Topanga Canyon, the latest album from experimental folk band Foot Ox, is out now via Lauren Records.
Stream Topanga Canyon here.
Topanga Canyon began when Cullen was invited to spend a week recording at the canyon home Germaine Dunes shares with Buck Meek and their dog, Ringo. With the session already on the calendar, Cullen wrote the album over the course of a single spring, bringing a new collection of songs to California to record mostly live alongside members of Kisser, AJJ, Pigeon Pit, iji, Lake, and Foot Ox’s Oregon lineup. Engineered by Dunes and Carly Bond, the sessions unfolded across the house and its front porch, allowing birds, airplanes, wind, conversation, and the natural sound of the canyon to become part of the recordings. What began as a Foot Ox album gradually grew into a deeply collaborative document of a particular place, a particular group of friends, and a brief moment built around trust, intuition, and chance.
The songs read like a stream of consciousness. Rather than telling linear stories, they gather fragments into something closer to a collage than a narrative. Sounding like photographs scattered across a table, they ask listeners to find their own connections instead of explaining themselves. The wide stereo image gives the record an expansive, almost timeless character, ironically mimicking the sound of ’60s and ’70s albums made in the same canyon.
Hear it for yourself! Topanga Canyon LP Vinyls are available to order on our store.
Tracklist:
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Rubber Band
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August
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Prairie Song
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Ringo!
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Church (in a box)
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Living Room
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Hay Francis
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Cattle Call
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Sagittariat
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Denver
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Chickenwire
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Karma of Our Times
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Build Fires
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New Age Dolphins in the Canyon