Haley Heynderickx / Max Garcia Conover: What of Our Nature

""tissue paper, onionskin, gift-wrap, napkins, concert programs, and even place mats"-scraps of ballads, union songs, and protest hymns for the next generation to sing. Guthrie's prolific posthumous catalog has meant that, at the invitation of his daughter and archivist, Nora Guthrie, contemporary musicians like Billy Bragg & Wilco, Del McCoury, the Klezmatics, and the Dropkick Murphys have tried on Guthrie's unsung lyrics over the years to find that his messages of radical humanism still fit perfectly."

"To write "in the spirit of Woody Guthrie"-as Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover aspire to do on their new collaborative LP, What of Our Nature-is a different undertaking than Mermaid Avenue or Del and Woody, requiring not only creative interpretation but political imagination. Heynderickx and Conover take the task seriously. On 10 spirited tracks that address topics like mass marketing, labor history,"

"Heynderickx and Conover first collaborated on the 2018 EP Among Horses III, an intimate, mystical jewel box showcasing their respective gifts for hypnotism. Heynderickx's plaintive warble, which evokes folk singers like Shirley Collins, is her primary instrument; Conover's songs unfold in incantatory, tumbling rhythms that recall the verbose pleasure of Adrianne Lenker. On Among Horses, Conover and Heynderickx's common ground was covered in papaya trees and praying mantises, castles and gh"

Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover collaborate on What of Our Nature, a ten-track LP inspired by Woody Guthrie's unfinished lyrics and radical humanism. The record addresses mass marketing, labor history, and the struggle for Puerto Rican independence through protest folk grounded in democratic songwriting. Heynderickx contributes a plaintive warble that evokes Shirley Collins, while Conover supplies incantatory, tumbling rhythms reminiscent of Adrianne Lenker. The duo previously worked on the 2018 EP Among Horses III, which showcased intimate, mystical textures. The new album renews Guthrie's commitment to political imagination without resurrecting his exact words.

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