On most days in Ashefield, Mass.

It was the best experience Ive had in the studio.

LaMontagnes latest is another unpredictable career move.

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Its a sprawling, eight-track epic designed to be played on a turntable.

I dont think it works in any way except as a whole.

But LaMontagnes biggest inspiration came from what hes called a prophet-like vision.

I dont regularly practice meditation, he says.

But this is as close as I come.

I get very quiet and talk to whatever energy is out there.

Im here, I say.

If you want to play, lets play!

[Then] little melodies filter down.

Thats how this record happened.

Each night, hell performOuroborosin full, along with earlier material.

I hope [the album] finds its way, quietly, into peoples lives, he says.

I pray it does.