David Lord — Way Over the Rainbow

CLD001
Written By David Lord

Release date: 12/12/2025

TRACKLIST

  1. Over the Rainbow

  2. Brush Footed Butterfly

  3. Blood Red Cortinarius 

  4. The Rooting Hebeloma

  5. Dwarf Blue Globe

  6. The Ringless Armillaria

  7. First Level of Unfoldment

  8. Dimensions of a Landscape

  9. Elegant Tricholoma 

  10. Vital Energetic Structure

  11. Second Level of Unfoldment 

CREDITS

David Lord- classical guitar, electric guitar, glockenspiel
Jeff Parker- electric guitar (2, 7, 11)
Dale Black- bass
Charles Rumback- drums
Sam Hake- vibraphone (8)

recorded & mixed by David Lord at Air House, Wichita, KS 
additional recording on 2, 7 & 11 by Chris Schlarb and Devin O’Brien at BIG EGO, Long Beach, CA
mastered by JJ Golden 
cover art by Chiara Francesca 
design and layout by Kristyn Chapman 

PRESS

“For his first album since wrapping up the Forest Standards series, Wichita guitarist David Lord looks to the sky. Though featuring some familiar Forest facets- Jeff Parker plays on three tracks, and a few songs are named after mushrooms- Way Over the Rainbow mainly deals in departures. Lord’s longtime drummer, the great Chad Taylor, is absent, with Chicago free jammer Charles Rumback in his place, and bassist Dale Black is a newcomer as well. While the four Forest Standards albums often gave the spotlight to other instruments like flute, alto sax and vibraphone, this outing focuses squarely on Lord’s elliptical, thorny and curiously melodic guitar, now grown mellow and more spacious yet just as intense. The debut release on Lord’s own label Cloud Ear Records, Way Over the Rainbow marks a promising new path through the stratosphere.” -Reed Jackson, Aquarium Drunkard

“David Lord releases Way Over the Rainbow, a quietly expansive album that frames guitar-led composition within a chamber-like sense of space and restraint. Across its slow-moving contours, tonal clarity and gentle repetition replace virtuosity, allowing melodies to surface as soft phenomena rather than declarations. Subtle harmonic interplay and patient pacing give the music a suspended quality, where each note feels carefully placed, resonant, and allowed to fade on its own terms. Recorded with intimate precision and finished with a light, unforced touch, Way Over the Rainbow unfolds as a contemplative listening space—measured, lucid, and quietly luminous.” -Nicola Orlandino, sonofmarketing

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