Case Studies This Is Another Life

track listing: 1 In a Suit Made of Ash 2 Passage / Me in the Dark 3 Everything 4 Villain 5 Driving East, and Through Her 6 House of Silk, House of Stone 7 You Say to Me, You Never Have to Ask 8 From Richard Brautigan 9 A Beast I Have Yet to Find 10 This is Another Life 11 Like The Sea (digital only)

additional information: • This Is Another Life is the sophomore solo album from Dutchess & The Duke songwriter, Jesse Lortz • For fans of , , Townes Van Zandt • Recorded by Greg Ashley (Gris Gris) and features as guest vocalist

Case Studies is the musical project of Jesse Lortz, a prolific Seattle based catalog #: SBR-094 musician. His lyrics wax and wane with truth and bare tales from his life. artist: Case Studies Melodies surface as lines hummed in the in-between times. These easy title: This Is Another Life melodies coat the heavy subject matter of suicide, heartbreak, grief and genre: Folk regret. As with his previous project, The Dutchess and the Duke, listen- Release Date: 6-11-2013 ing to Case Studies feels like taking part in an exploration of sentimental available formats: CD/LP landscapes. They appear and fade like dark light lingering on the horizon. territory restrictions: None The meandering verse journeys to seek comfort in loneliness and vulner- Vinyl is not returnable ability. Through the twisted subconscious, dawn breaks, breathing its Box Lot: CD 30 / LP 45 light on both the joyous and dismal occasions that mark life’s milestones, each song a continuation of his story, each song a probing examination of CD: motivation and consequences.

This Is Another Life is Lortz’s second full-length solo release on Sacred Bones. It is the follow-up album to 2011’s highly acclaimed The World is LP: Just a Shape to Fill the Night. This is Another Life features guest vocals by Marissa Nadler on “Villain” and has the same producer and engineer, Greg Ashley of the band Gris Gris, as the last album. Ashley also plays percussion, organ and adds additional vocals & guitar. Lortz is also helped out by Jon Parker (guitar / piano), Oscar Michel (bass), Joe Haener (per- cussion), Carey Lamprecht (violin) and Shawn Alpay (cello).

label contact: Sacred Bones Records 144 N 7th St #413 NY 11211 [email protected] www.sacredbonesrecords.com

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