The Story
| Release Date | 24/04/2026 |
| Format | LP Black/ CD |
| Label | ROYAL OAKIE |
| Catalogue Number | DE0052ROLP/ DE0052ROCD |
Fog On Mirror Glass introduces a new aesthetic amongst Donald Beaman albums. After four albums of varied full-band arrangements, this album emerged as an idea to present solo performances in conversation with full-band work. The bulk of the songs were recorded in the same place they were written: Beamanâs living room. Long time bandmate and producer Kirt Lind set up a makeshift studio at Beamanâs house to record the guitar parts in the same room where they were written, using the same guitars on which they were first played.
Unfurling with a measured pace, the resulting album combines elegiac lyrics with elemental arrangements played with an almost jazz-like reverential expressiveness, calling to mind the works of Cass McCombs, Will Oldham, and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Album opener âGlass Bottom Boatâ sets the tone for the album with just Beaman and his guitar â written during the final months of a decade-long stay in New York City, the song was finished upon his arrival back in California. Meanwhile the title track, long a staple in live sets, lands near the middle of the album to recalibrate the mood, featuring the ghostly guitar work of
longtime collaborator Ken Lovgren. âOld Universeâ lifts things up a bit, propelled by the brushwork of drummer Michael Nalin and the jaunty bass playing of Kirt Lind. Finally, the album ends much the way it began, with Beaman and his guitar on album closer âBambooâ.
âThe dictionary definition of less is more.â - ---- Mojo
âHis ability to carve universal empathy from mundane domesticity is remarkable.â - ---- RNR Magazine
â...a collection of evocative scenes and vivid emotions sung to sparse musical arrangements in Beamanâs distinctive sonorous tonesâ - Americana UK
â...pure and simmering, like a tattoo dedicated to a long lost friend, slightly fading from years in the sun, a memory that will always bring a tear in those quiet reflective moments.â - Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Tracklist:
1. Glass Bottom Boat
2. Paper Screen
3. Awhile
4. Fog On Mirror Glass
5. Old Universe
6. Makeshift Room
7. Your Dreaming Eyes
8. Valley Floor
9. Usual Phantom
10. Bamboo
Description
| Release Date | 24/04/2026 |
| Format | LP Black/ CD |
| Label | ROYAL OAKIE |
| Catalogue Number | DE0052ROLP/ DE0052ROCD |
Fog On Mirror Glass introduces a new aesthetic amongst Donald Beaman albums. After four albums of varied full-band arrangements, this album emerged as an idea to present solo performances in conversation with full-band work. The bulk of the songs were recorded in the same place they were written: Beamanâs living room. Long time bandmate and producer Kirt Lind set up a makeshift studio at Beamanâs house to record the guitar parts in the same room where they were written, using the same guitars on which they were first played.
Unfurling with a measured pace, the resulting album combines elegiac lyrics with elemental arrangements played with an almost jazz-like reverential expressiveness, calling to mind the works of Cass McCombs, Will Oldham, and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Album opener âGlass Bottom Boatâ sets the tone for the album with just Beaman and his guitar â written during the final months of a decade-long stay in New York City, the song was finished upon his arrival back in California. Meanwhile the title track, long a staple in live sets, lands near the middle of the album to recalibrate the mood, featuring the ghostly guitar work of
longtime collaborator Ken Lovgren. âOld Universeâ lifts things up a bit, propelled by the brushwork of drummer Michael Nalin and the jaunty bass playing of Kirt Lind. Finally, the album ends much the way it began, with Beaman and his guitar on album closer âBambooâ.
âThe dictionary definition of less is more.â - ---- Mojo
âHis ability to carve universal empathy from mundane domesticity is remarkable.â - ---- RNR Magazine
â...a collection of evocative scenes and vivid emotions sung to sparse musical arrangements in Beamanâs distinctive sonorous tonesâ - Americana UK
â...pure and simmering, like a tattoo dedicated to a long lost friend, slightly fading from years in the sun, a memory that will always bring a tear in those quiet reflective moments.â - Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Tracklist:
1. Glass Bottom Boat
2. Paper Screen
3. Awhile
4. Fog On Mirror Glass
5. Old Universe
6. Makeshift Room
7. Your Dreaming Eyes
8. Valley Floor
9. Usual Phantom
10. Bamboo
