V13 shares the colorful, emotive video for "A Day In Secaucus, New Jersey," from J Hacha De Zola's upcoming LP

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"If anything is gonna blow this song up, it's gonna be Travis's sweet dance moves!" - J Hacha De Zola

"Travis, our actor, is pretty darned good at relaying emotions," agrees Hector Gallardo of Subharmonic City, the director of the "A Day In Secaucus, New Jersey" video.

The song is from J Hacha De Zola's upcoming new album 𝘞π˜ͺ𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘈 π˜›π˜³π˜ͺ𝘣𝘦, out June 9 (distributed by Slow Start Records). Watch it now via our friends at V13!

KEXP interviews Karl Blau about his new band, Opal Eskar, whose self-titled EP is out now

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"Karl will continue to be one of our country’s finest songwriters, coast to coast."

Thanks to KEXP for chatting with Karl Blau about the debut EP (out now) by Opal Eskar, his new collaborative project with Heyward Howkins and Chet Delcampo of Later Fortune along with Charlie Hall and Robbie Bennett of The War On Drugs.

Click the link for the full article, or hear it on the air tomorrow (Saturday, May 20). Listen to the EP and buy vinyl here.

Cover Me covers Opal Eskar's dreamy take on The Beach Boys

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"And this band of music nerds digs deep, eschewing all the obvious greatest hits for the Wilson/Love Sunflower tune β€œAll I Wanna Do,” bringing a dose of dreamy horn-flecked psychedelia."

Hear Opal Eskar covering the Beach Boys over at Cover Me!

Debut EP out tomorrow. Order vinyl: https://opaleskar.bandcamp.com/

Opal Eskar is Karl Blau, Heyward Howkins, and Chet Delcampo with Charlie Hall and Robbie Bennett of The War On Drugs.

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Americana Highways hails Milly Raccoon's "brilliant string playing" on "The Girl I Left Behind Me"

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Milly Raccoon's new single "That Girl I Left Behind Me" β€” out this Friday β€” is her lyrical take on an ancient Sean-nΓ³s Irish tune, entitled 'An Spailpin Fanach,' Gaelic for 'The Wandering Laborer.'"

"Brilliant string playing, long winding old time jams, and a timeless song about the girl with the rosy cheeks and the curly hair that was left behind characterize this work by Milly Raccoon," says Americana Highways.

The new album 𝘍𝘳𝘒𝘯𝘬π˜ͺ𝘯𝘀𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘯π˜₯ π˜”π˜Ίπ˜³π˜³π˜© arrives July 7.

Glide premieres "Do You?," yet another example of J Hacha De Zola's "completely original sound"

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"Showcasing his completely original approach to crafting American music" is what J Hacha De Zola is doing on the new single "Do You?," premiering today over at Glide Magazine!

The song is "a full serving J Hacha De Zola’s smooth crooning and playfully mysterious approach to a love song (or anti-love song?)" and finds him "leaning into a brooding, Motown-influenced sound."

The new album 𝘞π˜ͺ𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘈 π˜›π˜³π˜ͺ𝘣𝘦 (J's sixth) is out June 9 via his Caballo Negro label distributed by Slow Start / Burnside / The Orchard.