| Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 7, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Ireland | |||
| Genre | Folk [1] | |||
| Length | 63:16 | |||
| Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
| Bonny Light Horseman chronology | ||||
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Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free is the third studio album by folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, released on June 7, 2024, through Jagjaguwar. It received positive reviews from critics.
The album was written over the span of five months. [2] Most of the album was recorded at the Levis Corner House pub in Ballydehob, Ireland, [3] with additional recording taking place in Los Angeles. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [3] |
| Mojo | [5] |
| Paste | 7.9/10 [6] |
| Uncut | 9/10 [7] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 85 out of 100 from 7 critic scores. [2]
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Mark Deming called it "is state-of-the-art contemporary pop-folk" and felt that, "with each LP Bonny Light Horseman deliver stronger work; deciding to put their songwriting chops to work may be the smartest thing they've done to date." [4] Mojo commented that "Bonny Light Horseman probably could've said just as much over half the tracks, but the fact they had the courage to keep digging ever deeper into their emotional turbulence has bourne spectacular results", [5] while Uncut felt that "only a couple of tracks into Bonny Light Horseman's third album, it's clear this is something special. Beauty erupts from the vocal harmonies of Eric Johnson and Anais Mitchell, who lift the Technicolor folk-rock of 'Lover Take It Easy' into something close to heaven. And then it keeps getting better". [7]
Eric R. Danton of Paste wrote that there is "scarcely a dud among the 18 songs" and "though the album feels long at 63 minutes, Johnson, Kaufman and Mitchell fill that time with reflections on longing, growing older and a pastoral kind of life—all rendered in the soft light and lengthening shadows of a late summer afternoon fading toward evening". [6] Reviewing the album for Exclaim! , Anthony Boire concluded that "the few moments of experimentation are outweighed by an assured grasp of traditional instrumentation, and it works out for the better. This is a well-travelled band firing on all cylinders." [3]
| Publication/critic | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Radio 6 Music | 26 Albums of the Year 2024 | - | [8] |
| Rough Trade UK | Albums of the Year 2024 | 74 | [9] |
| Uncut | 80 Best Albums of 2024 | 53 | [10] |
All tracks are written by Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman, and Eric D. Johnson, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Keep Me on Your Mind" | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Lover Take It Easy" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "I Know You Know" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Grinch / Funeral" (Johanna O'Leary) | 0:08 |
| 5. | "Old Dutch" | 5:50 |
| 6. | "When I Was Younger" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Waiting and Waiting" | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Hare and Hound" | 2:23 |
| 9. | "Rock the Cradle" | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Singing to the Mandolin" | 3:58 |
| 11. | "The Clover" | 3:37 |
| 12. | "Into the O" | 2:48 |
| 13. | "Don't Know Why You Move Me" | 2:50 |
| 14. | "Speak to Me Muse" | 3:00 |
| 15. | "Think of the Royalties, Lads" (Joe O'Leary & Jonathan Parson) | 0:35 |
| 16. | "Tumblin Down" | 3:29 |
| 17. | "I Wanna Be Where You Are" | 3:27 |
| 18. | "Over the Pass" | 3:08 |
| 19. | "Your Arms (All the Time)" | 2:44 |
| 20. | "See You Free" (Mitchell, Kaufman, Johnson, JT Bates, Cameron Ralston) | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 63:16 | |
Bonny Light Horseman
Additional musicians
Technical
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] | 36 |
| Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] | 14 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) [13] | 45 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [14] | 9 |
This combo helps the band combine their historical folk music love with modern sonic touches.
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