This Is A Photograph by Kevin Morby

This Is A Photograph

Kevin Morby

2022

This Is A Photograph is a Rock album by Kevin Morby, originally released in 2022. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Folk Rock
  • warm
  • nostalgic
  • pastoral

About

In late 2020, Kevin Morby holed up in the then-quiet Peabody hotel in Memphis to escape a pandemic-burdened winter in his hometown of Kansas City. There, he wrote <i>This Is a Photograph</i>, a folky, left-of-the-dial rock album and a particularly reflective entry in his catalog. Its sound is sometimes earthy and gospel-inflected, sometimes lush and symphonic, with lyrics tinted by existential reflection and the specter of death. The sinewy title track was inspired by family photos that Morby and his mother went through after thinking they’d just seen his father die following an accidental double dose of heart medication. The lived-in duet “Bittersweet, TN,” about the loss of a friend, features vocals by Erin Rae and floats along on its banjo lines. And the sparse but upbeat “Goodbye To Good Times” doesn’t offer any resolution, but instead presents a eulogy for better days as the songwriter strums his acoustic guitar, simultaneously nostalgic and grounded in the difficult present.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1This Is A Photograph
  2. A2A Random Act Of Kindness
  3. A3Bittersweet, TN
  4. A4Disappearing
  5. A5A Coat Of Butterflies

Side B

  1. B1Rock Bottom
  2. B2Five Easy Pieces
  3. B3Stop Before I Cry
  4. B4It's Over
  5. B5Goodbye To Good Times

Credits

Performers

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold