Singing Ax

Singing Ax
Studio album by J. Tillman
Released	September 14, 2010
Recorded	Feb. 2010
Genre	Folk
Label	Western Vinyl
Producer	Steve Albini, Bob Weston
J. Tillman chronology
Year in the Kingdom (2009) Singing Ax (2010) Fear Fun (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Paste Magazine	(7.6/10)[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.4/10)[2]

Singing Ax is J. Tillman's eighth album and it is again released via Western Vinyl. The album is an LP and Mp3 release only. It was recorded in three days in February 2010 by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, and was mastered by Bob Weston.^[3]

In regard to the process of change from J. Tillman to Father John Misty, Tillman retrospectively explains why there were so less information about Singing Ax in the forefield: "I didn't tour for Singing Ax or even promote it in a single way. I didn't do a single interview, or anything. All I can say is that it was up on the Western Vinyl webpage, and that really was about all of the promotion it got, if you even want to call that promotion. I didn't put it out in the UK because I didn't want to have to go over there and tour it. It really was like throwing my hands up in the air on that project. The last song on there, "A Seat at the Table", that is what that was about. It was like "I'm done.""^[4]

The album leaked onto the internet on August 15, 2010.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Three Sisters"
2. "Diamondback"
3. "Love No Less Worthy"
4. "One Task"
5. "Our Beloved Tyrant"
6. "Tillman’s Rag"
7. "Mere Ornaments"
8. "Singing Ax"
9. "Madness On The Mountain"
10. "Maria"
11. "A Seat At The Table"

References

1. https://web.archive.org/20101016093649/http://www.pastemagazine.com:80/articles/2010/09/j-tillman-singing-ax.html. Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "J. Tillman: Singing Ax | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
3. "WEST078 - Singing Ax". Westernvinyl.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
5. "J. Tillman – Singing Ax". LeakStak. Retrieved 2012-03-09.

External links

• Western Vinyl