Michael Nau - Montrose Tape '2024

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Karma Chief Records is proud to present Montrose Tape, a tapestry of Michael
Naus latest LP, Accompany.

A while back, veteran producer and engineer Adrien Olsen (The Killers, Lucy
Dacus, Fruit Bats), approached Michael about recording in his Richmond,
Virginia-based studio. For the first time in a while, Michael had some sessions
on the calendar. He called a few old friends and put together a band. “I
didn’t have much of a plan before Adrien reached out, so I wrote some
songs specifically for the session,” Michael explained. “I was
thinking about what would be fun to play with this specific group of guys."

The band consisted of several long-time collaborators and musicians who had
participated in Nau’s various recording and touring efforts over the
years. “It had been a while since I’d made music in a room with
other people,” Michael shared. “We just sort of started playing and
didn’t really talk about what was happening.” The combo’s
newfound chemistry was a primary source of inspiration and, with the help of
Olsen, ultimately led to an album’s-worth of music.

Nau and the band spent five days at Montrose Recording and left with a plan to
return and finish up a few months later. “After the first session, I took
a copy of the recordings with me to overdub a few things at my spot,”
Michael shared. While he was working through it, he found a bunch of beautiful
moments of jamming in between the takes. “I grabbed a bunch of the pieces
and tried to work them in. Then, I dumped the whole thing onto a cassette as one
long stream of songs.”

This tapestry is the never before released original cassette from that very
session, with songs that you already know and love from Accompany presented in a
new light. 

Tracklist:
1.01 - Michael Nau - Montrose Tape (35:41) 

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