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Don't be sad that there will be no more singles from the new Mike Viola album Godmuffin after this Friday, be happy that you can hear the last one right now at Brooklyn Vegan! "We May Never Be This Young Again" is "a gorgeous, old-fashioned slow-dance number." Album arrives Dec. 11th via Grand Phony. You can also check out Mike's latest monster movie-themed video for "Ordinary Girl" here: https://bit.ly/MV-OG.
The second video in Mike Viola's trilogy of monster / horror movie-themed clips is out today! See "Ordinary Girl" now over at Under the Radar. Directed by The Bennett Sisters, starring Vanessa Barros Andrade, and photographed by Silvia Grav, the video, "follows a suburban teen horror fan as she awakens to the horror and wonder of a mysterious new power." The new Viola album Godmuffin is out Dec. 11th via Grand Phony.
Treble Zine calls “Outside,” by Another Bummer, “a gorgeously dreamy, gently psychedelic country-pop song with a sense of dusty openness and a kind of melancholy romanticism.” The song appears on Volume 4 of The Road Angel Project, the newest edition of a series curated by Inara George to benefit the Sweet Relief Musician’s Fund’s COVID-19 relief efforts.
Thank you, Elmore Magazine, for spreading the word about the late Los Angeles musician Tony Fernandez, sometimes called Mr. Banjo, whose song “Give It Some Time” appears on the newest edition of the Inara George-curated Road Angel Project series.
Elmore notes that Fernandez “spent much of his life playing in punk bands throughout the ’80s as a bass player, front man, and all-around personality.” His later years were more serene, and Elmore describes the new track - a duet with Sarah Devincentis - as “beautiful” and “bittersweet.”
All proceeds from Road Angel Project releases benefit Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 efforts. #mrbanjo #sweetrelief
Another Road Angel Project Volume 4 premiere! Relix just shared “Birthday” by Dan Bern, a song he wrote during the sessions for his 2012 LP Drifter. 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳. He explains, “I was back in LA again and was very glad to be there.”
All proceeds from the Road Angel Project series, which is curated by Inara George, benefit Sweet Relief’s COVID-19 efforts.
As lyric videos go, the new one for Mike Viola's "Ordinary Girl" is about the cutest thing I have ever seen. Mike chases his younger daughter around with his monster thumb while she learns to roller skate on the sidewalks of Los Angeles.
Goofy grins for all viewers incoming! Watch it at Stereo Embers Magazine now. Mike will be appearing on an upcoming episode of the Stereo Embers podcast and his new album Godmuffin is out via Grand Phony on Dec. 11th. The official video for "Ordinary Girl," which continues in the monster movie mode of "Drug Rug," is coming your way on Monday!
Quote: "While Springsteen’s songbook is filled with tracks told from the perspective of a guy who wants to get out of town, 'Ordinary Girl' might very well be the first song written from the point of view of a parent wishing the same for his children."