The Second Hand Orchestra - Reimagining The Wide Wide River (Sing a Song Fighter)

WHAT YOUR EARS SAY & THE COVER LOOKS LIKE

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WHAT WE SAY

Free flowing, cosmic vibration attuned, cinematically inclined, quickly recorded but sure to be long remembered, toad licked orchestral folk fusion from Swedish collective The Second Hand Orchestra for Sing a song fighter. If you need me I'll be immersed in their back catalogue this weekend, please leave a message.

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WHAT THE RELEASE NOTES SAY

In 2020 Karl Jonas invited the brilliant Scottish songwriter and artist James Yorkston to his small club in Stockholm, Sweden. 
And the second hand orchestra was asked to support J.Y that very night.. 
So we did, but what was not expected was that we also ended up, improvising, on stage with James for his encore numbers. 
Was a great night. 

So, something clicked between us and we all quickly went into a studio the morning after to "start up something".... 
James played us new songs and we all listened and then tried to back him up . And that was the start of the album "the wide, wide river" by James Yorkston & the second hand orchestra. We did one more recording session with him and the album was finished. Like a whirlwind... 

Then came the Pandemic. 
James wrote us a month later and asked if we wanted to do an instrumental dub version of a track from the album. 
We went back to the same lovely studio where we recorded the album with James (Lars Fredrik Swahn's studio in Solna) and tried to remember and revisit the songs we recorded with him a month earlier. 

And not wanting to copy what we previously did, we focused on fragments we remembered and improvised around it. 
And started building our own instrumental songs around the original. 
Very loose and free. No rule in this school. 

We recorded it live in two days. The last track "The secret beach" was recorded at the main recording sessions with James, but did not end up on his album, so we figured it should be on this, instead. 
 CreditsThe Second Hand Orchestra players on this album: 

Karl Jonas Winqvist - drums on "there is no upside"and the first part of "Old fashioned blues", backing vocals, siel cruise synth, bass harmonica, hammered dulcimer, percussion. 
Annarella Sörlin - flute 
Daniel "Våldet" Holmström - trumpet, fluegelhorn, drums on "A droplet forms" and the last part of "Old fashioned blues" 
Emma Nordenstam - cello, piano, vocals on "the secret beach",backing vocals 
Peter Morén - guitars and backing vocals 
Ulrika "Ullis" Gyllenberg - violin and backing vocals 
Per Lager - drums on "the secret beach" 
Cecilia Österholm - nyckelharpa, backing vocals 
Viktor Brobacke - trombone, melodica and backing vocals 
Cecilia Klingspor - mandola guitar, electric guitar on "a droplet forms", vocals at the end of "there is no upside" 
Felix Wickman - backing vocals on "the secret beach" 
Ylva Ceder - oboe, backing vocals 
Lars Fredrik Swahn - bass and backing vocals 
James Yorkston - vocals on "the secret beach" 
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All tracks were originally written by James Yorkston for the Domino Records album "The wide, wide river" by James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra. 
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Track 1-6 was recorded and mixed by Lars Fredrik Swahn at his studio in Solna, Sweden. 
Track 7 was recorded live and mixed in Studio Rymden by Daniel Bengtson. 
Mastered by Daniel Ögren. 
Artwork and shipbuilding: Nathaniel Russell 
Produced by Karl Jonas Winqvist 
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Thank you: James Yorkston for writing the original songs and for inviting us for the wild and joyous ride. 
Bart & Domino records. Nathaniel for the amazing art! 
Everyone involved in this album being made and everyone listening. 
Love over gold, always!

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