Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band EP 6/14/2019 UPC: 602537171088

UPC: 602537171088

appearing on the aptly titled "Molasses

the songs here are full of carefully delineated and sung melodies (though Jonathan Davis's sore throat from hell won't bring Frank Sinatra to mind any time soon)

yet the 11 songs form a tapestry

Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band EP 6/14/2019 UPC: 602537171088Joanna Newsom: Joanna Newsom (vocals); Kevin Barker (guitar, banjo); Ryan Francesconi (guitar, tambora); Dan Cantrell (accordion, musical saw); Neal Morgan (drums). The playfully titled JOANNA NEWSOM AND THE YS STREET BAND (hint: the title of her second album, YS, is meant to be pronounced "eees") is a stand alone three song EP that runs just over 24 minutes. More than half of that running time is devoted to the sprawling, 13 minute epic, full band