H.C. McEntire Shares New Track Quartz In The Valley
Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Written by Laura Johnson
Mount Moriah's H.C. McEntire has shared a new track, Quartz in the Valley.
It is taken from her debut solo album, 'Lionheart', which is due out on January 26 and on which she collaborated with Kathleen Hanna. The record also features contributions from Angel Olsen, Amy Ray, Tift Merritt, William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, and Phil Cook.
Speaking about Quartz in the Valley, McEntire said:
"Back then—fall/winter of 2016—“Quartz in the Valley” was just a voice memo on my phone arbitrarily titled “#47” because that’s where it fell in order. It was barely anything, with nonsensical mumblings of melody and out-of-tune guitar, but Kathleen saw the bones. She said, “Ok, here we go. Work on this. Listen to Wanda Jackson. Get inspired.”
So that’s where I started. And she was right. Since then, I feel like that song has always anchored LIONHEART—chronologically, but also symbolically and spiritually. When Kathleen and I began collaborating, I was personally in a dark place, a lost place, and this song was how I started digging out. I don’t want to give too much away, to define the narrative exclusively; but I will say it began in a very raw, scrupulous way: with a shovel, and a barrow, and an inkling to excavate."
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