This is a preorder. Albums can be picked up or will be mailed out upon street date. Order by 2/13/26 to get by 2/27/26.

Label: Secretly Canadian

Celebrating twenty years since its release, Magnolia Electric Co.’s Hard to Love a Man will be expanded and available for the first time on vinyl in February 2026. This anniversary release of the band’s first EP includes three additional tracks: remastered demos of “31 Seasons in the Minor Leagues,” previously titled as “Tonight I’m So Down,” and “Lonesome Valley,” recorded at Echo Park Studios in Indiana during the Hard to Love a Man sessions, as well as “One Thin Dime,” recorded during the Black Ram sessions at Sound of Music Recording Studios in Richmond, Virginia. ‘Working class rock’ is a phrase used frequently to describe The Magnolia Electric Co. Categorically, the band has secured their place amongst like-minded icons such as Bob Seger, CCR, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, but it's not merely an aesthetic description. Magnolia backs it up with their work ethic. Amazingly, The Magnolia Electric Co. will have been on the road eight months by the end of 2005. This fact is most apparent to the band members themselves having been away from their homes and their loved ones for such extended periods of time. Hence the significance of the title track. When Jason Molina assumes the perspective of the one he left behind on "Hard To Love A Man” and sings: “It was hard to love a man like you / Goodbye was half the words you knew / While you were waiting for me not to call / I sent my love,” the loneliness and guilt of separation is painfully obvious. The wounded feminine voice of Jennie Benford, coupled with Jason Groth's sweeping guitar and Mike Kapinus' mournful organ dramatically reiterate this sentiment. Mark Rice and Pete Schreiner deliver their signature tight and tasteful rhythm and Nicole Evans adds a new and dynamic voice.

Track Listing:

1. Hard To Love A Man
   
2. Bowery
   
3. Doing Something Wrong
   
4. 31 Seasons In The Minor Leagues
   
5. Werewolves Of London
   
6. 31 Seasons in the Minor Leagues (Tonight I'm So Down) (Demo)
   
7. One Thin Dime (Black Ram Session)
   
8. Lonesome Valley (Echo Park Full Band Demo)