Magnolia Electric Co. live in Munich, 2007 ⚡️ - Photograph by Clemens

“She said I’ve been the stockyard’s pony She said I’ve been the mountain engine’s roll From Chicago to West Virginia I’ve been as lonesome as the world’s first ghost” 🖤 - Photograph by Suzanne Norris

January 22, 2000 - on this day 25 years ago, Songs: Ohia at Earlham Campus, Richmond, IN 🖤 - Photograph by Thomas Heath

Songs: Ohia crossbow tattoo 🏹🖤 - Via Hel Alexandria

January 30, 1999 - Jason performs ‘Constant’ at CD Exchange, Bloomington, IN 🖤 - Footage via Songs: Ohia Video Archive - youtube.com/watch?v=uJoY1w…

A birch owl carving inspired by William Schaff’s artwork for ‘The Magnolia Electric Co.’ 🖤🦉 - Via udoneoguri (reddit)

Some of the earliest known Songs: Ohia show footage taken at Green St. Grill, Cambridge, MA, from the Black Album tour in the summer of 1997 - Footage via Songs: Ohia Video Archive youtube.com/watch?v=4f6Cl_…

Songs: Ohia’s version of ‘Wonderous Love’, taken from the Lioness sessions 🖤 youtube.com/watch?v=xoVfnc…

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Photograph by Angela Lewis 🖤

In today's Static & Distance '..Molinaverse' update, we share some new music recomendations, dig into recent album and show anniversaries, Molina covers, recommended reading and more. 🖤 Read/subscribe here: shorturl.at/Meo5W

Today marks a shared anniversary for two very special early records from Jason’s catalog: Songs: Ohia’s self-titled debut (“The Black Album”), released on this day 28 years ago in 1997 🖤 Songs: Ohia’s ‘Impala’, released 27 years ago on this day in 1998 🌴 Secretly Canadian

20 years of Magnolia Electric Co.’s ‘What Comes After The Blues’ 🖤🕊️ On this day in 2005, the album was first released via Secretly Canadian

April 7th, 2002 - On this day 23 years ago, Jason performs a Songs: Ohia set at 3rd Floor, Wilmington, North Carolina 🖤 - Footage via Songs: Ohia Video Archive youtube.com/watch?v=trcKeD…

With ‘What Comes After The Blues’ recently turning 20, for Static & Distance Erin Osmon reunited with the MECo members and musicians involved to revisit the recording of those special songs 🖤 Subscribe/read here: tinyurl.com/euzzp74d

In the latest Static & Distance ‘..Molinaverse’ update, we share some recommended listening, photographs from the archives, fan stories and more 🖤 Head here to read: tinyurl.com/bdhcx7j3

8th August 2025 will see a vinyl reissue for Songs: Ohia’s 1998 full-length, Impala, via Secretly Canadian 🖤 Long out-of-print, it includes the addition of a remastered demo of ‘Tess’ originally captured during the original recording sessions 🌴 secretlystore.com/songs-ohia-imp…

On this day 27 years ago in 1998: Jason performs at a house show in Connersville, Indiana 🖤 - Footage via Songs: Ohia Video Archive youtu.be/uGkXkQe2kcA?fe…

Photograph by Angela Lewis 🖤

Photograph from the Secretly Canadian archives 🖤