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Psalms

from The New Faith by Jake Blount

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    Standard weight and standard color vinyl LP in a single pocket jacket with liner notes insert. This shirt features engravings from Jake Blount's signature, custom-made fiddle. Printed in celebration of Blount's new album The New Faith, this shirt is printed on a black Bella + Canvas jersey t-shirt, and is available in multiple sizes as supplies last.

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    Bundle featuring Jake Blount's 'The New Faith' album on CD and t-shirt. (All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.) [note: photos are mock-ups of actual products]

    CD in digipak case with liner notes insert. This shirt features engravings from Jake Blount's signature, custom-made fiddle. Printed in celebration of Blount's new album The New Faith, this shirt is printed on a black Bella + Canvas jersey t-shirt, and is available in multiple sizes as supplies last.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    **NOTE** Due to vinyl manufacturing delays and supply chain issues, the release date on the vinyl edition of 'The New Faith is to be determined, estimated early 2023.

    Standard weight and standard color vinyl LP in a single pocket jacket with liner notes insert. [note: the photo is a mock-up image]

    All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $20.98 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD in digipak case with liner notes insert. [note: photo of product is a mock-up image]. All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The New Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16.98 USD or more 

     

  • T-Shirt/Shirt

    This shirt features engravings from Jake Blount's signature, custom-made fiddle. Printed in celebration of Blount's new album The New Faith, this shirt is printed on a black Bella + Canvas jersey t-shirt, and is available in multiple sizes as supplies last.

    All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail. [note: photo is mock-up of actual product]
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

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lyrics

In the depths of their shared destitution, and the hardship of their northward exodus, our ancestors found new wisdom. As more refugees joined the three survivors on this island, and children started to be born, they turned their minds to the preservation of that wisdom, that their progeny might survive and know the truths of the world.

Attend the Psalms of the Sentinel.

The seeds of avarice germinate, in time, within every generation, every man and every nation. Such execrable growths must be taken up by the roots. What shall we do with the snake in the garden?
Cut off its head!

A ship lost in violent seas has but two hopes: strong hands on the helm, and sharp eyes on the compass. What aid do the heavens provide when death walks among us?
Two feet to flee upon!

The path from cradle to grave is tortuous. A wise traveler will keep their companions close. What is crueler than wandering?
To wander alone!

Attend the Psalms of the Gravedigger.

At the first and the last, and on all the dark days in between, all humanity prays the same prayer to the same immortal. From this original prayer comes every other. What is the first prayer?
Spare me, O Death.

Many thousands have gone; only a small remnant survives. Ever shall the part grieve the loss of the whole. Where are the lost ones?
Gone, and no returning; but we remember them.

Where can one know love without grief?
On a distant shore.

Attend the Psalms of the Teacher.

Every life has an ending. Every human being will have a final day. How shall we endeavor to meet ours?
Knowing that we have done what is right.

Trouble not with worldly possessions, for all that is made must one day be unmade. Who can hold the things of this earth forever?
Death, and death alone.
Remember the ultimate destiny of all things that walk. What is the course of civilization’s march?
From dark, to light, to dark again.

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from The New Faith, released September 23, 2022

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Jake Blount Providence, Rhode Island

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops). Although he is proficient in multiple old-time styles, he specializes in the music of Black and Native American communities. ... more

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