This is Americana the way that the scariest blues and the saddest country records can be.
”Looking back, I realize this is the first of three full length records where I finally understood how I wanted my solo records to sound," says Doe, the co-founder of the Los Angeles punk band X. "We were all thrown into a very small and sweaty room until the songs squeezed through the cracks.”
Neko Case, Kristin Hersh, Cindy Lee Berryhill and Veronica Jane (Doe's then 16-year-old daughter) provide the female side of each story. Exene Cervenka contributed lyrics for "Hwy 5," a midnight-on-the-Interstate duet with Neko. Grant-Lee Phillips and Dave Alvin lend their unique talents to beautiful, heart-wrenching and savage electric songs, respectively. Not for the faint of heart, this album was recorded in hi-contrast black and white and released in 2005 on Yep Roc Records.
In 2025, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet was released on vinyl for the first-time ever in celebration of the album's 20th anniversary. The new vinyl version was pressed on clear teal color vinyl and features the previously unreleased bonus track "Burning House of Love." The album has been remastered for vinyl by Dave McNair and is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide.
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Limited to 3 individually numbered copies.
