...But I'd Rather Be With You

...But I'd Rather Be With You

by Molly Tuttle
...But I'd Rather Be With You

...But I'd Rather Be With You

by Molly Tuttle

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Overview

The follow-up to the singer/songwriter and virtuosic instrumentalist's 2019 full-length debut, When You're Ready, ...But I'd Rather Be with You sees Molly Tuttle deliver a collection of cover songs that showcases both her chops and her eclectic tastes. Produced by Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird), who places Tuttle's expressive voice front and center, the ten-song set is bright and engaging, which is all the more impressive considering it was constructed piecemeal with Tuttle recording all of her parts at home in Nashville and Berg applying contributions from L.A. session musicians, including Matt Chamberlain and Patrick Warren. Commencing with a stirring rendition of the National's "Fake Empire," Tuttle quickly switches gears and gives the Rolling Stones' psych-pop classic "She's a Rainbow" a folk-pop makeover, with her deft fingerpicking transforming the song's jaunty piano lines into intricate Doc Watson-worthy runs. She imbues Arthur Russell's pained "A Little Lost" with warmth and a playful gait and treats Harry Styles' "Sunflower, Vol. 6" like it should have appeared on Taylor Swift's Folklore. Elsewhere, FKA twigs' "Mirrored Heart" becomes a high and lonesome country-folk lament, as does an aching rendition of the Grateful Dead's "Standing on the Moon," the latter of which is helped along by an empathetic harmony vocal from Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. Aptly named, ...But I'd Rather Be with You's emotional throughline is loneliness, and Tuttle does the feeling justice on a faithful rendition of Cat Stevens' "How Can I Tell You," which brings affairs to a close with subtle potency. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date: 08/28/2020
Label: Compass
UPC: 0766397476322
Rank: 20408

Tracks

  1. Fake Empire
  2. She's a Rainbow
  3. A Little Lost
  4. Something on Your Mind
  5. Mirrored Heart
  6. Olympia, WA
  7. Standing on the Moon
  8. Zero
  9. Sunflower, Vol. 6
  10. How Can I Tell You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Molly Tuttle   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Gabe Noel   Harmonic Bass,Bass,Sarangi
Ketch Secor   Vocals
Cynthia Tolson   Viola,Violin
Tony Berg   Guitar,Keyboards,Guitar (Bass)
Patrick Warren   Keyboards
Z Berg   Vocals
Matt Chamberlain   Drums,Percussion
Taylor Goldsmith   Vocals
Dave Eggar   Cello

Technical Credits

Gabe Noel   Engineer
Molly Tuttle   Engineer
Harry Styles   Composer
Karen Orzolek   Composer
Tahliah Barnett   Composer
Jordan Fann   Design,Art Direction
Thomas Hull   Composer
Will Maclellan   Mixing,Engineer
Zach Pigg   Design,Photography,Art Direction
Ethan Flynn   Composer
Sionnan Wood   Cover Art Concept
Tony Berg   Producer
Patrick Warren   Engineer,String Arrangements
Matt Berninger   Composer
Bryce Dessner   Composer
Lars Frederiksen   Composer
Nick Zinner   Composer
Dino Valenti   Composer
Jerry Garcia   Composer
Matt Chamberlain   Engineer
Arthur Russell   Composer
Brian Chase   Composer
Rich Hinman   Engineer
Keith Richards   Composer
Greg Kurstin   Composer
Robert Hunter   Composer
Matt Freeman   Composer
Yusuf   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Tim Armstrong   Composer
Tony Gillis   Mastering
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