tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905972024-03-15T15:56:36.631-04:00Team Clermont's The Cropper-The Indie Music blog -by Bill Benson, Nelson Wells, Athens GAThe original indie music zine featuring indie music, band interviews, music news, and everything indie pop. Formed in Athens, Georgia in the early 2000's we've even been known to have Ontario pickled pork and Pabst Blue Ribbon on hand. Don't be shy. Tell us why we should feature your music, new release, or freshest baked good. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367259090007150733noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15790597.post-57114026107918642992021-12-08T10:52:00.005-05:002021-12-08T10:52:55.023-05:00The Flops "Girl, I Need To Know"<br>The Flops
<br>"Girl, I Need To Know"
<br>Release Date: 01/07/22
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<br>The Flops formed in December of 2019 out of a garage. The first two members, Tony Boll and Preston Fauver had been co-workers, slaving away, at the hell hole that is Red Lobster. Tony had been playing music for over a decade and truly began to pursue his career in New York City. First he was a part of a four piece rock group, Company, but after a slow start with this group, he left and started a solo career as a folk artist under the name Bodeen Trout. He released two projects under this name. However, when financial concerns took him out of New York, he returned to Virginia where he met Preston Fauver.
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<br>Preston, who had only been playing the bass for a year, tossed out the idea of starting a band, initially as a joke, but in time grew more serious. The boys met their drummer, Manny Rey, a trained jazz drummer from Uruguay and the work began. Under this line up the boys released two projects: a self-titled EP, <i>The Flops</i> and a follow-up EP, <i>Salir</i>. The projects were met with positive reviews and sold out shows. ETG Music wrote an article on the Flops stating, "Those who wrongly think that rock is dead, need only to look at The Flops for resounding proof that it's alive; perhaps as good as ever."
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<br>After finishing their full-length album, <i>Stuck In A Room</i>, Manny Rey unfortunately had to move away for family obligations and thus the boys added their newest member, Devin Ritts, a drummer who had previously played with the punk rock group <b>14 Pounds</b>. Now with the lineup finalized the boys are eager to participate in their North East tour with <b>Orange Culture</b> and whatever else fate has in store for them.
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<br>"She's Low Tide"
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<br>Kramies is an American singer-songwriter and creator of dreamy folklore, crossing the boundaries between eerie sceneries and fairytale laden myths. Kramies is best known for his work with producers Jason Lytle of <b>Grandaddy</b>, Patrick Carney of <b>The Black Keys</b>, Jerry Becker of <b>Train</b>, and Todd Tobias of <b>Guided by Voices</b>.
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<br>He has consistently release EPs and singles over the past seven years to much praise from press and radio including NPR, BBC, Billboard Magazine, Clash Magazine, Stereogum, Les Inrockuptibles and many more. Kramies has also opened for artists such as <b>Spiritualized</b>, <b>Yo La Tengo</b>, and <b>Calexico</b>. His two current singles "Days Of" and "Ohio I'll Be Fine" entered the US collage charts as Top 10s.
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<br>While working on his new 2022 EP with Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and Tyler Ramsey formerly of <b>Band of Horses</b>, Kramies asked Jason and Tyler if they would like to do a split single together with the idea that all three songwriters would write and record a bare-bone minimally tracked song. They all agreed and "Over and Outsider" was born, Jason at his studio in California, Tyler from his studio in North Caroliona and Kramies in Nashville at The Fleetwood Shack Studio.
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<br><i>Buried Loot: Demos from the House of Cash and “Outlaw” Era, ’73-’78 </i>
<br>Label: Appalachia Record Co.
<br>Release Date: 12/10/21
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<br>Down in the holler of the mountains along the Tennessee/Virginia border, in 1946, Loney Hutchins was born the fifth of eight children to a family of sharecroppers who lived in a three-room shack. Times were hard in the foothills of Timbertree Branch, and his family was as poor as the dirt they toiled in. It was a place of paradox: the flourishing, abundant beauty of The Great Smoky Mountains juxtaposed with the scarcity and brutal poverty in an America still recovering from the Great Depression. Hutchins sought out literature and saved discarded batteries to put in his crystal radio at night so he could tune in to AM stations across the country, which led him to develop a deep love for country, folk and gospel music. Because his labor was more valuable to his family than a high school degree, he had to run away from home to live with his aunt and uncle to complete his public school education. His family picked up and moved away while he was gone, and after getting that degree, so did he.
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<br>Hutchins enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War, so the G.I. Bill could put him through college. This took him all over the world, from the American West to the Soviet border. His curiosity for other cultures and expanding view of his own led the young boy from the holler to find his voice as a songwriter during this time. While permanently stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas, he enrolled at Kansas State, where he started his college band Hickory Wind (named after The Byrds song). They toured honky-tonks and college bars, playing covers of artists such as <b>Commander Cody</b>, <b>New Riders of the Purple Sage</b>, <b>Merle Haggard</b> and <b>George Jones</b>. He also met his wife, Joan Bladsel, during this time. Together they got an apartment, where Hutchins recorded demos on a Sony reel-to-reel tape recorder he bought at an Army PX store. With a collection of songs, Hutchins and his wife headed down to Nashville in 1973, just as outlaws were making ripples in a town traditionally run by publishers and executives.
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<br>In Nashville, Hutchins quickly found work as a mobile home salesman while making demos, knowing opportunity was not far off. He had been a fan of <b>Johnny Cash</b> since childhood, so with nothing to lose, he decided to make a cold call visit to the House of Cash office in Hendersonville. On the second attempt, while about to leave, he encountered <b>June Carter Cash</b> pulling up in the drive. The two established a connection in the span of one conversation, as she and her musical legacy family were from just across the way from little Timbertree Branch. They were two country folks from the same patch of dirt. She called up her husband and within minutes Hutchins was playing his four-song demo reel for Cash, who hired him as a staff writer on the spot.
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<br>Hutchins drew $75 a week on future royalties, and took it upon himself to work around the Cashes’ property. Cash noticed his initiative and, after firing his publishing manager, offered Hutchins the job. Hutchins' small family moved their trailer to the Cash’s 40 acres along the Cumberland River-- a setting that provided much inspiration for songwriting. As publishing manager, Hutchins assembled the entire House of Cash songbook with tunes from the <b>Carter Sisters</b>, <b>Statler Brothers</b>, <b>Billy Ed Wheeler</b> and more great talents. He fielded these songs to star producers <b>Billy Sherrill</b>, <b>Owen Bradley</b>, <b>Chet Atkins</b> and <b>Fred Foster</b>.
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<br>The House of Cash during the ‘70s was a hub for the countercultural outlaw movement, a place where a wide roster of personalities converged. Established artists like <b>Waylon Jennings</b>, <b>Bobby Bare</b> and <b>Kris Kristofferson</b> journeyed through, while up-and-coming songwriters like <b>Billy Swann</b>, <b>Carlene Carter</b> and <b>Rosanne Cash</b> got their start there, or in the case of <b>Guy Clark</b>, their first major cuts by a major artist (Hutchins helped place his “Texas 1947” with Cash). Outsider artists, poets and comedians-- all outlaws in their own right-- like <b>Dick Feller</b>, <b>Chris Gantry</b>, <b>Shel Silverstein</b> and <b>Jim Varney</b> frequented the studios as well. Hutchins produced and lent his voice to many demos for Cash and the House of Cash songwriters. A few of his songs were recorded by others-- <b>Tommy Cash</b>, <b>Mel McDaniel</b>-- and Cash cut gospel tune “J.E.S.U.S.” with <b>Mother Mabel Carter</b> for the album <i>The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me</i>. Hutchins also found himself as a character in name and voice in Cash’s tongue-in-cheek 1976 bicentennial song “Sold Out of Flagpoles.”
