Vermont-based singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and Chicagoan Rachel Ries met at a Texas campfire in 2004 and have toured together, for camaraderie and to share touring expenses. “People kept saying, ‘you girls should make a recording,’” says Mitchell. “So finally we did!”
The split country e.p. is released on a unique format: a CD version of all five tracks is accompanied by a 7” vinyl record that includes three tracks. The 7” component was important to the artists. “We knew it wasn’t the most rational or efficient way to put the recording out there,” says Ries, “but we both felt there was something worthwhile about the tactile quality of vinyl and lacquer.” Adds Mitchell, “Beauty is inefficient.”
