The Dead Tongues - "Hard Times, Sore Eyes" - The Resonance Sessions

The Resonance Sessions is a powerful collection of live recordings featuring 35 regional musicians, captured in the weathered shell of the Old Marshall Jail. Recorded over four days following Hurricane Helene and born from the shared experience of surviving a devastating storm, these sessions hold a heartfelt intimacy as each artist, deeply rooted in Western North Carolina, brings forth a raw, local perspective on resilience through their music.

The performances resonate with emotional intensity, the audio reverberating hauntingly through the space. Room mics capture the jail’s natural acoustics as well as the ambient sounds of tractors and passing military convoys, layering a heavy sense of place into each track.
The project represents a labor of love, grief and resilience, performed, recorded, filmed and produced by Western North Carolina artists.

Hard Times, Sore Eyes by The Dead Tongues is our very first live performance video released from this collection.

“God damn it's a beautiful life, it's a beautiful thing to survive.” Such a beautiful sentiment to kick off these recordings with. This powerful performance blends together vocals, guitar, harmonium, and harmonica - all played together, echoing throughout The Old Marshall Jail Hotel.

It’s a poignant reminder that life is worth living, even when times get tough. Thinking of our entire community and how we are still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene.

This is the first of many more video releases to come, leading up to the mid-March release of the Resonance Sessions digital and triple vinyl albums.

Pre-Order yours now at: https://resonancesessions.bandcamp.com/

Performance by: The Dead Tongues
Directed by: Aaron Stone
Produced by: Clay White, Caroline Aylward, Molly Nagel-Driessen, Anna Pearson, and Ali Marshall
Engineered by: Bridger Dunnagan (Parkway Studios) and Luke Mitchell (Out There Studios)

Executive Producer and Vinyl Coordination: Gar Ragland and Citizen Vinyl
Support from: Blackwing Pencils, Virginia Sargent Reynolds Foundation, Vinyl key

Net Proceeds Support: The Madison County Arts Council, and Rare Bird Cultural Arts