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The long-awaited arrival of ‘Peace Meal’ [Royal Oakie] in 2019 felt like a rebirth, in that the songs are the fruit of a communicative collaboration between this plane of existence and another; stuff of the cosmos that Sweeney has been personally tasked to deliver. Meanwhile, breezy melodies and buoyant beats showcase what was musically Sweeney’s most pop-oriented album to date: “a smorgasbord of influence: there’s Kinks and T. Rex, there’s Mungo Jerry and the smallest touch of Latin vibes; waltzy beats. Above all, the lyrics are clever, kooky and funny and god bless him, they’re interesting... Sweeney writes songs with a connective energy about them. This Sweeney has soul” (TheBayBridged).

With his notebook handy and his microphone on standby, Sweeney is back on the proverbial horse with a 2021 EP ‘Critique of Nature’ featuring his top-streaming song to date in ‘Natural Force’, which was lauded as a “stylish synthpop success” that “hits it out of the park” (Obscure Sound).  Sweeney's 4th full-length album, a dedication to his late daughter Rishi, is slated for release in November 2022, with another LP already in the can for 2023.

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New song "At Last I Am Free" (Chic cover) out now

Call it the alcoholic lovechild of two roving delinquents. Los Angeles-based Juan Wayne emerged in the middle of 2018 from the dark outer recesses of the minds of songwriters Andrew St. James and César Maria while out on tour in support of the former's 2017 solo album The Big Ole Veronica Apology Record.
 
Once returned home from the road and huddled in seclusion in Maria's Koreatown apartment, the pair recorded two records on an 8 track tape machine. Part concept, part earnest autobiographical reflection, the collaboration quickly gained traction through their native San Francisco songwriting community, resulting in live performances replete with cowboy hats and boots and a bevy of supporting players culled from acts as diverse as Tino Drima and Deltron 3030.
 
The first of those two records, Juan Wayne 1, was released in December 2020, a slice of brevity reflecting the duo’s undeniable kismet. They follow it now with Juan Wayne 2, out September 16, 2022 on St. James’s imprint, Peaches.
 
Juan Wayne 2 finds our heroes, hearts forever on sleeves, gaining new perspective, with fresh eyes on an emerging new future. The duo’s lifelong friendship yields a profound connection, melded together as always by two distinct narrative voices so intertwined - both through personal history and heartache, and shared influence - that it becomes difficult to distinguish where one ends and the other begins. 
 
Herein the root of new beginning takes shape. Best seen and heard to be believed, Juan Wayne rides.

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