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Get the new album along with the Staples Jr. Singers' family tree poster (newspaper, folded in fourths). First pressing comes with a booklet of photographs by Adam Wissing and notes by Anton Spice.
Includes digital pre-order of Searching.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around June 14, 2024
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$24.99USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Ships from US, EU, and UK.
First pressing comes with a booklet of photographs by Adam Wissing and notes by Anton Spice!
Includes digital pre-order of Searching.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around June 14, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$22.99USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Ships from US, EU, and UK.
Booklet includes photographs by Adam Wissing and notes by Anton Spice.
Includes digital pre-order of Searching.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around June 14, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$13.99USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of Searching. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases June 14, 2024
$10USD or more
1.
Living In This World Alone feat. Annie Brown Caldwell
I was lost
In a world of sin
But Jesus (Jesus)
Took me in
I was blind
And I could not see
You know that (Jesus)
Took me in (it’s what I had to do)
You know what I done
I had to go down on my knees
And I called on the lord
and these are the words I did
You know I kept on (searchin’)
Lord I kept on (searchin’)
You see (searchin’)
Something got a hold to me
And I couldn’t hold my peace (searchin’)
Lord I know it was something on the inside of me (searchin’)
Workin’ on the outside
And I know it weren’t nothin’ but Jesus (searchin’)
I just tried to to keep on, keep on (searchin’)
Somebody cried one Monday (oh, searchin’)
Monday’s alright, y’all, somebody said it were on Tuesday (searchin’)
Yeah, but Tuesday alright too, somebody said Wednesday (searchin’)
Yeah, yeah
But it was late one Thursday night (searchin’)
When I found the lord (found him)
Y’know I found him
I found the lord (found him)
Yes I did
Late one Thursday night (oh, found him)
Something got a hold to me and it wouldn’t turn me loose (found him)
Y’know when you get something good on the inside
You can’t keep it on the inside (found him)
You got to run and tell somebody (found him)
Somebody out there, if you feel the way I feel, yeah (found him)
Lord, if I were you, if I were you (found him)
Still walkin’ around and singin’
I search your heart (found him)
Yes I will, yes I will
I keep on searchin’ (found him)
Yes I will, yes I will
Until I found him (found him)
God is good tonight
He is so good (found him)
So good to me
I can tell the world (found him)
I love him, I love him
I can’t, I can’t give him up (found him)
Come on y’all, come on y’all (found him)
(Found him)
(Found him)
Yes sir, yes sir
Thank you, thank you, thank you
(Found him)
3.
You Got To Believe
4.
Walk Around Heaven
5.
I've Got a Feeling
6.
Don't Need No Doctor
7.
I Don't Need Nobody But You
8.
Get On Board
about
It happens at times that a stone cold classic from a bygone era gets rediscovered. But how often does that rediscovery happen when the band is still around? And how often does it lead to a new album? That’s the surprising circumstance behind the Staples Jr. Singers’ long-awaited second album, Searching (out June 14).
You likely know the Staples Jr. Singers—the family band from Aberdeen, Mississippi—from their first and only record, 1975’s When Do We Get Paid (Luaka Bop, 2022). They made that record themselves when they were only teenagers. Finally, in a moment they’ve been waiting for most of their lives, the family is back with their sophomore album. Recorded in 2023 in West Point, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee, and produced by Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, the first pressing comes with a booklet of photos by Adam Wissing and notes by Anton Spice.
credits
releases June 14, 2024
Edward Brown - vocals
Annie Brown Caldwell - vocals
R.C. Brown - vocals, guitar
Troy Brown - background vocals
Gary Brown - bass
Jaylin Brown - drums
Mickey Smay - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Steve Daly - resonator guitar, baritone guitar, pedal steel
Parker James - vibraphone
Gerald Jenkins - Hammond B-3
This record was lovingly recorded at The Message Center as a family in West Point, Mississippi, October 2023.
Produced by Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab
Engineered by Albert Di Fiore
Mastered and lacquer cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman
Executive Produced by Yale Evelev and Eric Welles-Nyström
Liner Notes by Anton Spice
Eliza Grace Martin is the soul of the operation
Designed by Paul Tyree-Francis
Photographs by Adam Wissing. West Point, Mississippi, Oct 2023.
Props to Jacques Lang, who spent every day of our recording session with a camera on his shoulder.
Thanks to Mrs. Linda Brown, R.C.’s wife, and Mrs. Jewel Brown, Edward’s wife, for absolutely everything. And thanks to R.C.’s daughter Ms. Sondra Brown, Troy’s eldest son Treyvon Brown, Troy’s younger son Kolton Brown, and R.C.’s grandson Damarion Potts for joining us during the session; to Pastor Elder Orlando C. Pannell of The Message Center, who graciously let us set up in his house of worship; to Annie’s husband Willie Joe Caldwell, Sr., for opening the door every morning and closing it every night; and to Christian Georgiadis of Bacana for sending the band to Europe and to Pierre Chêne for being there with them.
Additional thanks to everyone in West Point, Mississippi, and especially to the Tin Lizzie Café (best pork chops), Pantry 45 (best casserole), Soprano’s Cafe and Billiards pool hall (best jukebox) and Anthony's Market (best blackened catfish). And thanks to Copy Cow and Backstage Music in Starkville, and Buxton’s Music in Aberdeen, where the Staples Jr. Singers used to go as kids and where the son-in-law of Mr. Buxton himself, Lane, can now help get you what you need.
A most sincere and special heartfelt thanks goes to Mrs. Marie Lashaye Brown, Troy’s wife, for covering for Jaylin when he was late for his shift at McDonald’s because our sessions ran over. And thank you to Leslie Gill for helping us tell this story.
We're a family band, born and raised in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Been on the road since 1969 (four generations and counting!). Back when we got our start, in 1975, we had one question on our minds: When Do We Get Paid?
I didn’t even know I was looking for this record, and then it found me. Holy cow, it’s so great. Drum machine and a variety of keyboards, the occasional overdubbed layers of understated vocals, and little skeletons of songs that sound terrific just the way they are. A minimalist odyssey for sure. Markly Morrison
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
