aaamusic | On 29, Jul 2011

THE JAYHAWKS RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM MOCKINGBIRD TIME SEPTEMBER 5 ON ROUNDER RECORDS

FIRST STUDIO RECORDING SINCE 1995 FEATURING ALL ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS INCLUDING GARY LOURIS AND MARK OLSON

Burlington, MA – Mockingbird Time, the new album from acclaimed group The Jayhawks, will be released September 5 on Rounder Records. The 12-track album is the first full-band studio release featuring both founding members Gary Louris and Mark Olson since 1995’s Tomorrow the Green Grass. Of returning to the studio Louris tells Rolling Stone magazine, “Our goal is to make the best Jayhawks album that’s ever been done. Mark and I both feel that there is some business left undone and we got together and wrote some great songs.”

In addition to co-writing all the songs with Olson, Louris also produced the record. Mockingbird Time was recorded in Minneapolis at The Terrarium Recording Studios over a month’s time during the winter of 2010. Other original band members featured on the record include Karen Grotberg (keyboards, vocals), Tim O’Reagan (drums, vocals) and Marc Perlman (bass). Of returning to the studio as The Jayhawks, Louris notes, “The difference from then and now is that Mark and I have both experienced different kinds of music and expanded our palates. So this record has moments of experimentation and a bit of worldliness. I like a well-crafted, in-and-out kind of song, but with Mark, the lyrics dictate the music, and he’ll go off into interesting, asymmetrical compositions. So it’s a nice balance. Certain things were meant to be—like peanut butter and jelly—and Mark and I just work well together. And having done a lot of co-writing during the last six or seven years, I’m more appreciative of the magic that we have together. That doesn’t come along very often for anybody.”

CONFIRMED  TOUR DATES

July 29              Sos del Rey Catolico, Spain Luna Lunera Festival

July 30              Santander, Spain Infest

July 31              Alicante, Spain Auditorium

August 2           Birmingham, UK HMV Institute

August 3           Glasgow, UK ABC

August 4           Manchester, UK Academy 2

August 5           London, UK Forum

August 6           Heuveland, Belgium Dranouter Festival

August 8           Amsterdam, Holland Paradiso

August 9           Hengelo, Holland Metropool

August 10         Copenhagen, Denmark  Amanger Bio

August 12         Oslo, Norway Oya Festival

August 13         Gothenburg, Sweden Way Out West

August 14/15    Helsinki, Finland Tavastia