GHOSTS OF WEST VIRGINIA (150G) | VINYL RECORD (LP) l Ancient Lights And The Blackcore

Ancient Lights And The Blackcore is the third record in Utopian Diaries

" on "Living And Dying With You"-Brooklyn Vegan "A ferocious rocker

1998 release from Canadian stoner metal band Sheavy

but we'd all already let go of so much and nothing felt like mine anymore

part lo-fi distorted crunch

GHOSTS OF WEST VIRGINIA (150G) | VINYL RECORD (LP) l Ancient Lights And The BlackcoreGhosts of West Virginia centers on the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion that killed twenty nine men in that state in 2010, making it one of the worst mining disasters in American history. When asked about what drove him to craft his deeply evocative new album, Steve Earle says, 'I thought that, given the way things are now, it was maybe my responsibility to make a record that spoke to and for people who didn't vote the way that I did,' he says.