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<br>In the late ‘70s, he departed House of Cash for new projects. In 1979, he formed a group with a rhythm section from <b>Dolly Parton</b>’s Jolene-era touring band and recorded a country-rock album titled <i>Appalachia</i>— his only studio LP. In the early ‘80s, he started his own label, Appalachia Record Co., releasing a handful of 7” singles that charted on Cashbox and Billboard, independently. The operation was very much a family affair, with wife, kids and family friends stuffing record mailers to radio stations.
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<br>In 1986, Hutchins began a major career shift into the world of music therapy for traumatic brain injury survivors. And through the company he joined, formed a choral group, <b>The Rebound Revivors</b>, making several national television and conference appearances. In the ‘90s, he and his wife left the corporate world, forming their own localized program for TBI survivors, providing care for families who very often had nowhere else to turn.
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<br>Having continued with music therapy for 30 years, Hutchins began to feel far removed from his own music. In 2010, he opened a venue on the square of his home of Gallatin, Tennessee, but during this time, became entangled with financial battles involving the
rehab company. Though he was always a family man, keeping out of trouble during the ‘70s while some music biz friends stayed high and visited a holding cell or two, it came time for this reverse outlaw to spend his own time in the barrel. Nearing the age of 70,
Hutchins chose a plea deal and company resignation over another five years of his life spent in court. He took these events as a sign and silver lining allowing him to return to his first love of music. Hutchins currently writes and performs around Nashville, backed
by his band, the Nashville Suite, including members of <b>Teddy and the Rough Riders</b>, <b>Santa’s Ice Cold Pickers</b> and <b>Margo Price</b>’s band.
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<br>In 2017, Hutchins’ son and Cleft Music label owner, Loney John Hutchins, converted a stash of old tape reels to digital and discovered all of his House of Cash demos from 1972-’78. They were recorded with A-list players of the era: <b>Lloyd Green</b>, <b>Sonny Louvin</b>, <b>Kenny Malone</b>, <b>D.J. Fontana</b> and more. Carlene Carter provided harmonies and background vocals. Music journalist Hazel Smith-- who famously coined the term “outlaw country”-- co-wrote “Stoney Creek'' with Hutchins, as he often stopped in and spent time at her office on Music Row. Resident HoC engineer Charlie Bragg (Sweetheart of the Rodeo, Nashville Skyline), and his son Chuck Bragg, produced many of the demos on the album. Loney John compiled the best songs, bringing in current day A-listers to add light flourishes: bassist <b>Michael Rinne</b> (<b>Miranda Lambert</b>), steel guitarist, <b>Pete Finney</b> (<b>Michael Nesmith</b>, <b>Chris Scruggs</b>), and AMA 2021 Instrumentalist of the Year, <b>Kristin Weber</b> on violin. The recordings were restored and remastered by Grammy-nominated engineer John Baldwin. What resulted is <i>Buried Loot</i>, out Friday, December 10, on the newly relaunched Appalachia Record Co.
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<br><i>Ghost Party</i>
<br>Release date: 02/18/22
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<br>Cover Art, Hi-res click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilfAgdU3Lrox9ncX1L_aSSKAqeideT9HicCob3hXrvrLHDDVP4A6CXIdw2GBwaJqBmqyMnT-FunaZu1mFN86SFSCN2Ow2CNAbV5Ae8wSlMIVo37ksUcLBKudsrn3vnhzKiB9rjMizXqK9p6JQeGuEZVM80y1NsAKD5msXcPzZYnRPEMWCHIA=s794" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
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<br>For Press contact Bill Benson at bill (at) teamclermont.com
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<br>BIO
<br>Monsoon is a three-piece indie rock band from Athens, Georgia who weave together unorthodox styles to create music that dips between the conscious and subconscious. Their upcoming album <i>Ghost Party</i> is set to release winter of 2022.
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<br>It was only a couple months after the release of Monsoon's debut album <i>Ride A’Rolla</i>, that the band garnered the attention of Toyota and were contacted about using the title track for a commercial. From there, the placement landed a spot just after the 2016 Super Bowl half-time show and the band was invited to participate in the world’s first “360 multi-cam music video” launched by Google. Between the reach of the placements and touring, Monsoon gained a small cult-like following along the East Coast. “I had no idea something of this magnitude could happen at such an early stage in our career. It’s the kind of thing you hope for, but don’t ordinarily see from a band that’s just starting out”, commented front person Sienna Chandler.
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<br>Post Super Bowl, both members of Monsoon [Chandler and Joey Kegel] went their separate ways before reuniting to create <i>Ghost Party</i>.“I think we were the youngest group ever to say ‘we’re gettin’ the band back together.”
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<br>Joey took some time for himself, traveled to Canada, became an expert in cars, and explored things outside of music. Chandler continued Monsoon, then dipped out for a bit, played a supporting role in the upcoming film <i>Ragged Heart</i> and worked as an extra on <i>Walking Dead</i>. She attended a few semesters of college, and even received a certificate in recording engineering in Chillicothe, OH where she lived for several months.
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<br>Towards the end of her time in Ohio, she had an overwhelming need to reconnect with Joey and return back to the foundation that they’d built with Monsoon. They’d never officially had a falling out, there were simply too many cooks in the kitchen after the release of <i>Ride A’Rolla</i> that were pushing their own agenda and it inevitably led to their split. They stopped playing and stopped talking for two years.
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<br>“I held off from reaching out. I wrote the feelings off as delayed blues from the initial parting, but over time, it became apparent that it was more than that. I felt intense grief over the lost friendship, mourning for someone who was still alive, anger at people for injecting themselves into our relationship, anxiety that we’d die before we spoke again, and overall, the overwhelming fear that there was no way to fix any of it. I felt so many emotions. At one point I remember writing music pretending that we were still in a band together as a tactic to trick myself into creating decent material, instead all of my misery fell out. That’s when I started writing <i>Ghost Party</i>. It became a way for me to make sense of why I felt this intense sadness, sort out where it came from, process it, and figure out how I was going to fix it. I was inside my head 100% of the time, living and breathing memories of my own subconscious. Finally, in October 2017, I called Joey and we haven’t spent a day apart since.”
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<br><i>Ghost Party</i> is the soul creation of Kegel and Chandler. They are every voice and every instrument on the album. Joey mixed the songs, co-produced the harmonies, and engineered many of the sections on the record. Sienna wrote and arranged the songs, produced harmony sections, and is in charge of creating the music videos- writing, directing, editing footage, SFX makeup, everything except holding the actual camera. They’ve become incredibly selective about who they involve in their lives both personally and professionally. “<i>Ride A’Rolla</i> caught us off guard because we were young and unable to see red flags as they arose. It was an incredibly difficult lesson, but ultimately, an invaluable one that needed to be learned so that moving forward we would become the unbreakable extension of one another that we are now.” Rounding out the trio is bassist Roan O’Reilly. “Before his addition we were certain we’d be a two piece, but his quick wit and talent won our hearts. He immediately fell in and was ready to work, and has proven to be an irreplaceable member to our team.”
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<br><i>Ghost Party</i> is a standalone album entirely different from its predecessor. “It stemmed from raw heartfelt emotion-every sadness I felt, every hurt I carried, and all the anger I repressed. It’s the haunt that kept me up at night, and the noise that lives on the border between madness and reality, conscious and subconscious, nothingness and hope.” It’s unconventional but works in its own chaos. It’s the world Chandler created to comfort herself.
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<br>Release Date: 12/10
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<br>For Press contact Bill Benson at bill (at) teamclermont.com
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<br>BIO
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<br>For any number of reasons, people are displaced and looking for new locations to call home. When the they finally settle in a place, they find that the truest search was not for home but, for family. When is found, new bonds are formed and a new future dawns. This is the story of DigDog.
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<br>DigDog is the product of Florida's Brad Metz, Russian Dynamo Alexei Dotsenko and man of the world, Jack Ringca. Three very different minds, from very different places with very different backgrounds finding each other and resulting in high energy rock n roll with a very different flavor. With traces of virtuosic classical musicianship, quirky progressive songwriting, post-punk spirit and so much more, DigDog is emerging from the trials of the last two years with an album of fresh sounds, and a new approach.
