John Carroll Kirby - Piano Works 2016-2026 NEW REGENCY ORCHESTRA Olsen riding a pouncing rhythm

Olsen riding a pouncing rhythm before emerging from the turbulence with a burst of wordless cries that carry the song to its finish

The album was all about stillness

following a medical emergency in 2024 when Oberst was battling vocal problems - it was the first thing he wanted to sing after his illness

or pirate radio waves

It opens with the submerged

John Carroll Kirby - Piano Works 2016-2026 NEW REGENCY ORCHESTRA Olsen riding a pouncing rhythmPiano Works 2016 2026 collects fourteen impromptu pieces by composer and producer John Carroll Kirby, written whenever he had the opportunity to sit at a piano while on the road. These mostly solo works for piano were recorded in Los Angeles, Rome, Tokyo, Wollongong (Australia), rural New Zealand and London. Piano Works marks a departure from the full band sound of recent albums Blowout and Septet, which Kirby has spent the past years performing live