Path through the Past gives us Vampire Weekend sized mega-hooks and uncanny demi-electronic drums. This hybrid electro indie rock banger entices us with a pentatonic melody and deliciously long chord progressions, echoing the song writing style of James Mercer of The Shins. Max’s defeatist lyrics about longing and confronting the choices we’ve made in our lives are bathed in cheerful melancholy. “Every path through the past reaches a dead end / My ex-girlfriend’s dog is probably dead / Every road through the snow leads to crooked bends / And no matter how fast you turn, you always crash in the end,” Max sings.
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The Commercial Appeal uncovers the real story behind The Blues Society in new documentary centered around The Memphis Blues festival.
On July 21, 1966, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in Overton Park. The chief speaker was Imperial Wizard Robert M. Shelton of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who “told the crowd of about 400 Klansmen, supporters and curious onlookers to work for ‘conservative candidates’ in the coming elections,” according to the evening newspaper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar.
A little over a week later, on July 30, the vibe was entirely different as “all the freaks in town” gathered in Overton Park for the first Memphis Blues Festival, a celebration of Black musical expression that was organized by young white music lovers and that showcased such elder giants-in-our-midst as Furry Lewis, Rev. Robert Wilkins and “Mississippi” Fred McDowell.
Listen: Captain Americana playlist for 10/24/23
Listen to this week’s Captain Americana Spotify playlist featuring:
Gwen Levey and The Breakdown – Barefoot & Pregnant
The Handsome Family – Joseph
Old Heavy Hands – Coming Down
Lucy Dacus – Home Again
Bonnie & The Mere Mortals – Tennessee – Live & Unplugged
Mitski – I Don’t Like My Mind
Leeann Skoda, Sie Sie Benhoff, Dylan Rodrigue – The Living Room
Allison Russell – The Returner
Jax Hollow – Wolf in Sheepskin
Sufjan Stevens – There’s A World
Shannon Clark & the Sugar – This Old World
Margo Price, Lucius – Anytime You Call
Megan & Shane, Brit Taylor, Lille Mae – Things Don’t Have to Change
Shakey Graves, Sierra Ferrell – Ready or Not
Rick Hornyak – Shades of Grey
Wilco – Ten Dead
David G Smith – River Gonna Talk
Rissi Palmer, Miko Marks – Still Here
Jalen Ngonda – If You Don’t Want My Love
Esmé Patterson – Coming Down
Hannah Georgas – Beautiful View
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Something in the Dirt – Live
Elisapie – Californiamut (Going to California)
Rebecca Porter – Clockin’ Out
Rob Tait – Matilda
Mike & The Moonpies – Paycheck to Paycheck (Live)
Nate Fredrick – Low on Sugar
Neal Francis – Can’t Stop the Rain (Live)
Maya de Vitry – Stacy, In Her Wedding Gown
McKinley James – I’ll Be Loving You
Mick Flannery – Goodtime Charlie
FLOOD Magazine debuts the new single and video from Super Cassette, “Path Through the Past,” noting “it fully captures both the ecstasy and the misery of our short time on this planet.”
Taken from their forthcoming debut album, Continue?, Super Cassette’s new single “Path Through the Past” is a wonderfully joyful blast of twee indie-pop from the Oakland-based, queer-pop sibling duo. At least, on the surface—underneath the chipper tune and its seemingly whimsical instrumentation is an all-too-real depiction of human mortality and the sad fact that everything we ever know will one day vanish into unexistence. “Every path through the past reaches a dead end,” sings Max Gerlock in the song’s first line, before they follow it up with the real kicker: “My ex-girlfriend’s dog is probably dead.”
Listen: State of the Art Spotify playlist for 10/24/23
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
Coma Girls – Dirty Water (Baby Robot Records)
Florence + The Machine – King
Super Cassette – Continue?
Danger Mouse, Black Thought, MF DOOM – Belize
Mega Ran – Count Me In
Freddie Gibbs, Pusha T – Gold Rings
Josh Rennie-Hynes – When We Touch
Jamila Woods – Good News
Beekeeper Spaceman – Icicles
Slaughter Beach, Dog – Float Away
Helltones – Every Time You Pick a Fight
Fontaines D.C. – Jackie Down The Line
Old Heavy Hands – Coming Down
Jean Dawson, SZA – NO SZNS
Shane Rennison – Cold Winter
Phoenix, BENEE, Pusha T, Chad Hugo – All Eyes On Me
Volk – Stand the Test
The Drums – Plastic Envelope
Leeann Skoda, Sie Sie Benhoff, Dylan Rodrigue – The Living Room
Jax Hollow – Wolf in Sheepskin
Dylan Chambers, Alex Lambert – Don’t Leave Me
EE Beyond – Just Human
Squirrel Flower – Full Time Job
Paper Idols – The Morning
Rocket – Portrait Show
Soul Glo – If I Speak (Shut The Fuck Up)
Oso Oso – computer exploder
Enumclaw – Cowboy Bepop
Dry Cleaning – Swampy
AJ Suede, Steel Tipped Dove – Reoccurring Characters
Jay Worthy, Kamaiyah, Harry Fraud – 9AM
Josh Rennie-Hynes – LIGHT/SHADE
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JOSH RENNIE-HYNES / LIGHT/SHADE LP (OUT OCT. 27)
Australian born, now five-year Nashville resident, indie-pop/dreampop artist Josh Rennie-Hynes’ new album LIGHT/SHADE (out Oct. 27) explores his artistic boundaries, moving from Americana singer-songwriter fare into a more electronic realm—doing what he does best, creating songs that linger long after the first listen. He’s been covered at Rolling Stone, Bridge Magazine, Paste, No Depression, Atwood Magazine, Cowboys and Indians, American Songwriter and more. Authenticity is the defining aspect of Rennie-Hynes’ songs, they feel timeless and familiar while being uniquely his own.