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<br>While DigDog does have previous releases, the band has spent the time during the pandemic to refocus and produce an album that feels like a true debut. Much of 2020 was spent hold up writing, editing, and rewriting the batch of songs that would become their new release <i>Homeless Theatre</i>. The result is an experience that ensures feelings of positivity, resolve, joy and determiniation. In the end, the album will leave you knowing that you not only found a sonic landscape to call home but, also a new trio of people to call family. DigDog welcomes you.
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<br>"Over Me" / "Into the Sun"
<br>Label: Bird Drop Records
<br>Release Date: 10.22
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<br>Cover Art, Hi-res click <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg09gJAvS7I--nugSWHA8HK-8byvBOlQ6-vkkPHgAeqU_hPfBxa7EwiBe2pH-X77mGkeIbgSnsdWBnAW8DV3hobTbULO689FxTLIGESG-DKhjRlQjIrBDxbpKFXaU7qYtEw2TuyeH-8yxbQJRLf2DJ9WZzUFAwQEj6ID-s_GYbb5N0OijABAw=s2048" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
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<br>For Press contact Bill Benson at bill (at) teamclermont.com
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<br>Links:
<br><a href="https://ruarkmusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Website</a>
<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ruarki" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>
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<br>BIO
<br>A folk rocker from South Arkansas who goes by the single name Ruark released his first album, <i>When You Coming Home</i>, in the winter of 2019. With the help of his wife, Alexa Joyce, on bass and backing vocals, the trio toured to support the album until the big shutdown. The new drummer and additional background singer is Alexa’s brother, Joseph Bethany. They’re working on a follow up album to be released next year. In the meantime, they’ve released a single which includes the tracks “Into the Sun” and “Over Me” accompanied with videos. Kelly Daniela Norris, known for globetrotting to create her award-winning independent films, produced the video for “Over Me,” which features a whimsical circus theme. Jim (Nappy) Napolitano, who famously created the shadow puppets for Walking Dead World Beyond, produced the video for “Into the Sun.”
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<br>Ruark grew up skateboarding and playing in punk bands. Once he realized the itch to go to college was not going away, he pursued a degree in music composition. Ruark teaches music and Alexa is a librarian. Alexa and Joe grew up in a musical family with grandparents leading music at school and church. Joe also grew up skateboarding and playing in bands. Joe has played all over Arkansas at venues and festivals alongside bands like <b>Deep Sequence</b> and <b>1 Oz. Jig</b>.
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<br><i>Thanks for the Drone Strike</i>
<br>Release Date: 10.29
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<br>Enter Tarot Cat, the band no one, including the members of the band saw coming. The next installment in the “Matrix series” of music; as in the hardcore, boundary pushing, action packed, rock rap music that seems always needs a sequel. Following <b>Rage Against the Machine</b>, <b>Linkin Park</b>, <b>Limp Bizkit</b>, and all warriors of the SoCal rock/rap hybrid Tarot Cat accepts the challenge.
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<br>This supergroup is just as unique, but prophetic as the name. Tarot Cat is 1 single into this great adventure, and boasts an interesting style to their brand. These 4 distinguished gentlemen; Matthew James (guitar) with a background in jazz fusion, alt-rock and just about every major music market the world has to offer, Razrfish: the cowboy from the suburbs thrown into the New York and New Jersey underground battle rap scene, whilst battling emcees also battling internal demons and traveling all over the continental United States while he did it. WTB; the glue in many ways, the french punk hardcore drummer with California dreams a pit stop in Berlin and nothing but results speaks on his behalf. The final piece of the puzzle. Lowsa: the hacker, activist synth and all around hip hop production prodigy who simply wished to hold out before committing. Point being is this; these guys earned their chops on their own, in their own ways, for their own reasons.
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<br><i>The Girl Who Fell Pt II</i>
<br>OIM Records
<br>Release Date: 10/20
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<br>Queera Nightly is a Bay Area musician and nightlife performer. She is most often seen on nights of the full moon, haunting bridges, bogs, and Bay Area Drag Shows. When she isn’t performing, she can be found in the California hills dreaming up new illusions for your viewing and listening pleasure.
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<br>"Out of the cold light of her father’s kingdom, the girl who fell finds herself more lost than ever. It was painfully slow and all at once. An explosion of euphoria and fear that pushed her out. She ran into the darkness, eager to love and be loved. Eager to discover herself.
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<br><i>The Girl Who Fell Pt. II</i> continues this story; the reflections of a dark belladonna. How she will run forever, losing time and losing sleep, tangled up in vintage telephone lines. She will love recklessly, burn with abandon. The pain of her youth will follow her until there is nowhere left to run, and nowhere left to hide. When all the cards come down, what will become of the girl who fell? Will she rot? Will she blossom?
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<br>These songs are personal for me, reflections of a moment on my life when I was lost. It was me who was chasing her, her freedom and softness and expression. And when we finally met eyes, it was as though we had never been apart. Heaven and Hell. Love and Violence.
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<br>We are together again and for the first time. Now, we look back at that game of cat and mouse with a sense of nostalgia. How innocent our games, how reckless. We would rather look anywhere but inside. Deep into the depths of ourselves. Into the hell we made. Into the life we are building now.
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<br>Perhaps you might see yourself in our story, for it is far more common that one might realize. Not a dream, but a vision. I’ll see you inside."
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<br><i>Under</i>
<br>Release Date: October 29th
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<br>Deemed the “<b>Death Cab For Cutie</b> of the South,” Pretty Embers is no newcomer to the music world. While the name might be new, the trio of lifelong friends is not. Originally hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, Kameron Mitchell, Mason Thomas, and Ethan Standard have been writing and performing music together under different monikers since their early high school years. Their unique set of influences, including <b>Bon Iver</b>, <b>Paul McCartney</b>, <b>Tyler the Creator</b>, <b>Death Cab For Cutie</b>, <b>Andy Shauf</b>, <b>From Indian Lakes</b>, <b>D’Angelo</b>, and <b>Radiohead</b>, have given the trio a unique conglomerate of sound.
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<br>The now Nashville-based, Indie/Alternative Rock trio spent the months before and during the quarantine of 2020 writing and recoding their debut album, <i>Under</i>, on the East side of Nashville, Tennessee. “It was incredible just figuring things out.” Ethan explains. “This was a brand new experience in the way that we went about building out and recording these 10 songs. It was a very organic, explorative, experimental time for us and I think that brought out a sense of vulnerability and honesty that wouldn’t have occurred otherwise.” “I think we all matured,” adds Mason. “We really learned how sacred the process is and the value of taking the creation and artistry to a place of focus and sanctity.”
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<br><i>Under</i> is an album revolving around the ideas of introspection, insecurity, and unrequited relationships. About the things that aren’t visible to the eye of others, well kept and buried in the depths of our souls. We all often have places, thoughts, and memories of times that we would prefer to not particularly venture back into because it is, quite frankly, difficult. “The cyclical journey of lost love where one day you think you’re getting over it and then the next you’re right back in a hole, it’s really hard,” says Kameron. “I tried to sequence the record in a way that takes you from anger to acceptance and cycling through the emotions over and over again. There’s a lot of self-reflection and contradiction within it all, but I think that’s a representation of how dynamic life can truly be.”
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<br>The fiery and question-filled “For You” that addresses the frustration and confusion of an initial divide sets the scene for the internal monologue of emotions that ensue from lost love. The ups and downs across “I Don’t Need You,” “Inside,” and “Realize” are reminiscent of the hell of second guessing yourself on everything that has occurred. The break of seeing the light of day and getting a win, per se, is a breath of fresh air and release in “Wish You Well” where the realization that this is all for the best has finally surfaced. But, it is short lived.
