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Forest Bathing

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Forest Bathing
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 2018
Recorded2017–18
GenreFolk
Length33:33
LabelL.M. Dupli-cation
ProducerJeremy Barnes[1]
A Hawk and a Hacksaw chronology
You Have Already Gone to the Other World
(2013)
Forest Bathing
(2018)

Forest Bathing is the seventh studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw. It was released April 13, 2018.[2] Prior to its release, the song "A Broken Road Lined With Poplar Trees" premiered on Under the Radar's website.[3]

Album name and concept

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The term forest bathing refers to the Japanese concept of Shinrin-yoku (森林浴), a Japanese form of nature therapy. According to L.M. Dupli-cation, "This is not an urban music. It's rural; songs of the woods and roads where there are no sidewalks or street lamps to light your way. "A Broken Road lined with Poplar Trees" describes just this- the dirt from the summer sun, a melody from home on my tongue. The song "Babayaga" by Trost, is a tribute to the archetypal crone Babayaga, who sticks out her cane just as a child runs by... And "The Washing Bear" is a classic brass romp, connecting Serbian brass with it's [sic] Southern brothers in Albania and Turkey..."[2]

The band cites the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico as "their forest bath of choice."[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost

No.TitleLength
1."Alexandria"4:56
2."A Broken Road lined with Poplar Trees"3:15
3."A Song for Old People/A Song for Young People"3:04
4."The Shepherd Dogs are Calling"3:40
5."Night Sneaker"1:38
6."The Magic Spring"3:07
7."The Sky Is Blue, The Desert is Yellow"4:22
8."Babayaga"1:48
9."The Washing Bear"2:18
10."Bayati Maqam"5:25

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "A Hawk and a Hacksaw return to nature on forthcoming album Forest Bathing". tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "LM Duplication - A Hawk & a Hacksaw / Forest Bathing". lmduplication.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Premiere: A Hawk & A Hacksaw "A Broken Road Lined With Poplar Trees"". undetheradarmag.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ Gomez, Adrian. "Musical journey: A Hawk and a Hacksaw playing NM shows before 6-week tour". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2018.