“Hard to Love a Man” is the first single from the debut full-length from The Magnolia Electric Co.’s What Comes After the Blues. This
mini-album also includes four previously unreleased songs. “Working class rock” is a phrase used frequently to describe The Magnolia
Electric Co. Categorically, the band has secured their place amongst like minded icons such as Bob Seger, CCR, Tom Petty and Bruce
Springsteen, but it’s not merely an aesthetic description. Magnolia back it up with their work ethic. This recording will be their third prop-
er release in 2005 - after Trials And Errors (Jan. 18) and What Comes After The Blues (April 15). Amazingly, The Magnolia Electric Co.
will have been on the road eight months by the year’s end. This fact is most apparent to the band members themselves having been away
from their homes and their loved ones for such extended periods of time. Hence the significance of the title track. When Jason Molina
assumes the perspective of the one he left behind on “Hard To Love A Man” and sings:

It was hard to love a man like you / Goodbye was half the words you knew / While you were waiting for me not to call / I sent my love

The loneliness and guilt of separation is painfully obvious. The wounded feminine voice of Jennie Benford, coupled with Jason Groth’s
sweeping guitar and Mike Kapinus’ mournful organ dramatically reiterate this sentiment. Mark Rice and Pete Schreiner deliver their sig-
nature tight and tasteful rhythm and Nicole Evans adds a new and dynamic voice. While “Hard To Love A Man” and live set favorite,
“Werewolves Of London” were recorded with Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios, the rest of the tracks were recorded during a
brief five day visit home in Indiana at Echo Park Studios with Paul Mahern whose engineering resume includes The Blake Babies, Lisa
Germano and John Mellencamp.

As we watch Magnolia grow, Jason Molina doesn’t have to coach us through another one, letting the inmates run the asylum. The Magnolia
Electric Co. cast no doubt by putting their business in the street.

“Whether he records under his name or one of his aliases, it’s still Molina at the center, his voice and his imagery. He sings with Willie's quiver and
Merle's depth, and he writes like a post-apocalyptic Neil Young.” – Filter Magazine

“What Molina has is a sound, which is actually more like a vibe, and whatever purple prose you come up with to describe it will work just fine: it's
the solitary wailing of American ghosts, of failure and regret in the eerie stillness of the Midwest. It's the modern man's blues.”

– Magnet

“A sophisticated artist who's only beginning to plumb his depth.”

– Playboy

“The sound of major talent gone major league.”

– MOJO

“Jason Molina sounds like Neil Young if he'd been a counselor at Camp Bong Water. Molina has all the communal warmth of a bonfire sing-along,
with vivid - often bloody- tales of love and betrayal, served with a twang and a smile.”

– Details

SELLING POINTS
1. New band from Songs: Ohia frontman Jason Molina.
2. The current Neverending Tour of the US and Europe is in full-swing, with full band in tow.
3. Songs: Ohia had a rabid sales base which grew with each subsequent release. Each of the last three full-lengths had sold more
than 20,000 copies, with the latest selling 25,000.
4. Full-scale publicity campaign serviced by Girlie Action PR.
5. Extensive retail marketing campaign.

THE MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. -

HARD TO LOVE A MAN

Label: Secretly Canadian • Cat. #: SC118 • Format: CDEP • CD Box Lot: 25

Street Date: October 11, 2005 • List Price: $10.98

UPC #: 656605011820 CD

CD UPC:

Hard to Love a Man • Bowery • Doing Something Wrong • 31 Seasons in the Minor Leagues

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