‘Good Intentions Paving Company’ by Joanna Newsom
February 3, 2010 // Music

After almost four years Joanna Newsome is finally releasing a new album called Have One On Me which is coming out on February 23rd. Supposedly the record is going to be three discs long, which is kind of insane, but I’m all for it. It also may be part of the reason it took her 4 years to release something new. As far as I know the album hasn’t leaked yet, which is kind of unbelievable, but there’s a new song you can listen to called Good Intentions Paving Company.

The song reminds of somewhere between Joni Mitchell circa Blue and Regina Spektor. It seems like she’s shed her weirdo folk sound for something a little more in tune with Vetiver. It’s definitely still her traditional style of making songs epic-ly long, but it’s really a gem of a song. Put this on the list of albums to possibly freak out about.

Also, the tiny strip is by Geoff McFetridge and was posted on the Drag City site as a teaser. It would be sweet if he illustrated the album like he did for Whitest Boy Alive and Zwan.

Found through Gorilla vs. Bear

Bobby

  1. Oh Bobby, I’m just beside myself with excitement over this album. Whenever she comes through LA, we should all go together.

    Anyhow, I guess since her last album was leaked a couple months before it came out because the dorks at Pitchfork didn’t protect it on their servers, they are being extra careful with this one. We don’t even have a track list yet!

    Comment by Steven — February 3, 2010 #

  2. Because I listened to this some potato sack face just broke into my studio and stabbed my guts out. Thanks Bobby!

    Comment by Erin Burrell — February 3, 2010 #

  3. Thanks so much for posting this.
    It’s been way too long since she released anything and this sounds so different yet so her.
    It’s going to be great.

    Comment by Em — February 4, 2010 #

  4. VERY exciting. Been a Joanna Newsom fan for some time now, and this is the first I’ve seen regarding the eagerly awaited album (at least, eagerly awaited by her fans, who sometimes get a little nuts, but they’re fans. They get like that sometimes.)

    This is a very, very different sound from her previous stuff, but I like it. And she still has her great way with words – which is something I’ve always liked about her.

    So, cool.

    (And, my second comment here even though I’ve visited this blog semi-regularly for a while now. I’m a bit of a lurker, I’m afraid.)

    Comment by Brandon — February 21, 2010 #