Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free explained

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bonny Light Horseman
Cover:	Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind.png
Alt:	A painting of the face of a woman with a black bob haircut.
Studio:	Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Ireland
Genre:	Folk^[1]
Length:	63:16
Label:	Jagjaguwar
Prev Title:	Rolling Golden Holy
Prev Year:	2022

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free is the third studio album by folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, released on June 7, 2024, through Jagjaguwar. It received positive reviews from critics.

Writing and recording

The album was written over the span of five months. Most of the album was recorded at the Levis Corner House pub in Ballydehob, Ireland, with additional recording taking place in Los Angeles.

Critical reception

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free received a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, which the website categorized as "universal acclaim". Mojo commented that "Bonny Light Horseman probably could've said just as much over half the tracks, but the fact they had the courage to keep digging ever deeper into their emotional turbulence has bourne spectacular results", while Uncut felt that "only a couple of tracks into Bonny Light Horseman's third album, it's clear this is something special. Beauty erupts from the vocal harmonies of Eric Johnson and Anais Mitchell, who lift the Technicolor folk-rock of 'Lover Take It Easy' into something close to heaven. And then it keeps getting better".

Eric R. Danton of Paste wrote that there is "scarcely a dud among the 18 songs" and "though the album feels long at 63 minutes, Johnson, Kaufman and Mitchell fill that time with reflections on longing, growing older and a pastoral kind of life—all rendered in the soft light and lengthening shadows of a late summer afternoon fading toward evening". Reviewing the album for Exclaim!, Anthony Boire concluded that "the few moments of experimentation are outweighed by an assured grasp of traditional instrumentation, and it works out for the better. This is a well-travelled band firing on all cylinders."

Personnel

Bonny Light Horseman

• Anaïs Mitchell – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–14, 16–20), guitar (3, 5, 8–11, 16, 18, 19)
• Eric D. Johnson – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–14, 16–20), guitar (3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18), synthesizer (3, 7, 11), Wurlitzer (5, 17), piano (5, 20), banjo (8, 9)
• Josh Kaufman – production (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5–12, 16–18), piano (2, 6, 7, 14, 17–19), Wurlitzer (3, 7, 9, 10, 13), mandolin (3, 8, 18), vocals (5, 8–10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20), synthesizer (5, 17, 20), harmonica (5, 17), harmonium (7, 12), organ (10, 11, 17, 18, 20), bass (10, 17, 20); keyboards, loops (10); tambourine (12), Hammond organ (16), vibraphone (19)

Additional musicians

• JT Bates – drums (tracks 1–3, 5–14, 16–20), percussion (2, 3, 5, 7–11, 13, 14, 16, 18–20), vocals (5, 14), congas (7)
• Mike Lewis – bass (tracks 1, 3, 12, 13, 16–18), saxophone (2, 10, 14), vocals (14)
• Annie Nero – bass (tracks 2, 19), vocals (2)
• Nathan Vanderpool – vocals (tracks 2, 5, 14), guitar (18)
• Cameron Ralston – bass (tracks 5–9, 11, 14), vocals (5, 14), guitar (19)
• Levis Town Chorus – vocals (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 14)
• Molly O'Mahony – tambourine (track 5)
• Gillian Pelkonen – vocals (track 5)

Technical

• D. James Goodwin – mastering, mixing
• Bella Blasko – engineering
• Gillian Pelkonen – engineering
• Nathan Vanderpool – engineering

Charts

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Peak position
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[2]	14

Notes and References

1. Bonny Light Horseman's Illustrious Harmony Vocal Connection Leads Sincere Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free (Album Review). Glide Magazine. Donohue. Shawn. June 6, 2024. June 11, 2024. This combo helps the band combine their historical folk music love with modern sonic touches..
2. Web site: Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 24. Sverigetopplistan. June 15, 2024.