra Nova in 2012 through DC cassette-label DZ Tapes, which featured tape-recorded demos made inside the apartments he lived in during his time in Ecuador. In 2015, Nostra Nova saw a small reissue and finally achieved its due outside of its underground lore, receiving praise from outlets including The A.V. Club, Stereogum (“a stunner”), VICE (“beautiful, melancholy tunes”), Popmatters, All Music Guide, and Flavorwire.
To truly understand Pearls To Swine and Adam’s arrival on his current path, one has to start at the beginning. In 2006, the then 20-year-old released his idiosyncratic, varied, and beautiful debut album, Nostra Nova. A DIY self-release, the album became a closely-held, sleeper favorite in the close-knit music scene of Athens, OH and over the years grew to a ‘cult classic’-like status. But not long after its release, Adam turned his focus from pursuing music professionally to other interests: he returned to college; traveled, taught, and volunteered in South America; moved to Austin to attend graduate school; and spent two years working for the state of Texas on a project aimed at cleaning the water quality of the Rio Grande River in South Texas. All the while, he never stopped playing music, writing songs, or performing. Having penned more than 100 songs since 2006, Adam quietly released his first music since Nostra Nova in 2012 through DC cassette-label DZ Tapes, which featured tape-recorded demos made inside the apartments he lived in during his time in Ecuador. In 2015, Nostra Nova saw a small reissue and finally achieved its due outside of its underground lore, receiving praise from outlets including The A.V. Club, Stereogum (“a stunner”), VICE (“beautiful, melancholy tunes”), Popmatters, All Music Guide, and Flavorwire.
credits
released September 3, 2016
All songs written by Adam Torres
Produced by Adam Torres & Co-Produced by Erik Wofford
Engineered and mixed by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, TX
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant engineer: Maria Rice
Adam Torres - Vocals & Guitar
Matthew Shepherd - Drum Kit (1, 3, 5)
Rodolfo Villarreal III - Drum Kit (2, 7, 9)
Thor Harris - Conga Drum, Electric Vibraphone, Hammered Dulcimer, Timpani, Triangle
Aisha Burns - Violin
Dailey Toliver - Bass & Piano
Molly Burch, Emily Cross, Caitlin Kraus-Torres, Jazz Mills - Choir (Mountain River)
Album art directions & design: Land
All songs written by Adam Torres
Produced by Adam Torres & Co-Produced by Erik Wofford
Engineered and mixed by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, TX
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant engineer: Maria Rice
Adam Torres - Vocals & Guitar
Matthew Shepherd - Drum Kit (1, 3, 5)
Rodolfo Villarreal III - Drum Kit (2, 7, 9)
Thor Harris - Conga Drum, Electric Vibraphone, Hammered Dulcimer, Timpani, Triangle
Aisha Burns - Violin
Dailey Toliver - Bass & Piano
Molly Burch, Emily Cross, Caitlin Kraus-Torres, Jazz Mills - Choir (Mountain River)
Album art directions & design: Land
tags
license
all rights reserved
shows
-
Jul 13Ballarat, VIC
-
Jul 14Saint Kilda, VIC
-
Jul 15Northcote, VIC
-
Jul 16Belgrave, VIC
-
Jul 18Northcote, VIC
-
Jul 19Hobart, TAS
-
Jul 20Marrickville, NSW
-
Jul 23Auckland, New Zealand
-
Jul 27Austin, TX
-
Aug 02Houston, TX
-
Aug 03New Orleans, LA
-
Aug 04Birmingham, AL
-
Aug 05East Atlanta, GA
-
Aug 06Asheville, NC
-
Aug 08Durham, NC
-
Aug 09Washington, DC
-
Aug 10Philadelphia, PA
-
Aug 11Boston, MA
-
Aug 12Brooklyn, NY
-
Aug 16Manchester, UK
-
Aug 17Brecon Beacons, UK
-
Aug 17Glasgow, UK
-
Aug 18Stirling, UK
-
Aug 19Sheffield, UK
-
Aug 22Brighton, UK
-
Aug 23London, UK
-
Aug 29Pittsburgh, PA
-
Aug 31Nashville, TN
-
Sep 02Fort Worth, TX
discography
-
Feb 2017 -
Sep 2016
