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Mountain Laughed

by Wandering Years

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1.
Almost a Memory 02:13
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2.
New Year Song 06:14
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3.
House Party 06:56
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4.
Morning 02:06
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5.
Rained Today 01:56
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6.
Satori 02:23
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7.
Two Days 05:50
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8.
Race Day 03:33
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Grass 05:06
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10.
Nashville, etc 04:55
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11.
Tabebuia 01:44
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12.
News from Outside 04:47
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13.
Mountain Laughed 01:15
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Mountain Laughed is the first full-length studio recording from Brooklyn’s Wandering Years. Channeling the melodic and melancholic sounds of early indie rock groups like Red House Painters, Low, and Songs: Ohia, the album is a tender meditation on the seemingly relentless river of time experienced in the city. Sonically, tracks vary from quiet folk balladry (Grass, Rained Today) to more aggressive and emotional leanings (Satori, News from Outside). Others, like Morning and New Year Song, have the
immediacy of guitar-driven tunes from bands like Oasis or the Goo Goo Dolls. While previous releases from Wandering Years have often been hushed and intimate, Mountain Laughed is expansive, catchy and direct. The addition of two guitars and a rhythm section provides a new and exciting dimension to Stroman’s introspective, diaristic lyricism. In Mountain Laughed, Stroman writes earnestly about finding stability in the quotidian – with songs describing the awkward awareness of his own adulthood at a Bushwick basement show or interstitial time spent off work at jury duty.

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released August 25, 2023

Songs and lyrics by Gene Stroman

Gene Stroman: Vocals, Guitar, Drums on “Grass”

Martin Besa: Guitar

Justin Hla-Gyaw: Guitar

Kenny Hamilton: Bass, Piano, Backing Vocals

Alex Alfaro: Drums

Kevin Copeland: Pedal Steel, Backing vocals

Matt Schlatter: Bass, Piano, Synth on "Grass"

Engineered by Kevin Copeland (Science is Magic Studios)

“Grass” engineered and produced by Matt Schlatter

Mixed and mastered by Bradford Krieger (Big Nice Studio)

Art Direction by Gene Stroman

Album Art by Dora Lazarevic

Album photograph: “Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff” Peter Henry Emerson, 1886

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