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Restless Guests

by Otis Jordan & Band

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  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Pro dubbed Smokey Brown tapes of the full album with double sided J card on recycled paper. Cover painting by Isaac Jordan.

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  • Limited Edition 7" Lathe Cut
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Beautiful 7" single edition of 'Restless Guests' featuring 4 favorites from the album including the title track. Crystal clear 7" lathe cut housed a numbered, one-off hand printed sleeve (chosen at random) in a clear plastic wallet. Printed by Otis Jordan, Isaac Jordan & Jasper Howard.

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Intro 01:44
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Plea 03:43
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The Leeches 05:30
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Dodgers Cove 03:11

about

Otis Jordan arrives back on the label and this time with a newly formed magic band of relentless, folkie all-stars including regular collaborators Molly Linen, Finn Rosenbaum, Sam Mcloughlin and Dan Bridgewood-Hill. The title ‘Restless Guests’ rings true as the album was recorded live onto reel-to-reel in a single day session and is made up entirely of first takes and improvisations. Confirming Jordan’s abilities as a bandleader, composer and multi-instrumentalist live performer as he takes on guitar, synth, clarinet and piano duties throughout the epic session in April 2021 at Green Door Studio, Glasgow.

Where the 2020 album ‘Dodger Point’ demonstrated the cut and paste stylings and web-like intricacies within Jordan’s studio work. ‘Restless Guests’ presents another feather in his cap, effortlessly and humbly turning in a live album of nimbly structured songs that lean towards jazz and psych territories. Channelling Sun Ra and Moondog as much as local legends and peers Samandtheplants and Graham Massey’s Toolshed. Anyone that caught the live band during their UK tour in 2021 may recognise various motifs and melodies but the line-up assembled here have realised these pieces at their most captivating and coherent.

Although Jordan’s sweetly mellow voice does appear on the album to remind us that this is the work of a skilled songwriter, the allure of ‘Restless Guests’ lies in the players and the instrumentation. Somehow catapulting the listener once again into the warped and wonderful world of Otis Jordan but this time with a handpicked band to anchor the experience.

credits

released December 9, 2022

Finn Rosenbaum – Drums, Homemade Bells
Stanley Welch – Bass, Lap Steel
Rachel Fonseca Burtt – Trombone
Leo Robinson – Cello
Molly Linen – Vocals
Dan Bridgewood-Hill – Violin
Sam Mcloughlin- Homemade String Instrument
Otis Jordan – Guitar, Synth, Clarinet, Piano, Field Recordings

Cover Painting by Isaac Jordan

Lathe Cut Mastered by Tim Crompton

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