"Fruits of My Labor" brings us way back down to earth. A Haj i Ji cover of the great Lucinda Williams’ original, vocals interpreted by Meaghan, weeping guitar solo from Jon Margulies and stripped down drum performance from River, it’s a little bit country, a little bit blues, all heart. In many ways the most viscerally emotional track on the album, it brings us home on a satisfying note, where we can savor the fruits of this dip into the depths. After Haj and Meaghan’s exodus from NYC-on-the-spot scene-ness to the west coast's open country, this song became an unofficial anthem of that journey, the very shift which prompted “Reports of My Demise.” Though not an original, Haj and crew have made it their own, and it is indeed an offering of palpable love, of the fruits of the labor of the On The Perch family.
from
Reports Of My Demise...,
released September 20, 2016
Haj i Ji - Fruits Of My Labor (feat. Meaghan Williams)
from the Reports Of My Demise... EP (out 9.20.16)
© 2016 On The Perch Records
written by Lucinda Williams
vocals - Meaghan Williams
electric/acoustic guitars - Jon Margulies
drums - Rob Chamberlain
vocals, guitars recorded at On The Perch Studios, Sonoma, CA
drums recorded at Sound Pure Studios, Durham, NC
mixed by Jon Margulies, Hobo Technologies, Los Angeles, CA
mastered by Audible Oddities, Oakland, CA
artwork by HÄANA