{"product_id":"790377657111","title":"MAGIC TUBER STRINGBAND – HEAVY WATER (INDIE EXCLUSIVE OPAQUE TURQUOISE) - LP •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 790377657111 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: THRILL JOCKEY \u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: May 22, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagic Tuber Stringband act in communion with the natural world around them. Highly skilled players and writers, the trio are leaders within the burgeoning Avant-Folk world. Growing up in Appalachia studying the folk traditions of the region in tandem scientific and observational work in nature, their music appears to weave in and out of the fabric of the landscape. The ensemble continues to stretch the parameters of acoustic instrumental expression with masterful flourishes of dense, textural arrangements, subtle minimalist gestures and deft improvisation. Heavy Water addresses the impact of nuclear production on the environment and the communities within, a musical evocation of destruction and resilience, an embrace of dissonance and tension within moments of transcendence. The inspiration for Heavy Water is rooted in fiddler Courtney Werner’s work as an ecologist in rural South Carolina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWerner explains:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The town of Ellenton, South Carolina was the largest of the towns displaced in 1952 by the U.S. federal government to build the Savannah River Plant, which produced radioactive materials for U.S. nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The former site of Ellenton was dedicated to the extraction of ‘heavy water,’ whereas other areas of the plant focused on manufacturing weapons-grade plutonium and tritium within nuclear reactors. Heavy water is chemically altered to be denser than normal water and is incredibly expensive and time-consuming to synthesize, requiring 52 gallons of river water to produce one fluid ounce. Its denser properties made it valuable for use within the nuclear reactors on the site.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeavy Water is more than a collection of songs. It is a work whose compositions are entirely modern. Played on traditionally folk acoustic instruments, it defies expectations and emotionally addresses the pain of lives human, flora or fauna irrevocably changed by dominant forces and defiantly persevering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e1. Death of Ellenton\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e2. Marker of a Drowning\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e3. Sound of a Million Stars\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e4. Woodpeckers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e5. Scintillation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e6. Blooms in the Rapids\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e7. Tribute to the Angels\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e8. Where the Place Becomes Forgetting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e9. Wintering Grounds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e10. Soft and Pliable\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e11. Dog-Headed Man\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"THRILL JOCKEY","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44189745840227,"sku":"790377657111","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/657-xcoverwithLP.jpg?v=1779428872","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/790377657111","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}