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<br>“It’s Not The Same,” falls back into the numbness and not quite knowing exactly what to feel. Contrarian in the notion that there is feeling in the beginning and none in the grandeur end, it resides in the abode of settling into the fact that things will never be the same. This theme spills into the final track, “Daydreams,” where a sense of despair leaves the record in an unresolved headspace. “Not being able to let it go even when you thought you could,” says Kameron, “feels like sinking back to the place you thought you finally escaped from.”
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<br>“There are a lot of emotions across the record. Self reflection and introspection, maybe it’s your fault, maybe it’s my fault, maybe you lied, maybe I wasn’t being honest, and maybe it was all damned from the start. It might not be universal, but that was my experience, and I hope someone can gain some solace from it.”
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<br><i>No More Secrets</i>
<br>Release date: 11/12/21
<br>Add date: 11/2/21
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<br>If you ever encountered electronic lo-fi funk artist Nick Vivid during a pandemic-era Zoom call, you might have noticed a Gold Record on the wall behind him. The industry award, presented to a legendary hip hop group, was sold to Nick for $20 at a Flea Market in Jamaica Queens under the condition of “Get that thing out of my sight” by its original owner. Nick says he displays it proudly for it has a special meaning - “If I ever get confused about what I'm aiming for, I remember the person who legitimately earned this gold record and that it was only worth $20 of happiness to him.”
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<br>Brushes with disillusionment in music are nothing new to the NYC-based artist. “For years, I was miserable chasing the dreams and ideals of others,” says Nick. Eventually he left the music business, and started his career in what he calls the “Nick Vivid Business”. “That shift in focus changed everything,” says Nick. “Now I do things on my own terms because they’re fun and exciting to do. Music is still my mode of artistic expression, and, like an architect, I am compelled to keep building. But what success looks like is my own definition now. No one else’s.”
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<br>Raised in Buffalo NY, Nick was introduced to soul and blues music by his father, a DJ on the legendary radio station WBLK. His mom was a fan of 1970s glam rock stars <b>Queen</b> and <b>David Bowie</b>. Nick felt the calling from an early age. “I wrote my first album when I was 10 years old, before I could play an instrument. I would do full production and arrangements in my head. I had no idea that this wasn’t every kid’s experience.” After several years of honing his chops on multiple instruments, hundreds of home 4-track demos, and playing in various local bands, Nick moved to New York City at the behest of original KISS and Billy Idol manager, Bill Aucoin. Upon arrival, Nick co-founded and fronted the underground cult rock band Drag Citizen.
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<br>Now, as a solo artist, Nick is releasing his fourth studio effort, <i>No More Secrets</i>, on November 12, 2021. The 9-song album’s themes revolve around the loss of both of Nick’s parents in recent years and the life lessons he’s learned from what he calls “intensive meditative pandemic soul searching.” Not beholden to any trends, the sound of the record incorporates Nick’s love for glam rock, funk, hip hop, disco, and lo-fi electronic music into a cohesive, distinctive sound. Fans of Nick’s previous releases will be pleased to find the expected volume of memorable hooks and “as much ear candy as possible” packed into 30 minutes - “I’ve been developing this vibe for the past few records, and with each one I feel I get closer to the mark in terms of songwriting and production,” says Nick. “It’s a sonic palette that I can keep developing for years to come. The possibilities are virtually limitless.”
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<br>Nick's live concerts are a visual extension of that vibe, incorporating synchronized video and light effects working in time with Nick's dance moves and falsetto vocals. Routinely breaking the fourth wall in his performances, Nick’s entire objective is to give the audience "a high that leaves them charged and energized." Nick also hints at the more unorthodox shows as being his favorites. “I’ve worked in every kind of venue you can imagine, and without a doubt, the shows that take place in unconventional spaces are my favorite gigs to play. They just feel a little wilder and a little more dangerous.”
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<br>To that end, the <i>No More Secrets</i> release party will be held at the roller skating themed club All Night Skate in Brooklyn NY on November 13, 2021. “It’s not a traditional live music venue by any means, but the energy is perfect for me and the sound system is fantastic.” Nick plans to hit America in early 2022 in support of <i>No More Secrets</i>, starting with stops in Austin, Texas at SXSW and heading around the country to favorite markets such as Detroit, Seattle, Omaha, and Atlanta. “I love being on the road and have such gratitude and appreciation for being able to do this with my life. When a fan comes to a show, all I think about is how that person spent their evening planning to see me. It’s a responsibility I do not take lightly. I want to prove it every night, give 110%, and leave it all on the stage.”
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<br><i>We Get Along</i>
<br>Release Date: 02/11/2022
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<br>Seattle singer-songwriter Carrie Biell has been moving audiences for decades with her gentle, graceful hooks and concrete, heartfelt lyrics. As a twin and daughter of Deaf parents, her upbringing was anything but ordinary. Carrie came out as a teenager, and after connecting with other Queer artists, music became the outlet that found her a home in Seattle's expansive indie rock scene. At 20 years old, her first solo release in 2001 "Symphony of Sirens" launched her music career - landing her on some of Seattle's top stages, and frequent radio play on indie stations like KEXP, KBOO, and KCRW.
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<br>After releasing four full-lengths and touring the country as a solo artist, Carrie shifted her focus to motherhood with the birth of her son in 2013. By 2016, she and twin sister Cat Biell founded the queer synth rock band <b>Moon Palace</b>. The band has been actively releasing and performing around the country, building an adoring fanbase.
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<br>The Coronavirus pandemic has been a double-edged sword - as music venues shuttered and artists were isolated and prevented from performing, Carrie found inspiration in the quiet space of quarantine. She wrote and recorded demos at home, which led to the completion of her latest solo full-length, <i>We Get Along</i>, to be released in February 2022. For those who have followed Carrie’s career this record is long anticipated, and this Seattle darling is looking forward to connecting with old and new listeners from around the world.
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<br>"Trips Me Out"
<br>Label: Artist Formula
<br>Release Date: October 15
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<br>Good music isn’t just one thing. San Diego-based songwriter James Frolio isn’t tethered by genre. Punk rock attitudes and hip hop back beats are contrasted with leafy acoustic melodies accompanying a journey of personal growth. Somehow all these find some pop sensibility in James’s writing style. Fascinated by the creative process and the impact from inspiration, James has a knack for music that moves you.
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<br>Big Yen features a revolving line up of Frolio's close friends and creative collaborators which allows for many different flavors and influences to color the music. The 2020 debut single, "Backflip," was produced by John Shields of the rambunctious Hip Hip duo, <b>Little Stranger</b>.
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<br>Recently relocated from Charleston, South Carolina to San Diego, James has been making records in the studio for years and now combines a southern singer/songwriter experience with a Californian sonic palette for his newest original releases that are sure to make waves on both coasts and beyond; several singles are to follow Big Yen's "Trips Me Out" in a variety of styles as well as a full length eclectic release scheduled for early 2022.
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<br>Yen, in Chinese, means a lifelong yearning or desire. In this case, Big Yen is the desire to make an impact and inspire others. It even begs the question: What's your Big Yen?
James Frolio
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<br><i>Whoop!</i>
<br>Porcelain Records
<br>Release Date: 11/19
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<br>Only formed in the fall of 2020, North Carolina’s Whoop has already evolved their weekly barn jams into a hugely relatable, disarmingly charming debut album. Due in September, it’s a record equally organic and tuneful, introspective and celebratory, stylistically diverse yet musically coherent - all connecting through vocalist Fal’s supple and soulful, sweet-but-street timbre.
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<br>“Whoop is a release of every emotion than can be, is, or was bottled up,” she mulled. “It’s emotion manifested into one sonic symphony.”
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<br>A mélange of backgrounds and influences spanning indie, jazz, rock, reggae, and hip-hop, Whoop thrives by letting raw musical instinct be band leader. Nothing is over-played or over-produced; nothing is superfluous or gratuitous in their innately authentic, ego-free explorations of groove, melody – and of the everyday human condition.
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<br>“The theme [of the album] is simple,” said Fal. “Post-relationship introspection.”
