Aurora - digital single

by James Toth

supported by

frankenstein711 hard to go against "faraway faultlines" as a fave but "Aurora" helped me understand why they call this music Americana. absolutely beautiful. Favorite track: Aurora.

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

	1.	Aurora 04:18		buy track
	2.	Faraway Faultlines 05:23		buy track

about

In May of 2015, I traveled to Chicago to record some songs for my album Clipper Ship. The band for these sessions was bassist Darin Gray, guitarist Jim Elkington, percussionist Glenn Kotche, and multi-instrumentalist Jim Becker. We recorded four songs in just a few days. Two of the songs made it onto the album, but I ultimately decided to omit the remaining two, as they did not fit with my concept of the album.

Everyone told me I was crazy to cut these songs, as they had been the favorites of everyone who heard them, but I’ve never blanched at the murder of darlings: the two songs I cut were decidedly more ‘rock’ and, while it pained me to omit them, I knew I’d eventually have to release these songs. Well, eventually is now.

Included here for the first time are the two previously unheard songs recorded at this session with some of the most inventive and creative musicians a songwriter could ever hope to know. Enjoy!

credits

released November 27, 2017

Aurora:

Darin Gray – electric bass, piano
Glenn Kotche – percussion
Jim Becker – vocals, fiddle, piano
James Elkington – vocals, lap steel, electric guitar
JT – acoustic guitar, vocals

Faraway Faultlines:

Darin Gray – electric bass
Glenn Kotche – percussion
Jim Becker – electric guitar
James Elkington – electric guitar
JT – acoustic guitar, vocals

Produced by James Toth & Darin Gray
Recorded at Fox Hill Studios, Chicago IL, by Patrick Burns
Mixed by Patrick Burns
Photo by Darin Gray

license

about

James Toth Wisconsin

contact / help

Contact James Toth

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like James Toth, you may also like:

Clipper Ship
by Wooden Wand

supported by 36 fans who also own “Aurora - digital single”

Slows things down in these sped-up times. Beautiful. frankenstein711
go to album
Live At Jam Castle
by One Eleven Heavy

supported by 31 fans who also own “Aurora - digital single”

Captured live, this band choogles with the best of them and has the songs to match. J. M. Hart
go to album
Live at Tubby's
by 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band

supported by 29 fans who also own “Aurora - digital single”

Long-form trance-y rhythmic jams, with a fun shambling edge, sounding like a cross between music from Africa's Sahel region crossed with a Tom Waits instrumental... Jascha Narveson
go to album
Still Life
by Kiara NGL

The four songs on this EP are smoky and mysterious, wreaths of synth surrounding Kiara NGL’s whispery vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 18, 2023
go to album
Triple R Breakfasters Live: Volume 1
by 3RRRFM

This compilation catalogues the weekly performances aired on Triple R, an independent community radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 14, 2020
go to album
Shell
by Big Dead

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 2, 2016
go to album
Headless
by Sunburned Hand of the Man

supported by 29 fans who also own “Aurora - digital single”

beautiful dreamy album, blissed out Was Ist Das?
go to album