New Daniel Lanois album released digitally in CD-quality :: Music News :: Articles

Still angry about that 160 kbps lump of coal that Radiohead dumped down your chimney this October? Well has Daniel Lanois got a holiday gift for you! The famed producer/songwriter will release his sixth solo album, Here Is What Is, as a digital download at RedFloorRecords.com. The big news? It's available as a batch of CD-quality .wav files, which should be enough to satisfy even the staunchest audiophile.

This release marks the first time that an artist has gone to the trouble of keeping digital files CD-quality. Here Is What Is arrives online Dec. 15 for the price of $9.99, which is approximately how much one of those shoddy iTunes .mp3 albums costs. There will also be a physical release of the record, slated for March 18.

The album features Lanois playing alongside drummer Brian Blade and virtuoso session keyboardist Garth Hudson (formerly of The Band). Here Is What Is soundtacks the film of the same name, which Lanois co-directed. The flick debuted at this year's Toronto Film Festival, and will be out on DVD March 18. Included from the film are "philosophical interludes" and "inspiring conversations with Brian Eno," according to the album's press release.

Here is what the tracklisting is:

1. Chest Of Drawers
2. Where Will I Be
3. Here Is What Is
4. Not Fighting Anymore
5. Beauty
6. Blue Bus
7. Lovechild
8. Harry
9. Bells
10. This May Be The Last Time
11. Smoke #6
12. I Like That
13. Duo Glide
14. Bladesteel
15. Moondog
16. Sacred And Secular
17. Joy
18. Luna Samba