Patrick Damphier is sharing his new album Say I’m Pretty. The full-length is described as a collection of sun-kissed guitar pop that effortlessly glides across its 45-minute run time, that appeals to fans of Real Estate, Beach Fossils, and the shimmering, guitar pop of peak-era Rough Trade Records. Say I’m Pretty sees it’s release, today, (order here) and features contributions from Jessica Lea Mayfield, Molly Parden, and the late Richard Swift. READ MORE…
Outlaw country rocker Boo Ray’s forthcoming LP, Tennessee Alabama Fireworks, is due Feb 15. It just landed at #59 in its first week on the #AMA chart – AND the first single (“A Tune You Can Whistle”) has gone into regular rotation on Sirius Outlaw Country…
Boo Ray’s dramatic southern sound will draw you in, his voice will have you hanging on every lyric and his songs will stick with you like a good friend does. Boo Ray’s a southern troubadour who’s forged & honed his sound in South Georgia honky-tonks, Gulf Coast jukes, Nashville night clubs & Los Angeles songwriter joints. Hailing from the mountains of Western North Carolina and now spending equal parts time in Nashville Tennessee, Los Angeles California and Athens Georgia, Boo Ray is a troubadour through-and-through.
Prior to the creation of his sophomore album, Airwaves, Andrew Leahey underwent a risky brain operation that could have cost him his life. The LP is a response to his situation as much as it is a vow to live in the moment and an ode to his favorite rock anthems of the 1980s that he listened to while growing up. Leahey and his band, the Homestead, command Airwaves with an atmospheric heartland style reminiscent of the likes of Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. Effortlessly capturing an undeniable blue-collar sound, Leahey’s contemporary disposition brings something new to his take on roots rock.
Leahey is also debuting a studio cut of a cover song on his 1 March release. Renovating the ethereal English rock of Echo & the Bunnymen’s hit single, “Lips Like Sugar”, into something more akin to he and the Homestead’s definitive Airwaves style, the cover is billed as an American reworking of the classic song.
“Rehearsing a new record with my band before touring is a favorite part of it all for me. The records are their own creations and we use ’em kind of like blueprints when we’re arranging the new songs and placing them in the set for our live show. I try to pick guitar for an hour before rehearsal, have a three hour rehearsal, handle a few hours worth of record business duties and then pick again from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. working on new twin-guitar sections, additional instrumental movements within songs or fixing whatever rough spots rehearsal revealed that day. We rehearse in a shed out in White’s Creek a few days a week for a few weeks, take the new material for a test drive at a local joint and hit the road. Working with Kindercore Vinyl has been a big inspiration in making records spontaneously as their own creative statements, approaching them as an experimental process and allowing the process to alter the songs. Including Tennessee Alabama Fireworks we’ve released 2 full-length LPs and 3 vinyl singles in the last 2 years.” – Ray
At a first impression, Andrew Leahey plays and sings his indie-pop/rock like Ryan Adams, evoking nostalgia and sonorities from the (already) old 80’s. Richmond,Virginia, saw this musician growing watching VHS cassettes with his brother, who’ve recorded long hours of MTV channel with video clips and even commercials. Leahey fell in love for “heroes” like Springsteen, who inspired him to become a singer and songwriter.
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Had Stevie Nicks ditched Fleetwood Mac and joined Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers circa Damn the Torpedoes, this heartland-rock anthem might’ve found a home on Side A, sandwiched between “Even the Losers” and “Shadow of a Doubt.” A flashback to the glory days of Seventies pop-rock, “Standing in the Shadows” lights up with coed harmonies, electric-guitar jangle and California cool.