LBUMS
Kicking out the jams.
As it similarly affected so many artists, the pandemic lockdown temporarily curtailed Gov’t Mule’s gigging schedule, a grievous blow for the kings of the jam band scene. So they decided to put some serious effort into recording and checked into the Power Station in New England for an extended stay. Within a week they had decided to make two unrelated albums, and set up in two rooms, each with its own equipment and instruments. They then proceeded to switch between the two at will.
Heavy Load Blues was released in 2021 and does pretty much what the title suggests. Now comes Peace… Like A River, which is a song-based collection and harks back to their 2017 release Revolution Come… Revolution Go, which they started recording the day Donald Trump was elected President, leaving them shocked and stunned.
There’s nothing so momentous gnawing at them this time around, except perhaps the sense that life goes on, so they’ve focused on the construction and arrangements of the songs. The result is the most varied album that Govt Mule have made, and
