IDA MAKE THEIR TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH LOVERS PRAYERS -- THEIR FIRST NEW ALBUM IN THREE YEARS! THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AT LEVON HELMS (OF THE BAND) HOME STUDIO AND TO SAY THE ALBUM SOUNDS GOOD, WELL, THATS A BIT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT. AFTER TOURING IN SUPPORT OF 2005S HEART LIKE A RIVER, IDA FOUND AN ACOUSTICALLY SUBLIME HAVEN IN LEVON HELMS (OF THE BAND) HOME STUDIO LOCATED IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IDA ABANDONED THEIR TRADITIONAL STUDIO PERFECTIONISM IN FAVOR OF A SPONTANEOUS APPROACH THAT INCLUDED LIVE TRACKING WITH FEW OVERDUBS. THE BAND IRONICALLY WOUND UP WITH THE CLEAREST, MOST DYNAMIC ALBUM THEY HAVE EVER MADE. IN TUNE WITH THIS PROCESS, IDA HAVE MANAGED TO MAKE THEIR MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT: A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT INVOKE THE PROXIMITY OF THE INVISIBLE AND THE REALITY OF LOVE WITH AN EARNED GRACE THAT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE, PERSISTENCE AND AN UNDIMINISHED ENTHUSIASM FOR MAKING SOUNDS TOGETHER. LOVERS PRAYERS IS IDAS SEVENTH FULL LENGTH ALBUM. PACKAGED IN A SPECIAL, GREEN-FRIENDLY DIGIPACK AND DOUBLE-GATEFOLD JACKET. DELUXE DOUBLE VINYL!
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