ARTIST: Micah P. Hinson TITLE: The Baby & The Satellite LABEL: Sketchbook GENRE: Rock BITRATE: 202kbps avg PLAYTIME: 0h 58min total RELEASE DATE: 2005-06-20 RIP DATE: 2005-06-06 Track List ---------- 01. The Dream You Left Behind 3:35 02. Wasted Away 3:29 03. The Leading Guy 3:02 04. Or Just Rearrange 5:02 05. For Your Eyes 4:07 06. The Last Charge Of Lt. Paul 3:47 07. The Day The Volume Won 2:25 08. The Dream You Left Behind 3:42 Reprise 09. The Baby And The Satellite 29:30 Release Notes: June marks the release of a brand new eight-song recording by young master Hinson entitled ‘The Baby and the Satellite’. ‘The Baby and the Satellite’ actually predates ‘The Gospel of Progress’ album in terms of songwriting and was originally recorded by Micah himself in 2001 with a little help from his friends Brandon and JM (of The Earlies) in Texas. However, no sooner had the ‘Baby’ been born, then it was forgotten, until during the recording of the ‘Gospel of Progress’ album, a plan was hatched to re-record the ‘Baby’. It seemed like an easy task, but in fact it took almost two years, two countries, countless tours and the recording technique of 'recording when and wherever possible' to finish the record. ‘The Baby and the Satellite’ is a much more stripped down, less produced affair than the ‘Gospel of Progress’ album, relying more heavily on Micah’s beautiful cracked voice and twisted tales of love and lost. To support it’s release Micah will return to the UK after six months away to play eight shows in early June as part of the Twisted Folk tour, that also features Devendra Banhart's band Vetiver. As part of this tour Micah will play his biggest headline London show to date at the Lyric Theatre on the 4th of June. Micah will also be playing shows in Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal and Spain through April and May Born in the southern US town of Memphis, Tennessee, on the day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt, Micah (pronounced my-kah) Paul Hinson was raised in a Christian household. As a teenager, Hinson and his family moved to Abilene, Texas, where he became a member of the local music scene. It is here, where Micah first met his then muse – a Vogue cover model and widow of a notable local rock star. Introduced to her, and in turn Valium and other narcotics, it was not long before Micah’s muse turned into the ‘Black Widow’ as he now refers to her, and he hit a horrible twist of events. In the Spring of 2000, he was caught forging prescriptions and was sent to county jail – “I ended up losing my car, my home, all my money, my instruments and recording equipment, and basically my entire family”. At the age of 19, Micah found himself homeless and penniless, wandering from pillar to post, sleeping on friends’ floors. He was eventually forced to declare himself bankrupt and moved into a motel and acquired a mundane telemarketing job. During this period, Micah still managed to write around 30 songs on borrowed instruments and equipment. In the winter of 2003, with help from his old friends from Texas, The Earlies, Micah revisited these songs from his ‘lost’ period to record his debut album, ‘Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress’. As producers of the record (under their ‘Names On Records’ guise), The Earlies’ trademark of lush strings, beautiful keyboards and eerie backdrops harmonised perfectly with Micah’s honest and exposed style. ‘Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress’ was released in September 2004 on Sketchbook to a wealth of critical acclaim, with the NME describing it as ‘an astonishing debut album of country noir’. Following three sold out tours of the UK in the autumn/winter of 2004 with The Earlies, Iron and Wine and a full band headline tour, the year ended with the ‘Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress’ album being voted into numerous end of year best of polls including Uncut, Time Out, Independent - it even reached number 5 in Rough Trade Shop’s 100 best albums of 2004 poll! Brought you the first, bring you the second...