DAN MANGAN’S OH FORTUNE (10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) OUT TODAY VIA ARTS AND CRAFTS
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VINYL LPs ARRIVE IN 2022
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Just a few days ago we marked the 10th anniversary of Dan Mangan’s pivotal, JUNO Award winning album, Oh Fortune. Today, the celebrated songwriter is re-releasing the album complete with a bonus disc of ten ‘mostly’ unheard album outtakes, demos, and live versions of tracks from that era. In an essay reminiscing about the making of Oh Fortune, Mangan says:
"Four years of thought and trial-by-fire manifested in the creation of Nice, Nice, Very Nice. I’d spent that time cutting my teeth in the corners of noisy bars to people who were there for the drinks and, almost specifically, not for the music. My presence was not anticipated, but, more accurately - tolerated. Sometimes I’d had other musicians with me, but most often, I was alone. I felt like a comedian, chiseling my material in the underground. Figuring out what kept people, and what didn’t. I had to earn every perked ear. I played cafes, living rooms, back yards, sports bars - literally anywhere that would have me.”
He also recently reflected on the making of Oh Fortune with Exclaim!
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“Oh Fortune was born of a different kind of storm,” continues Mangan. “Luckily, Nice, Nice, Very Nice had succeeded. Those bars became theatres, and the momentum of a burgeoning career demanded a more consistent cast of faces in the van.
I knew that I had learned how to hold an audience. I knew that I had begun to unfold my mind through lyrics and melody.
Oh Fortune is about changing. Shifting. Adjusting to new footholds in new sands. Finding glory in letting go. Surviving another day and being a touch stronger for it. It’s about dangling your legs for the sharks. It’s about stories to tell as we age. It’s about aching for rain. It’s about the taste of something. It’s about the veins of a leaf mirroring the rivers of its forest. It's about flags burning together. It’s about the daylight forgiving you."
Read Dan’s full essay here : www.killbeatmusic.com/danmangan
Vinyl LPs of the Oh Fortune 10th Anniversary will be released in 2022.
BUY / STREAM OH FORTUNE (10TH ANNIVERSARY) EDITION HERE
OH FORTUNE TRACKLIST
01 About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All
02 How Darwinian
03 Post-War Blues
04 If I Am Dead
05 Daffodil
06 Starts With Them, Ends With Us
07 Oh Fortune
08 Leaves, Trees, Forest
09 Rows Of Houses
10 Regarding Death And Dying
11 Jeopardy
BONUS DISC
01 Faults
02 If I Am Dead (Demo)
03 Oh Fortune (Demo)
04 Daffodil (Demo)
05 Leaves Tree Forest (Band Rehearsal)
06 We Want To Be Pleasantly Surprised, Not Expectedly Let Down
07 Rows Of Houses (Live In Calgary)
08 Starts With Them, Ends With Us (Live In Calgary)
09 About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All (Live At SiriusXM)
10 Jeopardy (Demo)