What Comes After the Blues

Infobox Album
Name = What Comes After the Blues
Type = studio
Artist = Magnolia Electric Co.


Released = 2005
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 36:03
Label = Secretly Canadian
Producer = Steve Albini
Reviews =
* Pitchfork Media (6.4/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20231/Magnolia_Electric_Co_What_Comes_After_the_Blues link]
* Allmusic (3.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5qf3zf04eh4k link]
* Junk Media (4/5) [http://www.junkmedia.org/index.php?i=1519 link]
* Paste Magazine (3.5/5) [http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=1764 link]
* Stylus Magazine (B-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2897 link]
Last album = "Trials & Errors"
(2005)
This album = "What Comes After the Blues"
(2005)
Next album = "Fading Trails"
(2006)

"What Comes After the Blues" is the debut full length recording by what became the Magnolia Electric Co. touring line-up and the second album released by Jason Molina under that moniker. Recorded in November 2003 by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.

Track listing

#"The Dark Don't Hide It" – 4:15
#"The Night Shift Lullaby" – 4:33
#"Leave the City" – 4:28
#"Hard to Love a Man" – 4:18
#"Give Something Else Away Every Day" – 4:57
#"Northstar Blues" – 5:08
#"Hammer Down" – 2:41
#"I Can Not Have Seen the Light" – 5:43

Personnel and credits:

* Jason Molina - Electric & acoustic guitar, vocals
* Jennie Benford - Acoustic guitar, vocals
* Mike Brenner - Steel guitar
* Jim Grabowski - Piano, mellotron
* Jason Groth - Electric & acoustic guitar, vocals
* Michael Kapinus - Wurlitzer, piano, trumpet, vocals
* Dan MacAdam - Violin
* Mark Rice - Drums
* Pete Schreiner - Bass

Songs by Jason Molina except "The Night Shift Lullaby" by Jennie Benford