"…A unique young musical visionary presented in a sonically stunning and visually spectacular package. Not to be missed on vinyl." – Michael Fremer, Stereophile, February 2007

Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For! 

A new Joanna Newsom album – yes! Well actually, Ys. You pronounce it "ees" – and anything more you'd like to know about it, you can look it up. In any case, it's the title of an incredible new album by Joanna Newsom. Five songs, 55 minutes, one what-an-album. Ys is to Ms. Newsom a dream collaboration between her voice and harp and a full orchestra – a sound many fans have through they were hearing when listening with closed eyes at her concert performances. The songs, conceived with harp and voice and tracked as such by Steve Albini, were arranged by the legendary Van Dyke Parks over several months of correspondence and collaboration with Joanna.

The 24-year-old folk/psychedelic singer and harpist's second album features orchestrations by Van Dyke Parks, pristine harp and vocal engineering by Steve Albini, and lush orchestral engineering by Tim Boyle, all mixed by Jim O'Rourke and mastered at Abbey Road by Nick Webb. A unique young musical visionary presented in a sonically stunning and visually spectacular package. Not to be missed on vinyl.

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