Download: Vosotros Presents: Rhoda “New Farmer” (f. Mia Doi Todd)

(from Vosotros Presents: Rhoda available soon from Vosotros)

John from Vosotros passes along this new song from Gabe Noel, who was so taken with the softer side of Elektra records (as chronicled in the book by label founder Jac Holzman) that he put together a song of his own with help from folks like Mia Doi Todd and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. A little note from Gabe follows:

About a month ago, John gave me an album entitled Follow The Music: A Commemorative Sampler of Elektra’s Pre-Rock Era. Essentially a collection of folk music, I quickly became enamored with a number of different elements of these recordings. The intentional: the simple forms of the songs, the directness of the lyrical meaning. As well as the elements inherent of the time period in which they were recorded: The fuzzy, consonant-shy vocal sonority, the time constraints of recording vinyl, the hiss and scratch of vintage technology. Using all these elements as criterion for the composition, I began. This simple song encapsulates an entire relationship in three and one half minutes, and features one of Los Angeles’ most creative musicians, Mia Doi Todd.