Manticore

Acclaimed rock duo Shovels and Rope release of their highly anticipated album, Manticore (Dualtone Music). Originally planned as a stripped-down, acoustic-leaning release, the songs on Manticore were written before the pandemic but recorded during. With the unplanned allotment of time, the celebrated duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst reimagined the initial arrangements, resulting in 10 new songs that carve out their own distinct place in the Shovels and Rope canon in both sound and subject matter. Opening the album is the pulsating first single "Domino," which looks at the iconic legend surrounding the death of James Dean. While "Domino" shoots out of the gate ablaze, Manticore is a more intimate album speaking to the human experience, some of it deeply personal. As fans have come to expect from Shovels and Rope, they hold nothing back. Their character-driven narratives