Corb Lund - Modern Pain

Format: LP, Jacket, Full Color Sleeve
Catalogue No.: LPNW5844
Barcode: 607396584413
Release Date: 16 May 2025
Genre: Country / Americana

Modern Pain by Corb Lund, originally released in 1994, is finally getting its first vinyl release after over thirty years. The album by one of Canada’s most beloved and revered songwriters captures the raw and do-it-yourself nature of his early acoustic and folk records. The album showcases songs that range from upbeat, punchy numbers like “Expectation and the Blues,” which was one of the first songs Lund wrote, to sentimental tracks like “We Used to Ride ‘em,” inspired by his father's retirement from steer wrestling. “Modern Pain was my very first record of folk/acoustic/western/non-metal songs. I did it when I was still in my rock band, The Smalls. I made it in a basement on the cheap and it sounds like it,” says Lund, “But I still dig the songs. And it has an innocent, indie charm that there’s no way I could recreate now. They say limitation is good inspiration. I gave away hundreds of these to people in the early days.” This limited edition release is part of the Corb Lund - Dark Horses Club. New West Records will be releasing unreleased records and material from Corb Lund throughout 2025 and 2026.

A1. Expectation and the Blues  A2. We Used to Ride ‘em  A3. Untitled Waltz  A4. Your Game Again  A5. Owlsong  A6. La Souffrance des Gens  B1. Lament for Lester Cousins  B2. Lives of Attrition (The Best We Can Do)  B3. You and Your Creeping  B4. Heavy and Leaving  B5. Waste and Tragedy  B6. Manyberries  B7. Evil In Me