a quick reminder that fading trails is in stores today. if you don’t want to deal with the local record store clerk, you could always buy it from the band on one of their nearly fifty american tour dates this fall.

jason molina will be playing some solo shows in australia and new zealand this coming november between the 10th and the 23rd… and spring 2007 will find magnolia electric co. back in europe from april 25th to may 13th (including a very cool festival appearance that should be announced soon).

jason groth (the fellow that busts out those sweet guitar licks for magnolia electric co.) is currently writing a tour diary for the marathon packs blog. you can check out the first entry now, the second will be posted tomorrow and updates will continue every other day until the tour’s conclusion.

magnolia electric co. heads out on the road today for a two week tour with ladyhawk. and if those two bands aren’t reason enough to stay out late, i’ll give you two more reasons. the band also have copies of the new album “fading trails” and the new jason molina solo record “let me go let me go let me go” for sale on the tour…

if you haven’t been fast enough to hear the new tracks that have been appearing briefly over at the mec myspace page, you’ll be happy to know that there are now mp3s from both “fading trails” and “let me go, let me go, let me go” available. check out the media section for a link to jason molina’s “get out, get out, get out” and magnolia electric co.’s “lonesome valley”.

like chocolate and peanut butter (or maybe disney and pixar) magnoliaelectricco.com and songsohia.com have come together to form the perfect snack… err site. more content, more regular updates, more magnolia and more molina…

coming september 12th on secretly canadian is yet another new magnolia release entitled “fading trails”. it’ll be composed of various recent recording sessions jason molina and company (both familiar and new) did with steve albini, david lowery and at the famous sun studios in memphis, tennessee… most interesting of all, it will also feature the demos from the lost shohola album.

a few more details about the new jason molina solo album “let me go, let me go, let me go” due out august 22nd on secretly canadian. it will be released lp-only in the same fashion as the previous solo album “pyramid electric co.”, with all that statement entails (*wink*)… a short piece from jason describing the album is also online…

the master for the new jason molina solo album, “let me go, let me go, let me go” was approved earlier this week and secretly canadian is currently aiming for a july 2006 release date.