golden_brown
Magical album that seemlessly moves from guitar soli to country fried fiddle stomps to the extended kosmische/motorik outing of the last song. If the Autobahn took you through a portal to Tennessee, this would be the soundtrack.
Favorite track: Imaginary Conversations on Fish Hatchery Rd..
Alex
Beautiful album, just got my CD today in perfect time for a rainy drive through these north Appalachian hills. Thanks for the tunes, and the conversations
Favorite track: Mammut Americanum.
duncankeithpark
Amazing that Kevin has been able to craft an album that is firmly rooted in a variety of acoustic guitar playing traditions, yet manages to sound so utterly unique. An absolute feast of finger-picking glory, and the most beautiful album I've heard in 2024!
THE SECOND PRESSING OF CDs IS HERE AND SHIPPING. This CD edition of 'Imaginary Conversations' comes in a high quality four panel LP gatefold style cardboard sleeve. This is not a jewel case. Limited to 50 copies. Technically, these are high quality professionally pressed CDr copies. Money back if you're not happy. Please note that the image is simply a mock up.
Includes unlimited streaming of Imaginary Conversations
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
Purchasable with gift card
$12USDor more
Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Purchasable with gift card
$9USD or more
Imaginary Conversations (Cassette Edition)
Cassette + Digital Album
This is the cassette tape edition of 'Imaginary Conversations'. Pro duped. Limited run of 50 copies. Mint green cassette tray. The image is a mock up. It will be replaced later.
Includes unlimited streaming of Imaginary Conversations
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
"Give this one a spin if you need proof that American guitar music is still fertile ground."
- Joseph Allred
"Imaginary Conversations is an important album for Kevin. It’s exploratory, expansive, and fun, tapping into Kevin’s wide-ranging influences while making sense as a cohesive statement that is uniquely Kevin. It’s an album that will get repeated listens from me."
- Jon Camp
Centripetal Force announces the release of Kevin Coleman's Imaginary Conversations. The album will be available for preorder February 8th. The release date is March 19th. It will be available digitally, as well as on limited runs of cassettes and CDs.
Kevin Coleman is a boundless explorer within the world of American Primitive guitar music. The Nashville-based artist channels everything from Piedmont blues to improvised kosmische musik and Appalachian freak folk into his fingerstyle guitar compositions.
Coleman turned to guitar at the age of fifteen and has never ceased to evolve his artistry. Between 2017 and 2019, he served as a guitar player in the indie dreampop band So Badly, but he ultimately decided to shift his focus to solo guitar music.
Kevin Coleman’s current works are equally informed by his fingerstyle peers, like Joseph Allred and Matthew J. Rolin, as well as the grounding serenity of nature. Coleman has said about his music, “I believe our relationship with our environment can be just as emotionally affecting as any human relationship. So, I try to capture some semblance of how the natural world shapes my thoughts and emotions, as well as how I project my own emotions and ideas onto the natural world.”
Imaginary Conversations continues the new weird-Americana-folk vein he began to venture off into on his previous records—including a split cassette he released with Allred earlier this year. Throughout the album’s three sprawling tracks, Coleman weaves dazzling fantasias of fingerpicking acrobatics together with cosmic synth-infused soundscapes and rustic string ensembles. Fans of Magic Tuber Stringband, Eight Point Star, and Tacoma Park are surely bound to appreciate this dynamic and progressive-minded release.
Imaginary Conversations was mixed by Trevor Nikrant of Styrofoam Winos, who also plays mandolin, pedal steel guitar, and synthesizer. Scott Mattingly of In Place performs prepared guitar, and Jack Dungan plays fiddle.
Kevin Coleman plays six string acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, bowed banjo, organ, harmonica, piano, jaw harp, wine glasses, and percussion.
credits
released March 19, 2024
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Kevin Coleman plays acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bowed banjo, organ, harmonica, piano, jaw harp, wine glasses, percussion
Trevor Nikrant plays mandolin, pedal steel guitar, synthesizer, and mixed the album
supported by 26 fans who also own “Imaginary Conversations”
I’m so grateful this crossed my path. This album is so beautiful. All the clear technique and mastery and vision are kinda secondary to the fact that this album brought me calm and joy during one of the most difficult times in my life. Yeah, grateful. David McCullough
Nora Brown continues to bring nuance and resonance to her modern interpretation of Appalachian folk and bluegrass on her latest LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2022
West Virginia country-folk singer-songwriter Trae Sheehan aims to find a balance between the traditional and the modern on his new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 29, 2020
The instrumental ensemble Dt/IG straddles the line between folk and classical, stirring acoustics augmented by sumptuous arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 29, 2023
