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Mark Mattson did not originally set out to make an elegy to family and friends lost in recent years, but early on realized this was the direction in which the work with the Tall Grass Captains was leading. "The songs were all coming out with this turbulent, restless, sometimes melancholy and sometimes menacing undercurrent. On top of this I was piling layers of pretty melodies with intersnaking counterpoints. I realized this was how I was trying to impose some order onto these shattering, unexpected experiences that take you all over the map emotionally. Initially I resisted that notion--mostly because it seemed almost too obvious! But once I faced it and gave into it, the whole shape and reason for the record--for even why I was doing music--materialized. And it just took over." The result, She Moved Through, is fearless, otherworldly, and ambitious in an way that feels both humorous and grave. Mattson’s songs on She Moved Through reflect the experiences of an urba...