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<br>Fal had previously collaborated with Whoop bassist Nick on recordings, and he knew drummer Will from school. Completing the band’s perhaps unlikely, but all-the-more-compelling for it cocktail came Grammy-winning Canadian guitarist/producer Steve Bigas (<b>Ziggy Marley</b>, <b>Taj Mahal</b>, <b>Daniel Lanois</b> etc.), who was mentoring Nick in an audio engineering program.
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<br>“The chemistry between Fal, Will and I is visible,” Nick recalled. “Steve noticed it, too.”
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<br>The foursome began meeting on Friday nights in Steve’s converted barn studio in Raleigh. Moments of musical magic were captured, distilled, and tastefully shaped into complete songs.
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<br>“The boys would jam and pick ideas back and forth, while I would lug all my journals out of the woodwork,” Fal laughed. “In those moments, all I could rely on were the music, my words, and an open mind/heart.”
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<br><i>Whoop!</i> is one of those rare records that channels universal emotions to the point of instant familiarity and reassuring, bonding validation. From the super-danceable, self-assured swagger of shape-shifting opener “What I Want,” to the in-your-face letting loose of “Feel Good,” it resonates through sparse instrumentation that always serves the sentiment and the song. Fal’s distinctively nuanced, remarkably versatile voice both caresses and cajoles, veering between tough-love compassion (“Demons”); finely-grained nostalgia (“Smile”); sultry, confessional contemplation (gauzy standout “Jump”); and a borderline Britpop sneer.
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<br>“The only way to grow is to look at the way you treat not only yourself, but the way you treat others,” offered the singer. “And on a lighter note, sometimes the way to get through something is to just let go and let it run its course. Things don’t last forever.”
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<br><i>Whoop!</i> will be accompanied by multiple music videos, as well as highly-anticipated live shows.
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<br>“I hope that we can reach all walks of life,” Fal concluded. “Music is supposed to bring people together, shake things up, cause a ruckus … [and] leave a lasting impression in someone’s mind/heart/ears.”
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<br><i>Steadman’s Wake</i>
<br>Label: Black Park Records
<br>Going for Adds: 9/21
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<br>Beyond the fact that “Steadman’s Wake” is the group’s first new release in over 20 years, it is the first Connells’ album to feature their two newest members, guitarist Mike Ayers and drummer Rob Ladd (who have been in the lineup since 2002 and 2012, respectively), and the band’s first record made up of songs contributed solely by Mike Connell, who happens to take on a more prominent role as vocalist.
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<br>Additionally, the title track, “Steadman’s Wake,” represents the first time The Connells have ventured into overt politics. Previously, the group tended to let actions and implications do the talking when it came to current events. But taking a more concrete and literal stand was something the times seemed to demand. With references to war, the opioid crisis and the white-supremacist rioting that roiled Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 (and were reprised in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.), there is no mistaking the message of “Steadman’s Wake.”
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<br>“We’ve had some oblique socio-political bits here and there over the years,” says Mike Connell. “But never as direct as this. It seems like it’s time. It’s scary, where we still stand in this country with issues of race. Of the 11 songs on the record, the clear consensus within the band was that ‘Steadman’s Wake’ best reflected the band’s take on the temper of the times and best represented the “spirit” of the record.”
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<br>Off-record and onstage, The Connells have been no strangers to political activism over the years, going back to benefit shows they played for Harvey Gantt when he was running against controversial Republican U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. Nevertheless, taking a musical step into current events was not a decision they made lightly. But as frontman Doug MacMillan concurs, the times are dire enough to demand a response.
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<br>“Even the least politically minded bands are saying things now because they need to be said,” MacMillan says. “Mike’s never been one for hitting anybody over the head with an agenda, and his lyrics tend to be pretty subtle. But I’m glad we did this. I’ll be interested to see what people think.”
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<br>Even though it’s been 20 years since their last recording, The Connells never quit playing live, and Mike Connell never quit writing songs. Eventually enough material came together to suggest it was finally time to make another record. “Steadman’s Wake” features eight new songs that have never been released, while three of the album’s songs previously appeared in different versions on 2001’s “Old-School Dropouts” – a collection of demos recorded at the group’s practice space.
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<br>This time, however, they decided to record in a proper studio for the first time since 1998’s “Still Life,” the final album the band recorded for TVT Records. The “Steadman’s Wake” sessions took place at Durham’s Overdub Lane and Fidelitorium Recordings, the Kernersville, N.C., studio run by North Carolina Music Hall of Famer Mitch Easter (famous for his work with R.E.M., Game Theory and his own band Let’s Active). John Plymale, whose studio credits include Meat Puppets, Superchunk and Squirrel Nut Zippers, produced “Steadman’s Wake,” with cameo guests including Ben Folds Five and Surrender Human bassist, Robert Sledge.
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<br>With the exception of Rob Ladd being sidelined for several months in the wake of a serious 2018 car accident, things went smoothly on the whole.
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<br>“Rob hit a dump truck head-on at 60 miles an hour,” Mike Connell says. “The first responders were surprised that he actually survived, but he’s a strong guy. That obviously put things on hold for a while, but we kept working on the record in fits and starts when we could. The impulse was to take one last crack at getting back in the studio and do one more proper record.”
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<br>“Steadman’s Wake” was originally to have been released in 2020 but was held up due to the pandemic, a hard delay for a band that had waited so long for this followup. It joins the catalog as The Connells’ ninth full-length album in a career going back to 1984. That was when the band first formed in Chapel Hill at the University of North Carolina, debuting a year later with “Darker Days.” Their 1987 Mitch Easter-produced album “Boylan Heights” established The Connells as college-radio favorites, and they went on to work with producers including Gary Smith, Hugh Jones and Lou Giordano on subsequent albums.
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<br>Three Connells albums made the Billboard 200 charts in America, but their biggest commercial success came overseas. “’74- ’75,” a pensive and moody ballad from 1993’s Giordano-produced LP “Ring,” reached the top-10 in 11 different European countries in the mid-1990s (including No. 1 in Germany, Sweden, and Norway). The song’s evocative time-traveling video, juxtaposing then-and-now photos of alumni from The Connells’ hometown Broughton High School, also earned a cult following with fans making their own video versions.
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<br>“We’ve been trying to figure out if there’s some kinda theme to this new record,” says MacMillan. “If anything, I’d say it’s 20 years older. The minor-key-heavy chord progressions and the way Mike puts songs together, still give it dark undertones. But the lyrics seem a little more upbeat than before, even if it still has that longing aspect. It feels a little more grown-up than we’ve done in the past – more upbeat and not quite as cynical. Every record we’ve ever made, we’ve thought it was the last one. Maybe this really will be it. Then again, as long as we’re still playing, chances are that Mike will still be writing songs. We’ll see.”
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<br><i>Planet Pac</i>
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<br>Going For Adds: 9/7
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<br>BIO
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<br>AyoPaco pounds away at his craft every day and all night. Twenty years old, the Athens GA hip hop/trap artist has developed, in no uncertain terms, his own style of banger vibes with his first official EP release called <i>Planet Pac</i>. After years of honing his skills tucked away in a basement studio, <i>Planet Pac</i> delivers fun-loving songs with a polished sheen and clever layers that delight the listener in the car and in the club.
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<br>On <i>Planet Pac</i>, the self-produced and recorded madcap spins hip hop melodies with party-time antics and bizarro rhymes over carefully curated beats. Vocally, his signature style “uses tools like robotic voice effects in the way they were meant to be used—that is, as an enhancement to the underlying composition, not as a coverall gimmick to obscure lame songwriting.”
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<br><i>Planet Pac</i> is a mix of drugs, girls, money, and wheels which might take “a couple of listens through to really catch up with his humor”. “My songs are about partying with friends because I like to entertain people and that’s a much funner place to be than the alternative — which is the dark side.”
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<br>Originally released during COVID lockdown in October 2020, “Ray Charles” and “Pool Cleaner” together garnered 61K listens on YouTube’s submission-based Bangers Only channel with 1.2 million subscribers. Both made it on playlists around the world.
