Songs: Ohia – “Soul”

Songs Ohia Soul

Following last year’s Magnolia Electric Co. reissue, Secretly Canadian have announced a new archival set to honor the legacy of Jason Molina. This Record Store Day (April 19th) brings Journey On: Collected Singles, 18 rare cuts from Molina’s Songs: Ohia project, stored on nine 7″ singles with a CD version and custom-etched turntable adapter. I for one will be lining up for this thing, as many of these have been hard to come by on vinyl even prior to his tragic passing. In the meantime we have teaser track “Soul,” a fine example of the fatalistic beauty Molina could channel with just spare guitar, understated drums, and a raw, one-take vocal. The cut is off Nor Cease Thou Never Now, one of his first 7″ releases, put out by Will Oldham’s Palace Records in 1995. Hear it above.