Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
As if Jason Molina’s records as Songs: Ohia or as Magnolia Electric. Co required the services of a full-on band, Molina released this album under his own name. Still, there isn’t much strikingly different about *Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go* and Molina\'s other albums. The pace is slow. The songs are downcast. The chords are minor or suspended—rarely, if ever, reaching a major chord for resolution. Despite the poetry, some of Molina\'s best vocal moments are the wordless ones where he attempts to reach a falsetto. “Get Out Get Out Get Out,” in particular, nails down the sense of a man living down a lonely hall in a prison of his own misery. Molina obsesses about love that can’t work and a life that desperately needs a change of scenery; it\'s not forthcoming with an author so stuck in his ways. The sublime moments are here, if you have the patience to find them.
Magnolia Electric Co. and Songs:Ohia singer-songwriter takes a few steps away from his recent full, collaborative sound.