{"product_id":"the-welcome-wagon-esther-pink-coloured-vinyl","title":"The Welcome Wagon - Esther [Pink coloured vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Coloured Vinyl LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: AKR149LP-C1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 0729920165711\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 04 Nov 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Folk\/Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Esther’, the latest effort from Brooklyn duo The Welcome Wagon, is as much about homecoming as it is about making peace with - and a home in - uncertainty. The project had its beginnings in the summer of 2017, when the family took a two-month sabbatical to California. In reflecting upon that time, Pastor Vito Aiuto says “It felt like we had been changed, and so to go home was going to be alright.” Shortly after returning to Brooklyn, he found himself holding his guitar and allowing his fingers to play a few notes that just felt… right. Then the pandemic hit, and Vito’s strumming, lyrics, and thoughts became the soundtrack of the family’s lockdown lives. Though Monique had given up painting a decade prior, she felt an urge to go home as well, to reconnect not just with an artistic identity but with her midwestern family. She began using pieces from a collection of her late grandmother Esther’s treasures to create large-scale collages, beautiful, evocative, and almost haunting in\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etheir pastiche of the past.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Esther’ was born out of this wellspring of creativity and homecoming, exploring the profound knowing and equally profound mystery in both family and faith. In ‘Esther’, the questioning is the destination, and it is one where peace can be found and home - and art - can be made. There’s a salve there. There is music. There are moments of grace, large and small.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pink coloured 140g vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsaiah, California\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBethlehem, a Noble City\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKnocking on the Door of Love\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHave Mercy on Us\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConsolation Blues\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatthew 7:7\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Know You Know\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoble Tree\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLebanon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNunc Dimittis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asthmatic Kitty Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42071809687708,"sku":"AKR149LP-C1","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_9640e112-9b64-487a-9f14-39f9323345c7.jpg?v=1665497567","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/the-welcome-wagon-esther-pink-coloured-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}