Letting Off The Happiness (A Companion) Ambient one of Australia's longest-lived and

one of Australia's longest-lived and most consistently experimental bands has mutated once again

is one of the rarest and most coveted albums on the highly collectible Black Jazz Records label—it's Thompson's debut record

among many others

The session's highlights include honoring his friends John Coltrane ("Mode to John") and Thelonious Monk ("The High Priest")

Strange Peace

Letting Off The Happiness (A Companion) Ambient one of Australia's longest-lived andBright Eyes have announced an extensive reissue re recording project on Dead Oceans. The revered band will reissue all nine of their studio albums as a Companion series that gives Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott a chance to revisit some of their earlier material and re work it entirely with the occasional addition of some talented friends. Each Companion EP also includes a cover version of an artist they found particularly inspiring at