The Long Mountain, by Natural History

The Long Mountain

by Natural History

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MIB It’s indie that tailor-made for me, with dreamy tracks that remind me a little of Big Star, and here and there hints of surf. The lyrics clinch it. Favorite track: Words and Verse.

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1.	Wonder Woman 03:42	info	buy track
2.	It's a Start 02:54	info	buy track
3.	A Love Song (Feat. Nora Kirkpatrick) 05:13	info	buy track
4.	Words and Verse 03:52	info	buy track
5.	We're In Trouble 05:17	info	buy track
6.	Wanna Bet? (Feat. Jill Whit) 02:37	info	buy track

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The Long Mountain was recorded largely over a three-day period at a cabin in Oakley, Utah during the winter of 2018. Producer Chris Bjornn (Marmalade music, us thieves, Boss TV), singer Austin Archer (Us thieves, Boss TV), and drummer Whit Hertford (Willful Creatures, LUVRS) worked 14 hour days in the mountain air augmented by backcountry ATV rides and lots of frozen pizza. A true-blue collection of folk-rock love songs, the album has winter in it's bones and passion dripping from every pore. Archer and Hertford put their whole hearts into every single song, while Bjornn toiled tirelessly for weeks to perfect the final sound. But it was the late addition of featured vocalist Jill Whit on the track "Wanna Bet?" and the under-stated, somber accordion of Nora Kirkpatrick (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) on "A Love Song" that really brought the whole thing together.

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released February 6, 2019

Music, Lyrics, vocals, guitar, piano, bass: Austin Archer
Percussion, Vocals, Lyrics, Glockenspiel: Whit Hertford
Recording, mixing, mastering: Chris Bjornn
Additional Vocals: Jill Whit
Accordion: Nora Kirkpatrick

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Natural History Los Angeles, California

Whit Hertford and Austin Archer began collaborating together in the spring of 2018. They formed this new iteration of Natural History (A moniker used by Hertford in the past) and birthed "The Long Mountain".

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