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<br>Francisco Marcelino Márquez, (Paco), began recording and performing at age 14 after attending his first concert, mesmerized by the unique sound and swag of hip hop artist Fetty Wap and his breakout hit “Trap Queen”. He soon hit the stage at open mics and local outdoor festivals.
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<br>Music and the arts run in the family. Paco’s paternal great-grandfather was a famous Cuban opera singer, his grandfather was the manager of the Havana Symphony, and his grandmother was a prima donna ballerina. His Cuban born father, also a songwriter and performer, introduced him to all genres of music from Sinatra to Zeppelin to Cash. It’s no surprise Márquez has a thing for music.
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<br>“I think about my music every day. I just don’t see myself stopping.”
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<br>"Singing with Angels"
<br>Release Date: 10/08
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<br>Annalyse & Ryan, an Americana husband and wife duo based in the Hudson Valley region of New York, will release their newest single “Singing with Angels,” a sweeping, whimsical waltz song with a touch of grit, on October 8th, 2021. The single is a tribute to the late legendary songwriter <b>John Prine</b> who lost his battle with CoVID in the spring of 2020. With a stark single vocal in the verses and weaving harmonies and countermelodies which lift each chorus, the tune tells a specific tale but one which all can relate to who have experienced loss. Annalyse & Ryan plan to tour in the US in support of the release September through November.
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<br>“Singing with Angels” was initially inspired by the duo’s own chance meeting with John Prine while shopping for produce in a Nashville, TN, grocery store. The tune grows to paint the vivid, powerful image of the late songwriter in Heaven, “singing with angels.” With vocal styling and simplicity harkening back to the likes of <b>Gram Parsons</b> and <b>Emmylou Harris</b>, and the steel stylings of 5-time Grammy recipient Cindy Cashdollar, make this song a classic in the making.
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<br>“Even if you didn’t know him personally, John Prine had this innate ability to make you feel like you were his best friend simply through his music,” says Annalyse McCoy. She continues, “He expressed so well what it was like to be human, even in those tiny throwaway moments when you think no one is watching -- those moments that may seem meaningless, but they’re the ones that always tell the real story.”
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<br>Ryan Dunn speaks of how the song came to be: “We started writing this tune soon after John passed - having followed his horrific journey through this unthinkable virus and learning that it had taken him, we were devastated as so many in the music community were. The comradery we felt in the entire process of recording this song was palpable - all parties involved put their hearts into this project, and it came together because of this intense sense of community and love. Musicians have had a hard year and we’re just starting to come out of the haze. It’s important to us to pass along the stories, traditions, and styles of those who came before us and inspired us. And there’s nowhere else John Prine could be now but singing with angels.”
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<br>“Singing with Angels” was engineered and mixed by Joseph Brent (Regina Spektor, Broadway’s Oklahoma!, 9 Horses) in Beacon, NY, and Inwood, NY. Cindy Cashdollar was engineered by Andy Stack at Buffalo Stack Productions in Beacon, NY. Annalyse & Ryan plan to tour in support of “Singing with Angels” this fall.
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<br><i>ABBV</i>
<br>Label: Red Zeppelin
<br>Release Date: 10/22
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<br>Abbreviations is an American rock band from Dallas, Texas composed of guitarist/vocalist Ashley Leer, guitarist Matt Leer, bassist Chad Walls and drummer Tony Wann. Before joining Abbreviations, all the members had all performed in many other Denton/Dallas area bands. Ashley Leer fronted rock band, <b>Record Hop</b>, and currently fronts Dallas’ electro-pop band, <b>Def Rain</b>. Matt Leer played in <b>Mandarin</b>, <b>Baptist Generals</b>, <b>History At Our Disposal</b> and <b>Diamond Age</b>, Chad Walls played in <b>Lo-Fi Chorus</b>, <b>Eyes Wings & Many Other Things</b>, <b>Triangulum</b> and currently plays as <b>Fond Phantom</b> and Tony Wann played in <b>Tendril</b>, <b>Record Hop</b> and currently plays in Dallas’ <b>Fake Maker</b>.
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<br>In 2016, Ashley began writing demos for an un-named band that would eventually become Abbreviations. According to Ashley, “I wanted something a little more poppy than previous rock band, Record Hop, but still something with some grit to it. That same year I found out my dad was diagnosed with ALS and was told he would only live another year, so the thought of death started seeping into my thoughts. I started reflecting on my life and the mistakes I’d made, the people I hurt, the people I loved, etc. That’s what these songs are about.”
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<br>Ashley Leer began playing and writing music at the age of 14. “My dad taught me two chords at a time and I would just write as many melodies as I could using only those 2 chords until I got my next two” Leer said. Ashley would go on to write two albums for the Denton rock band, Record Hop, two albums for electro-pop band, Def Rain and Abbreviations’ new upcoming album, titled <i>ABBV</i>. Joining forces with engineer Stuart Sikes, who has worked with <b>Jets to Brazil</b>, <b>Modest Mouse</b>, <b>the White Stripes</b> and <b>Cat Power</b>, <i>ABBV</i> was recorded in 2019 in Austin, TX and is scheduled to come out in 2021.
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<br><i>Do Your Worst</i>
<br>Label: Red Zepplin
<br>Release Date: 11/5
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<br>The music began for James Cole Burnett when he was 14, mostly due to his aspirations to play in his older brother’s band. He began taking piano lessons and soon started writing songs and playing shows with his brother, Chase Burnett, and a drummer, Matthew O'Connor.
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<br>James played in the trio and also fronted Dallas band <b>Mankind Forever</b> into his early twenties. At 22, he traveled to Los Angeles to join Chase and Matthew in a band called <b>UNCLES</b>. UNCLES played for a year and a half before breaking up, just before going to record with producer Sean O'Brien. James took the opportunity to work with Sean on his first three singles as a solo act, before departing from LA to return to Texas. Soon after he returned, he recorded the album <i>Casino Dream</i> with producer Will Hooper, and played a string of local shows.
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<br>In 2019, Burnett met producer Alex Bhore, who recorded and produced GOD OF LOVE's second album just before the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, which pushed back the release of the album of over a year.
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<br><i>Rhythm of the Roads</i>
<br>October 1
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<br>Of the many roads one takes in life, being a songwriter isn’t the easiest. Mark Rogers started his musical career in Los Angeles in the fall of 1982. While his Paisley Underground contemporaries were fusing punk with pop, Mark and his band delivered their rawness with a Cosmic American twist. It was good. They should have stayed with it. But the incessant synth-pop of KROQ eventually did him in and Mark retreated back to Virginia. Songwriting would take a backseat for many years.
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<br>Mark’s musical rebirth happened sometime around 2015. The pop melodies he had immersed himself in as a child simply wouldn’t wait any longer. The harmonies that had intentionally been suppressed all those years ago, reemerged. But this time words that reflected some serious real-life experiences. Deeper. Resonating. Hopeful. Here comes Mark’s second LP <i>Rhythm of the Roads</i>. A folk rock-infused commentary on a life lived. A reconciliation. Trials and Errors. Love lost and regained and learning to live with the two. Mark Rogers hasn’t taken the easy road. His songs wouldn’t be this good if he had.
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<br>Mark Rogers-Acoustic Guitars & Vocals, Jimmy Masters-Bass, Powell Randolph-Drums. Larry Berwald, Alan Parker-Electric Guitar, Bill Gurley-Acoustic Guitar and Mandocello; John Toomey, Jamie Lewis-Keyboards. Lori de los Santos-Harmony. Produced by Mark Rogers & Rob Ulsh. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Rob Ulsh at Master Sound, Virginia Beach, VA.
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<br><i>You Said Something</i>
<br>Young Heavy Souls Records
<br>Release Date: 11/12
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<br>Dave Boone’s work as Alberta has spanned many years and artistic iterations. When he first gathered the Dead Eyes crew, which consisted of Erik Washington on drums and Bhuti Bhuti on bass at the time, the trio cut their teeth on the road and then recorded an entire project during the pandemic, mostly collaborating virtually between Detroit and New Orleans.
