{"id":807168,"date":"2020-05-06T12:51:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=994707"},"modified":"2020-05-06T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:51:28","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-cass-mccombs-the-wine-of-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-cass-mccombs-the-wine-of-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Cass McCombs, \u2018The Wine of Lebanon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-06-at-11.07.46-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cass-mccombs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cass-mccombs\" data-tag=\"cass-mccombs\">Cass McCombs<\/a> gets listeners drunk on ceremonial wine with his new standalone track, \u201cThe Wine of Lebanon.\u201d The song is a drunken pagan rumination on endings and beginnings, birth and death \u2014 using only his hushed voice and a modest collection of instruments, McCombs conjures an otherworldly in-between realm teetering on the edge of salvation.<\/p>\n<p>The song trips in on a wobbling piano line, but the discord is dismissed when McCombs opens his mouth. His voice is singularly lovely, as usual, as he wonders: \u201cWhat\u2019s left when fortune fair returns a thief?\u201d he sings. \u201cProvidence is too brief\/What\u2019s left of grief?\u201d The chorus is a simple incantation of the title, answering his previous questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s left when harvest tugs upon her yoke?\u201d he continues, the personification of the season adding a dash of paganism into the mix. \u201cCruel gardens around her choke\/What\u2019s left to hope?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another chorus and a plush instrumental follows, boasting that same drunken piano line \u2014 overlaid with synths, drums, and guitar. Despite the only strings being six, it sounds like an orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>The tail end of the song breaks down into the chorus again \u2014 a wine-sodden bacchanal on the edge of chaos \u2014 then follows a tornado of instruments that veers toward total breakdown before pulling back and ending on a sweet note. Balance is restored. Life beats death out in the end.<\/p>\n<p><em>Find a playlist of all of our recent Songs You Need to Know selections&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4z2ebTTKukc34eMDlqrnW4?si=mwZhc_Q_TeeZkOYCOwBiXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">on Spotify.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/cass-mccombs-the-wine-of-lebanon-994707\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cass McCombs gets listeners drunk on ceremonial wine with his new standalone track, \u201cThe Wine of Lebanon.\u201d The song is a drunken pagan rumination on endings and beginnings, birth and death \u2014 using only his hushed voice and a modest collection of instruments, McCombs conjures an otherworldly in-between realm teetering on the edge of salvation. 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