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Gray Lodge Wisdom

by Will Stratton

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Zac Amazing songwriting, amazing guitar playing. I've been listening to this album all summer, great for a road trip. Favorite track: Gray Lodge Wisdom (feat. The Weather Station).
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Jeremy / HI54LOFI You don't need to know about Will's battle with the big C to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of this record… but when you do, it sure does add an extra layer on top of things. Favorite track: Gray Lodge Wisdom (feat. The Weather Station).
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Rodrigo de Sá The point of listening to music since even I was born, may have been because one day I would be listening to Gray Lodge Wisdom. More than a remarkable album, it's an anthem to life. Favorite track: Gray Lodge Wisdom (feat. The Weather Station).
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Ben Seretan This album will make your heart work better Favorite track: Yeah, I'll Requite Your Love.
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released April 29, 2014

“Gray Lodge Wisdom is a deeply assured and ambitious collection of prismatic folk tunes that should possess emotional weight even for listeners who don’t know Stratton’s backstory...the best album of his career.”

- Stephen M. Deusner, Wondering Sound

“There’s much to love in Stratton’s “Gray Lodge Wisdom,” the year’s strongest folk record...much of the album is a dense and intimate tangle of Stratton’s guitar playing, but the richly arranged title track is all open, unbroken sunshine, the sound of warmth returning after months behind the clouds.”

- David Greenwald, The Oregonian

“Will’s songwriting occupies a territory which defies a specific genre or era. Though the arrangement choices on some of the songs (the maelstrom string loops of the title track, for example) ground it firmly in a contemporary field, the actual melody and core elements could have been composed in the 1970s, and still be relevant and resonant today...no schmaltz here, just simple, timeless, beautiful songs.”

- Dani Charlton, Amazing Radio

“Gray Lodge Wisdom serves as a reminder of youthful optimism and persistence. Its eight songs prove that at the most basic level, vivid storytelling paired with compelling instrumentation are still the stuff good songs are made of.”

- Hilary Saunders, Paste Magazine

Will Stratton: guitar, piano, vocals, mixing, engineering, other instruments, string arrangement on "Gray Lodge Wisdom"
Tamara Lindeman (The Weather Station): guest verse (vocals and lyrics) on "Gray Lodge Wisdom"
Maia Friedman: vocals on "Yeah, I'll Requite Your Love"
Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins): vocals on "The Arrow Darkens"
Rob Moose: violin
Maxim Moston: violin
Nadia Sirota: viola
Clarice Jensen: cello
Sarah Kirkland Snider: string arrangements on "Yeah I'll Requite Your Love" and "The Arrow Darkens"
Nico Muhly: string arrangement on "Do You Love Where You Live?"
Alexander Overington: string arrangement on "Dreams Of Big Sur"
Aaron Roche: trombone on "Fate Song"
Kieran Kelly: additional engineering

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Management: Simon and Abbey Raymonde (bellaunionmgmt@gmail.com)

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