Singer-songwriting ingenue, M. Ward just revealed plans for the new follow-up to 2012’s successful, A Wasteland Companion.  Slated to hit stores everywhere, March 4 via Merge Records, the aptly titled: More Rain will feature Ward‘s new-cut, “Girl From Conejo Valley.”

Originally conceived as a “Do-It-Yourself” doo-wop record, More Rain follows M. Ward‘s vocal-phrasings into a multi-layered conjecture, pushing-upward through both dynamic and tempo-driven sensibilities.  Careening a sonically-ambitious catechism, while thoroughly embracing the last 15-years of his life amid a perennially-damp Portland, Oregon, this folk-crooner relays the inevitability of its morose existence.

Calling to task only the greatest of collaborative-players, Ward issued the gifts of: R.E.M‘s Peter Buck, Neko Case, k.d. lang, The Secret Sisters, and Joey Spampinato of NRBQ to further propel his ever-growing artistic tendencies toward experimentation of an off-kelter persona.

Ward‘s new “Girl From Conejo Valley” features a fit-of-nostalgia:

M. Ward discusses the given-thematics of his new record during a press release:

“I think one of the biggest mysteries of America right now is this:  How are we able to process unending bad news on Page One and then go about our lives the way the Style section portrays us?”

M. Ward continues:

“There must be a place in our brains that allows us to take a bird’s-eye view of humanity, and I think music is good at helping people – myself included – go to that place.”

More Rain
01. More Rain
02. Pirate Dial
03. Time Won’t Wait
04. Confession
05. I’m Listening (Child’s Theme)
06. Girl from Conejo Valley
07. Slow Driving Man
08. You’re So Good To Me
09. Temptation
10. Phenomenon
11. Little Baby
12. I’m Going Higher