Jay Bennett - Kicking at the Perfumed Air / Whatever Happened I Apologize (with the film "Where Are You, Jay Bennett?" [2LP + DVD] (RSD 2022)

A special double LP Record Store Day 2022 exclusive, featuring two albums by the late Jay Bennett (Wilco) alongside the 2021 feature-length documentary Where Are You, Jay Bennett?, packaged in a gatefold jacket.

Where Are You, Jay Bennett?, is a feature-length documentary on Jay Bennett, a legendary musician who, as a member of Wilco, was a large part of the genius behind their three seminal albums (Being There, Summerteeth, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -- he co-wrote most of Summerteeth and YHF with Jeff Tweedy) as well as the Mermaid Avenue/Woody Guthrie sessions with Billy Bragg, and who went on to a critically acclaimed solo career, before dying tragically at the age of 45

Whatever Happened I Apologize is best described by Brian Robbins of JamBands.com: "a departure from much of his past work. Simply put, the master of what-this-track-needs-is-one-more-weird-noise-and-it'll-be-perfect (and staunch defender of vinyl) has offered up a digital-only acoustic album much of it just the man, his guitar, and some pretty open emotions.”

Kicking at the Perfumed Air is a beautiful collection of personal songs that Jay Bennett was working on when he died. Released posthumously, the album was praised for its subtle beauty. Pitchfork said: "But Perfumed works simply because Bennett was such a keen craftsman, his mournfulness so elegantly expressed, and as such, nevertheless serves as a fitting elegy for an under-appreciated and occasionally misunderstood songsmith and musician taken too soon."

Whatever Happened I Apologize:

1 Another Town Another Ride Another Window 3:05
2 I Don't Have The Time 1:51
3 I'll Decorate My Love 3:42
4 The Engines Are Idle 4:51
5 How Dull They Make The Razor 3:01
6 Without The Benefit Of Sight 4:39
7 Hank 2:23
8 Talk And Talk And Talk 4:55
9 Wicket World 3:51
10 Little Blue Pills

Kicking at the Perfumed Air

1 Diamond Smiles
2 Second-Last Call
3 Twice A Year
4 Mirror Ball
5 Footprints
6 Hotel Song
7 Invitation
8 When Heaven Hel The World
9 M Plates
10 Cartoon Physics
11 Beer