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For A Better Tomorrow

by Various Artists

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  • July 2020 Garden Portal Batch

    Get the For A Better Tomorrow compilation and Trance Music cassettes at a slightly discounted price. All cassettes include download cards. Please only one batch per person.

    Includes unlimited streaming of For A Better Tomorrow via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    An edition of 250 white shell cassettes with professionally printed, natural cardstock j-cards, 100 available for sale here

    This edition contains the entire 15-minute performance of the Powers / Rolin Duo at Café Bourbon Street, along with a cassette-exclusive sound collage piece from Michael Potter titled "Back Yard / Front Porch (featuring Thom Strickland and 5-0 the Pig)

    Includes unlimited streaming of For A Better Tomorrow via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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All tracks recorded and mixed by the artists themselves.

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released May 1, 2020

Sequenced and mastered by Michael Potter, April 2020.

GPD001 / GPT009

"Compilation albums loom large in the American Primitive Guitar realm. Takoma, Tompkins Square and Locust all had larger ambitions than merely offering a sampling of wares, and to them, Garden Portal says, “hold my beer. I’ve got some collecting and playing to do.” For A Better Tomorrow started out as a Bernie Sanders fundraising endeavor. But when Bernie bailed and COVID-19 came on the scene, Garden Portal pivoted to support Athens Mutual Aid Network, an umbrella organization that coordinates aid to the underserved in this trying time. But in addition to good works, there’s some good work going on here. Not all of it is guitar-centric, but even the tracks that aren’t are close enough to the strings and heart template of the aforementioned parties to merit consideration under the same rubric. Joseph Allred’s been ultra-productive recently, so it’s actually helpful to be reminded of the spirit that infuses his playing by listening to it one track at a time. Rob Noyes’ “Diminished” takes the listener on a deep dive into the construction of sentiment and sound. And Will Csorba’s Pelt-like blast of fiddle drone, “Requiem for Ociel Guadalupe Martinez,” will put your hair up high enough to make that self-inflicted quarantine do a bit easier to execute." - Bill Meyer, Dusted Magazine

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