Daniel Johnston had trouble staying in school. He attended both Kent State and Abilene Christian for short periods of time before returning home with his inability to stay in school rooted in his psychological health. Micah P. Hinson is another member of the Abilene Christian Dropouts Who Would Go On to Have Relatively Successful Music Careers Contingency though his reasons for dropping out are due in part to drug abuse and the misguidance of "shady women".
Micah learned to play the guitar at the age of 11, taking after his older brother. Playing music became one of his methods for coping with living in a small community along with skateboarding and drug use. In 2000 while Hinson's life was still unfocused, he recorded a demo and handed it off to musician, record label owner, and friend JP Lapham. Convinced of his talent, Lapham took on the management of Micah's career and began shopping him around to record labels. Sketchbook Records in the UK eventually took interest and signed Hinson in 2003.
Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress saw release in 2004 along with two singles. The Gospel of Progress (a possible reference to Micah's backing band during these sessions) is a break up album. Each song is lyrically minimal, usually only consisting of one verse, one cry of the heart. The thoughts are anguished, depressed and morbid. They are all searching through different emotional lenses for a love that isn't reciprocated. Musically, all the songs start out just as minimally, just Micah, his baritone, and his guitar, but they all grow new and different layers swelling and filling the songs out with orchestration and overlayed vocals (sometimes his own breaking tenor or the soft, dismissive voice of Sarah Lowes). Micah would quickly follow up his debut album by rerecording his demo and releasing it as an EP The Baby & the Satellite in 2005.
Here is the discography surrounding Micah P. Hinson's debut album:
The Cranes (2003 compilation appearance)
The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea (2004 single)
Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress
Beneath the Rose (2004 single)
The Baby & the Satellite (2005 EP)
Yard of Blonde Girls (2006 single/compilation appearance)
"Beneath the Rose" by Micah P. Hinson
"The Day Texas Sank to the Bottom of the Sea" by Micah P. Hinson
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