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<br>For their newest project, <i>YOU SAID SOMETHING</i>, the band has added Ashlan Ounanian to the crew, bringing lap steel and additional percussion to the group’s ever-evolving sound. Boone’s songwriting prowess is evident, as are his efforts to relinquish creative control over the end product, resulting in tracks that bear a resemblance to his previous work while allowing the work of his bandmates to flourish. Washington’s drum parts lend both steadiness and excitement to the music, Ounanian’s lap steel flutters between atmospheric and blues grit, while Bhuti’s unique approach to bass is a welcome wildcard. The vocal contributions from both Washington and Bhuti add depth and complexity to the melodic content of the songs, and overall <i>YOU SAID SOMETHING</i> is a reason to notice one of the most promising acts out of New Orleans, if you haven’t already. I’m sorry, you said something?
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<br><i>Guilty Pleasures (Are the Best Ones)</i>
<br>Release Date: 10/15
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<br>If passion fuels purpose, then Hank Close A.K.A. “Hank (!)” is well on his way to realizing a successful music career.
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<br>He’s no newcomer — far from it in fact. He’s played guitar for the past 20 years and written original music for the last 18. Indeed, he’s already established himself as an astute artist courtesy of the two earlier outfits he was associated with — the prog rock band <b>Absent Boundaries</b>, with whom he performed from 2013 - 2016, and the folk rock duo <b>Hank & Brendan</b>, a group that dominated his focus from 2015 - 2020.
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<br>He’s also met and mingled with such notables as <b>Sarah Shook and the Disarmers</b>, <b>Lydia Loveless</b>, <b>Dex Romweber</b>, and <b>Mandolin Orange</b>, among the many.
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<br>Nevertheless, with three recent solo singles under his belt — “Stupid Teens,” “Why Go” and “Lady St.” — and an upcoming album <i>Guilty Pleasures (Are the Best Ones)</i> due this October, Hank is already establishing himself as a proficient and decidedly insightful singer and songwriter capable of making music that’s both personal and prescient.
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<br>“The singles are more or less about relationships,” Hank explains. “Even though the lyrics focus on specific situations, they can reference any number of events I’ve experienced throughout my life. That’s part of the beauty of songwriting as far as I’m concerned. You can write a song describing one particular set of circumstances, but oftentimes they find connections to similar emotions and events that transpire later on. Eventually, over time, the songs find a common thread.”
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<br>He describes the emphatic rocker “Stupid Teens” as a breakup song that possesses a decided ambiguity. “I’d say it’s more about me than anyone else,” Hank explains. “It’s a song about the mistakes we make early on and what it takes to move forward.
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<br>“Lady St.” is a riveting, straight-ahead rumination centering on a circumstance he found himself immersed in while attending college in Columbia, South Carolina. “The chord changes are a reflection of the jazz music I was playing almost exclusively at the time,” he notes.
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<br>Hank says “Why Go,” another stirring combination of drive and determination, is about a fictional argument between two people in a committed relationship. “At the time, I tended to dismiss it as pure fiction, because I really didn’t know what I was talking about,” he muses. “It was pure fiction. Now, however, I’m finding some meaning that I had not necessarily intended to unearth before. I’m particularly keen on the off-kilter drum fills.”
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<br>In fact, Hank’s music has a decided depth that isn’t always apparent on first hearing, but which becomes more obvious on repeated listens. “I write about emotions and sensation,” he maintains. “My songs often refer to the coping strategies that I use to deal with certain anxieties. Of course, none of this strikes me as particularly unique, but I do think I’m able to bring a distinct perspective to each situation.”
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<br>Hank, who grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley and later, Massachusetts and North Carolina, found his first musical connection in the fertile punk scene that was so prevalent throughout the ‘90s, particularly as it applied to hardcore bands like <b>Black Flag</b> and the <b>Dead Kennedys</b>. His tastes later shifted to country music and eventually, to the new alternative sounds of the <b>Killers</b>, the <b>White Stripes</b> and <b>the Strokes</b>. He went south to attend college in South Carolina, where he studied jazz, took up classical guitar, and got a degree in history. It served him well. “Many of my songs have historical references,” he reflects. Looking to find a vibrant music scene, he returned to North Carolina, basing himself in Chapel Hill, a vibrant hotbed of new music.
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<br>Later, he began to travel overseas. Two of the songs from the forthcoming album — “The Twitch” and “Friend Is Gone” — were written in Greece and Spain, respectively. That said, the subjects diverge significantly. “The Twitch” describes the anxiety encountered during an extended road trip, and also interjects thoughts about an incident encountered while in New Orleans. “Friend is Gone” recounts the feelings he felt after the death of his beloved dog.
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<br>“I make music to help me move on,” Hank reflects. “I’ve heard others say the same thing. This particular album refers mostly to the last four or five years of my life, and speaks from a very personal point of view. However it also shares some thoughts about the state of the world today in a somewhat abstract abstract way. I’ve found more inspiration from the perceived terror I experienced in some decidedly more mundane situations than I ever did from major events.”
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<br>That said, <i>Guilty Pleasures (Are the Best Ones)</i> clearly marks a major milestone for this budding artist, one that ought to allow him to make his mark as both a musician and as a man.
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<br>“It wasn’t necessarily an easy thing for me to tackle the emotions I encountered while making this record,” he says in retrospect. “I’ve listened to these songs repeatedly, and now I’m ready to put this album out into the world so that I can effectively go forward.”
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<br><i>The Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs</i>
<br>Self-Released
<br>Release Date: October 8
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<br>BIO
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<br>A highly respected actor for many years, appearing on Broadway (most recently playing King George for the national tour of <i>Hamilton</i>), on Television and in Film, Jon Patrick has increasingly turned his creative energies to songwriting and music-making. Jon released his debut LP, <i>The Guilty Party</i>, in 2013, and followed that up with Josh Kaufman-produced <i>People Going Somewhere</i> in 2016. A six-song EP, “You And I” was released in 2018, and last October, Jon dropped long-player <i>Welcome to the Edge Times</i>, a collection of solo recordings which garnered rave reviews.
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<br>His latest effort, arriving hot on its heels, <i>The Rented Tuxedo & Other Songs</i> is a masterful 9-track collection of original tunes. Imbued with humor, pathos, wit and musical sophistication, the songs variously recall work by <b>Bowie</b>, <b>Simon & Garfunkel</b>, <b>the Beatles</b>, <b>Dylan</b>, and <b>Springsteen</b>, even as JP’s unique sensibility shines through. The album was recorded with legendary producer Roger Moutenot in Nashville (the title-track was recorded in Memphis, at Sun Studio. The closer, “All-Night Diner,” was made in Bushwick on the sessions for <i>People Going Somewhere</i>). Walker lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Hope Davis, their two daughters and their dog, Jennie.
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<br><i>She Said</i>
<br>Omad Records
<br>Release Date: November 5
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<br>The muse works in mysterious ways. Case in point: John DeNicola. After some five decades in the recording industry, the award-winning songwriter and producer made his first album as an artist in 2019. Fast forward—very fast—to now, for the release its follow-up, <i>She Said</i>. And while DeNIcola’s debut, The Why Because, had him interpreting tunes he’d originally penned for others, <i>She Said</i> was conceived and created for one voice, one touch, and one heart: his own.
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<br>“The groundwork laid down on The Why Because gave me the confidence to do another record right on its heels,” DeNicola explains. “I holed up in my barn studio and built these tracks from scratch, playing all different instruments from guitars to synths, sitar to congas. I’m comfortable working this way, yet it was new for me and really fun to write purely about what I wanted to say.”
