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The album, which Amidon considersthe fullest realization to date of his artistic vision, comprisesDescription: arrangements of nine mostly traditional folk songs, performed by Amidon and his band of longtime friends and collaborators. Amidon produced the record, applying the sonic experiences of his 2017 The Following Mountan, into these beloved tunes, many of which he first learned as a child."Pretty Polly, "for example, was one of the first traditional tunes he learned to play, and "Time Has Made a Change" is a song that his parents-singers who were on the 1977 Nonesuch recording Rivers of Delight with the Word of Mouth Chorus-sang around the house when he was young.

Good Woman was written and recorded in a time of tremendous turmoil and change forthe band, between theending of relationships,thedeath oftheir beloved mother, andthebirth of Emily’s first child. The album is a testament tothe Stavely-Taylors’ strength and that of other women; to sisters, mothers, and daughters; to love, loss, and change; and to trying to be a good woman.The band explains: “We have been working on this for a long time and are thrilled to share the title track. When we think about making this album we think about moments and snapshots of all the different contexts we were in as it was made. Living in each other’s pockets and then living with oceans between us. Of voice notes and field recordings and ideas in emails sent across continents. We think of homesickness and family. Of being an outsider. Of endless notebooks and scraps of paper. Of studios in the winter and recordings under the summer sun. Of rainy London days and long American nights with coffees and beers, dogs, and cats. We think of love. Big, big love. Our Mum. Our Dad. Our friends. And of loss. Death and birth. Womanhood, motherhood. Sisterhood.“And coming home.”

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About "One Step Away", guitarist Spencer Thomson commented, "I think this song represents a side of the album that is more rooted in soul and rock. We wanted to share something that complements what we've already put out to give the audience some sense of the variety of what's on the album. In this day and age, it's tricky to get a big group of people together to shoot a video, so we came up with a concept everyone could film on their own with their phones. It also allowed each member to get creative with how he filmed his shot. I wanted it to have a dark and grimy, yet playful vibe that matched the song."

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