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Stream M. Ward & Bright Eyes’ Contributions To The Hottest State

Earlier this week we got a listen of Feist's take on the Jesse Harris-penned "Somewhere Down The Road," part of the Harris-in-covers project hatched by Ethan Hawke for his upcoming big screen novel adaptation The Hottest State. Now you can head tomyspace.com/thehotteststate for more listens, including M. Ward and Conor Oberst's takes on Jesse tunes "Crooked Lines" and "Big Old House," respectively. Really feeling the Bright Eyes cut, one of the soundtrack's absolute highlights -- no small feat considering the artist list (Willie, Emmylou, Mehldau, and Chan). Plus, you can hear Harris's interpretation of his own tune ("One Day"), how quaint. They guy's looking better by the second. Haven't given his new one Feel a spin yet, but that'll change soon. (Ethan, Jesse ... your plan is working.)

The Hottest State Soundtrack is out 8/7 via Hickory. Tracklist below.

01. Rocha - "Ya No Te Veria Mas (Never See You)"
02. Willie Nelson - "Always Seem to Get Things Wrong"
03. Feist - "Somewhere Down the Road"
04. Bright Eyes - "Big Old House"
05. Emmylou Harris - "The Speed of Sound"
06. Jesse Harris - "It Will Stay With Us"
07. The Black Keys - "If You Ever Slip"
08. M. Ward - "Crooked Lines"
09. Norah Jones - "World of Trouble"
10. Brad Mehldau - "Never See You"
11. Cat Power - "It's Alright to Fail"
12. Jesse Harris - "One Day The Dam Will Break"
13. Tony Scherr - "You, The Queen"
14. "Morning In A Strange City (Cafe)" (score)
15. Rocha - "No More
16. Jesse Harris - "Dear Dorothy"
17. Rocha - "Never See You"
18. "There Are No Second Chances" (score)

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