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Pleased to share yet another new Blesson Roy track from the Ana Left Spain + 2 EP!
As project mastermind Terry Borden told New Noise Magazine, which just premiered the song, “No Other” is about “basking in the beauty of nature and new found love.” Full EP available tomorrow (Friday, September 24) from Slow Start Records… Pre-order Ana Left Spain +2 now.
Terry Borden of Blesson Roy recently gave an in-depth interview with Vents Magazine, which has the premiere of his first new song since the release of the Think Like Spring album in late 2020: “Bed of Roses.” The track will be released this Friday via Slow Start Records as part of a new EP headlined by a remixed and remastered version of album highlight “Ana Left Spain.” Listen now, and learn much more about the man behind Blesson Roy.
About the new song, Terry says, "I love and listen to lots of post punk and pop from the 80s, and the roots of much of that music from the 60s and late 70s etc. I was listening to Pavement, Lou Reed, Kitchens of Distinction and PJ Harvey almost exclusively around the period 'Bed of Roses' was written."
New music this morning from The High Water Marks! Thanks to Glide Magazine for posting "Jenny," which they call "a bouncing power pop anthem that is filled with infectious hooks, crashing drums and guitars, and delicious harmonies."
Fronted by Elephant 6 and The Apples In Stereo co-founder Hilarie Sydney, the new album Proclaimer of Things is out February 4 via Minty Fresh. After a 13-year hiatus, it's the band's second album in just over a year — how about that?
Really proud of 'em for persevering through personal hardship and using it as fuel for more perfect power pop. All of this is true, not just alliteration!
It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine has the premiere of the Sweetened version of Blesson Roy’s “Undertow,” created by Sweeten (aka Tom Gorai, who has produced videos for Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, A Tribe Called Quest, and more). From Think Like Spring, out now on Slow Start Records. Sweeten previously directed the video for “Should’ve Known Better,” also on Think Like Spring.
About the song, Blesson Roy says, “‘Undertow’ took on a darker and lusher soundscape than I had originally imagined, having written that one as a Leonard Cohen or Nick Drake-influenced acoustic guitar song. As the recording unfolded, however, I realized that ‘Undertow’ needed a dark ambient soundscape rather than a stripped-down acoustic production. I had the time and intention to be open to following songs in one direction, and then going in the opposite musical direction, until it seemed that the song had found its way home in the recording.”
The host of WFAA’s Good Morning Texas couldn't possibly be more enthused about Chris J. Norwood and Carrie Norwood's duet "I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart)," as performed acoustically and quickly on yesterday's episode. "Such a kick in the pants," indeed!
Check out their performance, and if you’re in Dallas come see 'em play a State Fair of Texas-sponsored record release show tonight in Dallas at the Kessler Theater with Chris's label mate, Billy Law, who’s also celebrating today's release of his own album. The new Chris J. Norwood album I Am Not Cool is available everywhere now via State Fair Records.
Thanks to Stereo Embers for premiering the newest single from Gregory Ackerman. “Taken from the California-born singer/songwriter’s marvelous new album 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭,” they write, “‘Mr. Moon’ is shimmering with delicacy and strength. Buoyed by a shadowy backbeat, a sneaky melody and Ackerman’s inimitable and unforgettable delivery, ‘Mr. Moon’ is two-and-a-half minutes of utter sonic perfection.” No qualms with that description!
Stream the single, and its two b-sides, everywhere tomorrow (Friday, August 20). 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 is out September 17.