“We decided to take a break from heavy introspective lyrics. We love the playful banter of classic country duets and wanted to put out a fun and playful homage to what we love,” says husband-wife duo Megan & Shane about their potent new track, “Put Me Down,” which wallops with a bit of Waylon and Loretta but enough humor to keep it real. Check out the Glide premiere of this late ’70s early ’80s foot-stomper that would’ve been a regular player on the ol’ Nashville Network (TNN).
In Their Words: “‘Long Way to California’ was written at a time when I was indeed far from California, and also felt a bit stuck; in fact at the time, I was literally stuck at home with a stranger I didn’t particularly like, a friend of one of my roommates who was staying there while my roommate was on tour. It was written as more of an imagined escape than anything else; little did I know that it would foreshadow moving back to California with someone I love a few years later. Ultimately it’s a song about California and the West as a place of openness and the possibility of a better life, the promise it might have held to my grandparents when they moved there from Ohio in the ‘40s. For me it took living on the East Coast for several years to really understand and see California that way.” — Whitney Lockert
Coma Girls is the psych folk moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Chris Spino. Since their 2015 self-titled debut, the project has undergone a continuous process of reinvention, at times presenting as a band, a solo project, or a rotating coterie of studio musicians. The project’s latest formation is a close collaboration between Spino and producer Christian Paul Philippe, who together have crafted maximalist shoegaze-tinged folk for Coma Girls’ upcoming sophomore record, No Umbrella For Star Flower. READ MORE…
After nearly a decade in New York City, alt-country rocker Whitney Lockert has found refuge and artistic renewal in Los Angeles and classic country on his sophomore LP, Long Way to California.
There’s a bit of everything in ‘Crazy Over You’, the latest single from California-based Steven Denmark: there’s melody and catchy hooks, fuzzy and frenetic electric guitar, gorgeously floating pedal steel from Sam Wilson and plenty of energy. READ MORE…
