O Be Joyful 10 Year Anniversary [2xLP] [Red & Silver Swirl]

Shovels & Rope celebrate the 10th anniversary of their breakout debut, O Be Joyful, with a double 180g LP edition, featuring all new cover art, packaging, and a B-disc of new live recordingsessential listening for old fans and newcomers alike.

Released to much acclaim in 2012, O Be Joyfulthe Americana award-winning album from husband and wife singer-songwriters Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trentpaved its own lane of punk-folk and went on to sell over 140,000 units in the US, spawned the Triple A radio hit Birmingham, and landed on best-of-the-year lists published by NPR, American Songwriter, and Paste Magazine.

Much of the projects tracking occurred during stops on the duos robust touring schedule: fiddle parts for This Means War and Keeper were recorded in between soundcheck and showtime in Louisville; the undulating organ on Shank Hill St. in a van somewhere between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A literal momentum, then, underscores the album in its entirety. Each track moves with the intensity and thrill of something like a fast drive in a small town.

Listeners have two choices: get in or get out of the way.