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...