Shovels & Rope - Manticore 04/27/2026 JC But check it: on BLACK

But check it: on BLACK ENCYCLOPEDIA she's joined by a wide-range of friends

and friends

The aptly-named Moon-Drenched is the second installment from these sessions and keeps a heavy-lidded late night perspective on things as it eases from the somewhat familiar liminal twilight of skittering hues of black-blue and snaking street groove

It's heartfelt but fun

Shovels & Rope - Manticore 04/27/2026 JC But check it: on BLACKVinyl LP pressing. 2022 release from Charleston, SC rock duo Shovels & Rope. Originally planned as a stripped down acoustic leaning release, Manticore's tracks were written prior to the pandemic, but recorded during it, when Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst suddenly had much more time at their disposal. The duo reimagined the original arrangements, resulting in 10 new songs that range in sound from heartbreaking, stark piano to rollicking hard rock