LIGHT/SHADE was written during a period of extreme change and growth for Rennie-Hynes. It has a striking and urgent quality to it as Rennie-Hynes is not afraid to lay out his feelings. It makes you stop in your tracks and simply listen.
“I was falling in love when I was writing this album,” says Rennie-Hynes. “I was probably partying way too much. I was looking at the life I’d created here in a foreign country, away from all I’d known in Australia. I was questioning my boundaries and some of the people I’d surrounded myself with. This album helped me work through and process a lot of that.”
The album sees Rennie-Hynes diving deeper into electronic sounds with the help of his producer and collaborator Kyle Henderson. Together they wrote and recorded the album piece-by-piece over the course of six months, working almost daily on it. The result is an album that’s powerful yet vulnerable, intense yet reflective, deep yet accessible.
Songs like “Morning Stars” show his melodic prowess and romantic inclinations, paying homage to 90’s acts such as Dido with angelic strings wafting throughout. “Head in the Clouds” brings an intensity and spark similar to Post Malone, and includes a spoken word verse by his lover at the time. “When we Touch” feels like a song that could’ve been used in Ryan Gosling’s Drive, with a sexy and pulsating beat, and lyrics that question one’s choices in the later hours of the night. “Fucking with my Head” is a swelling and heavy-hitting track that relates to something we’ve all felt, not knowing up from and down, and being lost in in your thoughts. “Is it in the Water” is a summery track that bursts and emanates with sunshine and young love.
On the back of being awarded the Australian Arts Council’s prestigious Nashville Songwriters Residency, gifted to one Australian Artist a year, Rennie-Hynes relocated to the US in May 2018. He left behind a well-established solo career in his native country and his role as one half of The Ahern Brothers, a folk duo whose harmony-heavy debut album earned a four-star review from Rolling Stone and quickly garnered them a legion of fans throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Yet, Rennie-Hynes was looking for a change, in both musical direction and setting. Moving into the close-knit East Nashville community, Rennie-Hynes immersed himself in the inspiring and thriving creative scene taking place there. Since making the move in 2018 he’s released a slew of singles and two full-length albums Patterns (2019) and Day Rage (2022) adding to his already extensive catalogue of his self-titled album (2012), February (2014), and Furthermore (2016).
LIGHT/SHADE represents the dichotomy we all experience as human beings, the light and shade that all of us contain inside of ourselves. It’s Rennie-Hynes’ most bold and exploratory album to date. Artists must be willing to push beyond and outside their defined norms to grow and expand, and Rennie-Hynes has always done this. LIGHT/SHADE sees him move into a new space, artistically and stylistically. It’s exciting to see this growth, while at the core of these indie-pop and dreampop songs is that same artist striving for authenticity and honesty. This is what defines Josh Rennie-Hynes’ body of work.
Song credits:
Written by Josh Rennie-Hynes and Kyle Henderson
Produced & mixed by Kyle Henderson
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe
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“Exquisite, shimmering guitar colors and fine lyrical details. 4 out of 5 stars.” – Rolling Stone
“Take the outrageous alt-pop flair from the outback and mix it with the pristine Nashville production and we get something that smells like Parcels bathing musically with Lord Huron… a contagious alt-pop banger that displays the artist’s tenacious knack for experimental pop and hooks.” – Glide
“Pushes the limits with lush pop arrangements over profoundly engaging songwriting. The music serves to uplift Rennie-Hynes soaring, honeyed vocals – just rough enough around the edges to keep things interesting.” – Ghettoblaster Magazine
“Leading with yearning, guitar tones that are instantly redolent of the song’s philosophical nature, the artist sells it with its wishful chorus, sifting through the ebb and flow that our lives all inherently produce.” – PopMatters
“Exemplifies the bright future of Nashville’s music scene.” – Lightning 100 (Nashville)
“Whimsical, bright, nostalgic, yet still a little edgy, this is a perfect song for the end of summer.” – Cowboys & Indians
“Josh Rennie-Hynes reminds us to be present with his latest roaring indie-rock gem. There is an authenticity to it. A true grit. A uniqueness that leaves you wanting more.” – Atwood Magazine
“A good sized portion of Neil Youngesque guitar fireworks… has a wonderful intimacy.” – Americana UK