After nearly eight years fronting the psychedelic rock trio the Wans, Simon Patrick Kerr is getting quieter with his first solo album, from which the track “Songbird” is premiering exclusively on Billboard today (June 12).
On Doldrums, due out July 20, the Irish native shows off his Americana roots and the influence of singer-songwriters such as Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. “It’s definitely quite a departure, sound-wise and song-wise, from the band,” Kerr tells Billboard. “It’s quite a vulnerable record for me song-wise. My parents moved to Nashville when I was 11 to pursue songwriting and people like John Prine and Guy Clark became family friends and sort of showed me the ropes on how to write a son. From 18 to 23 I was writing a lot of folk songs, before I started playing rock and roll music. Now I’m back to writing this music.” READ MORE…
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