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<br>The phrase, “This time it’s personal” clearly applies, from the dreamy complexities-of-love story of the title track through nods to the Sixties’ and Seventies’ soul and rock DeNicola grew up on. Somehow, though, the more intimate, the more universal the album’s appeal, whether you’re lofted by the gravity-defying harmonies of “High,” hitting the floor with the irresistibly dance-y “Breathe Deep,” or digging into the darker, guitar-driven single “Float on Hope” (and its hand-drawn animated video, which decries the destruction of the Amazon and the earth’s endangered wellbeing at large).
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<br>Universal appeal from the guy who wrote “(I Had) The Time of My Life”? Go figure! A Long Island, New York, native, DeNicola began playing in bands as a kid in the 1970s and was a member of the jazz-fusion quintet Flight, which released the acclaimed album Excursion Beyond on Motown. Yet as time went on, he found himself drawn more to a creative life behind the scenes. Collaborating with fellow tunesmith Franke Previte on those “TOML” and “Hungry Eyes,” the two mega-hits from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack — which held the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for 18 weeks and ultimately sold more than 60 million copies worldwide — netted DeNicola an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Grammy nomination, and ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year award in 1988.
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<br>Such success meant freedom, and DeNicola used it to nurture new talent (discovering a little band called Kara’s Flowers, who later changed their name to Maroon 5), supply radio-ready tunes for contemporary chart-toppers while composing for an annual Shakespeare festival, and launch his boutique label, <a href="https://www.omadrecords.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Omad Records</a>. As he puts it: “I had the opportunity to continue in the business and build relationships with people from all aspects of the music world.” Now, a host of those relationships represent on <i>She Said</i>, collaborating on craft and adding some serious chops.
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<br>Patti Maloney, one of DeNicola’s favorite longtime cowriters, lent her special way with words to four of the record’s prettiest, poppiest tunes, while Procol Harum’s Keith Reid, responsible for the poetry of “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” provided lyrics for “Battered Cloth,” a bittersweet reminiscence simply conveyed with piano and acoustic guitar. For “Float on Hope” and the stripped down, somber closing track “Sky,” he turned to Jason Stutts, an Omad artist who goes by the moniker <a href="https://www.omadrecords.com/rustdust/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rust Dust</a>.
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<br>Although he does the lion’s share of playing on <i>She Said</i>, DeNicola did call on gifted friends to chime in at all the right places. There’s crystalline keyboards from Vinny Jessel, a spectrum of synths from <a href="https://www.omadrecords.com/le-rug-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ray Weiss</a> and ripping guitar from axeman Zonder Kennedy on the post-apocalyptic “Morning Dew,” written by Bonnie Dobson in 1961. (The record’s only other cover is Steve Winwood’s “Can’t Find My Way Home,” which has DeNicola layering on a host of instruments, including cello and tanpura, to remarkably simple effect.) <i>She Said</i> also features a veritable who’s who of percussionists, from DeNicola’s son Jake (drummer for Omad act <a href="https://www.omadrecords.com/store/pre-order-fovea-pencil-me-in" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fovea</a>) and Chris Ryan, who provided the drum programing on the shimmery “Our Day Will Come,” to alt-rock kingpin Blake Fleming and the legendary Brian Delaney, who’s hit the skins for everyone from the New York Dolls to Wu Tang Clan to Melissa Etheridge. DeNicola even tapped the talents of guys he’s known since his tweens, including guitarist Ken Favre, pianist Alan Zahn and bagpiper Brad Davidson.
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<br>Assembling such a stellar cast might be daunting at any time; DeNicola managed it during the grip of a global pandemic. “I’d send a cowriter a basic track with a definite melody, possibly a few chorus lyrics, and hope that it painted a picture of what I was going for,” he says of the long-distance dynamic. “For the musicians, it was largely the same, except the tracks were more fleshed out.”
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<br>Beyond the logistics of lockdown, the crises of 2020 lit a fire in DeNicola, as they surely did for so many artists in that unprecedented year. “It’s hard to explain why and how adversity or turmoil can be fertile ground for creativity,” he says. “These songs came together organically and rather easily, revealing themselves on an unconscious level, yet were nonetheless written in the midst of a pandemic, a challenge to our democracy, and some stark realizations about race relations—an overriding disappointment in the way Americans see each other.”
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<br>So while in no way planned as a “concept” project, the song sequence of <i>She Said</i> does have a story to tell. “There’s a narrative arc that begins with loving someone and loving each other as humans, countered by a warning of what’s happening to our planet and in our country, that winds up with at least the possibility of redemption,” says DeNicola, who delivers each song in his gently endearing, honest and uncontrived voice. “Rather than a string of singles, I’m hoping that this comes off as a full album that takes the listener on a bit of a journey.”
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<br>Pack a full heart, an open mind and a pair of eager ears—and come along to hear everything <i>She Said</i>.
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<br><i>Off Front Street</i>
<br>Label: Wilderhood Music
<br>Release Date: 10.22
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<br>2021 has been quite the year for Parker Longbough. He started off the year with the release of <i>Crackle/Hiss</i>, an 8 track album chronicling Longbough’s time in quarantine in 2020. That release had a decided electronic bent, showcasing the ability of modern recording equipment to record mostly in solitude. Janglepophub described Crackle/Hiss as “an aesthetic that creates melodies out of a general mass of subtle distorted landscapes.”
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<br>In July Longbough released the 5 song ep <i>246 Tapes Volume 1</i>. Mostly eschewing the digital recording techniques of modernity, Longbough released a collection of songs recorded entirely on a Tascam 246 4 track tape machine. Longbough enjoyed the freedom to release less conventional tracks like “Applebee’s and a Haircut” and “Bulleyes on Easter” yet still contain very contemporary lyrics on life in a pandemic.
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<br><i>Off Front Street</i> is without question the most conventional of Longbough’s releases this year. <i>Off Front Street</i> followed a more conventional recording cycle, with the entire album recorded before the pandemic began. While Longbough has proven capable of mining genres all over the indie spectrum in search of the perfect pop hook, <i>Off Front Street</i> finds Longbough mostly back in his wheelhouse, that is, playing a style of 90’s indie rock that you could find on an album by <b>Pavement</b>, <b>Guided by Voices</b>, or <b>Dinosaur Jr</b>.
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<br>Another facet of <i>Off Front Street</i> that is very much standard Longbough fare is the lyrical content. Longbough is a storyteller and <i>Off Front Street</i> is an album full of stories. It starts with “Off Front Street” and the story of the Dallas Seavey dog doping controversy, and the stories continue through that of Bintu-Jua, a Gorilla who saved a 3 year old boy at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. In between are tales of flying Pintos, Stalin-era scientists, water-rationing, and love after divorce.
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<br><i>Off Front Street</i> is an album that examines and searches the character of people living in a complex world where every decision affects the living souls around them, whether those be human or animal. <i>Off Front Street</i> is a rock album with stories about imperfect people in seemingly impossible situations all sound tracked to solid Indie rock hooks.
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<br><i>Legend of the Galactic Princess</i>
<br>Release Date: 03/13
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<br>BIO
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<br>Combining the elegance of classical music with dark, synth-heavy experimentation, Matthew J Van Howe is a boundary-pushing composer and songwriter based in Chicago. He has consistently challenged conventions and reinvented himself on every new project, resulting in a diverse discography full of abrasive soundscapes and memorable melodies alike.
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<br>Matthew earned his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity Christian College, where he studied choral arrangement and classical piano, both of which would later come to inform his sound. After a series of EP’s and singles, he made his official debut in 2014 with the full length <i>Transmogrify</i>. The album’s industrial rock influenced sound put Matthew on the map, winning over a small but devoted fan base.
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<br>In the years following <i>Transmogrify</i>, Matthew branched out into a variety of other creative pursuits. He directed a film called <i>Voice of the Vespers</i> (2014), designed a board game called <i>Hadrian's Line</i>, and maintained a career as a music director and choir director. Music composition was never far from his mind however, and in 2020 he returned newly inspired with <i>Emergent Narrative</i> followed by the improvised piano album, <i>Memories Otherwise Forgotten</i>.
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