{"product_id":"the-lemonheads-townesville","title":"The Lemonheads - Townesville","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lemonheads release their full-length studio album, Townesville - a collection dedicated entirely to the songs of legendary Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded in Nashville, the record captures a mature Evan Dando at his most raw and honest, an artist who, much like Van Zandt himself, has lived every mile of his songs, carrying the restless spirit of a true American troubadour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTownesville is anchored by a sense of family, warm connection, and remarkable synchronicity.\u003cbr\u003eFar from a standard homage, the album weaves an intimate circle of guest appearances across its track list.\u003cbr\u003eKatie Belle Van Zandt, Townes' daughter, contributes percussive spoons, bringing direct ancestral lineage straight into the recordings.\u003cbr\u003eBrazilian music icon Almir Sater brings the resonant, rustic warmth of central Brazil with his signature viola caipira work.\u003cbr\u003eDando shares a moving duet with his stepdaughter, Beatriz Sater, marking one of the album's most poignant vocal highlights.\u003cbr\u003eGibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) lends his distinct vocal presence to the iconic ballad \"Pancho and Lefty.\"\u003cbr\u003eEmerging Nashville band Paperview provides youthful energy and harmony to the project's layered soundscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its core, Townesville highlights the rare kinship between Evan Dando and Townes Van Zandt.\u003cbr\u003eBoth artists possess an innate ability to turn vulnerability into song, drifting through life with a guitar and an unwavering commitment to musical truth.\u003cbr\u003eStripped of pretence and captured with raw authenticity, Dando’s voice shines with the clarity of a songwriter who has weathered the storm and emerged with his craft intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob Dylan: \"Townes Van Zandt is one of my favourites. He writes songs that have this timeless, ancient quality. It’s like they’ve always existed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucinda Williams: \"He proved that country and folk music could be completely uncompromising, gritty, and fiercely beautiful all at once.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Few musicians of his generation could knock out gorgeous cover versions quite as effortlessly as Evan Dando.” Record Collector\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the most distinctive voices of the ‘90s” The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Lemonheads are one of my favorite bands” Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Evan Dando was always as impressive reinterpreting the songs of others as singing his own material” Q\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 No Place To Fall\u003cbr\u003eA2 Pancho and Lefty\u003cbr\u003eA3 Loretta\u003cbr\u003eA4 Rake\u003cbr\u003eA5 Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel\u003cbr\u003eA6 I’ll Be Here In The Morning\u003cbr\u003eB1 Tower Song\u003cbr\u003eB2 For The Sake Of The Song\u003cbr\u003eB3 Tecumseh Valley\u003cbr\u003eB4 If I Needed You\u003cbr\u003eB5 Snow Don’t Fall\u003cbr\u003eB6 To Live Is To Fly\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP Yellow","offer_id":59851095966028,"sku":"BLX-16618","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP Black","offer_id":59851117429068,"sku":"BLX-16619","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":59851137384780,"sku":"BLX-16620","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/0809236006622.jpg?v=1794241430","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/the-lemonheads-townesville","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}