D.D Dumbo - i woke up covered in sand

"Horseshoe" is the first single from Withered Hand's album "New Gods," and features a guest appearance from Pam Berry (Black Tambourine) on backing vocals.

Fortuna POP! (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US/Canada) are proud to announce the new album by the Edinburgh based folk-rock troubadour Dan Willson who records as WITHERED HAND. “New Gods” is his stunning second album, following his critically acclaimed debut “Good News”.

Active in the world of visual art and dabbling in music for many years, Withered Hand’s Dan Willson came late to singing and songwriting at age 30, in a period of reflection between the death of a close friend and the birth of his first child. The resultant material, much of which went on to become the album “Good News,” has been praised for its depth and startling honesty.

Withered Hand has been embraced by Fife-based musical powerhouse the Fence Collective (whose sovereign King Creosote guests on the new album), seen his songs picked up on MTV and cult series Skins, and gained a legion of fans including Jarvis Cocker and Rolling Stone Magazine USA (who decreed him “Artist to Watch”).

A prolific live performer, recent Withered Hand shows have included collaborations with Pam Berry of seminal 90's US noise-pop band Black Tambourine and a rotating cast of musical friends embellishing Dan's exuberant and original songwriting alongside fragile and uplifting solo performances.

The long-awaited second album (produced by Tony Doogan – Mountain Goats/Belle & Sebastian etc - and part-funded by arts council body Creative Scotland) features guest appearances from the likes of Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines and members of Belle & Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit.

The five years since “Good News” was recorded has seen Willson honing his songcraft, building his audience and gaining critical momentum. “New Gods” is a beautifully executed collection of songs from one of Scotland’s most gifted songwriters.

“Beautifully constructed lyrical frameworks ... on this banjo-tinged brand of Caledonian gospel” – **** MOJO

“the UK’s best lyricist” – King Creosote, in The Independent

“Killer melodies ... wobbly folk grooves ... tunes full of warm, woozy sing-song charm” – 'Artist to Watch', Rolling Stone

Withered Hand - Horseshoe

"For the Boy Who Moved Away" is from EDJ's forthcoming self-titled debut.

Out 8/5/2014 through Easy Sound Recording Company (www.easysound.co)

Of the new record, Eric says:

In January of 2014 I decided to sit down and write an album’s worth of songs all over the course of a few weeks, which is something I had never done before.

Some were done at home during an unseasonably cold Portland winter, some in Boonville, California (a town in the wine-and-weed producing part of Mendocino County where they also have their own language,’Boontling’), and some in Joshua Tree, a place where people have always sought inspiration.

It had always taken a long time for me to write songs – and when one would finally come to me I’d put some broad concepts down on paper, find a nice melody, and then let the listener decide what they might be hearing.

Well, these new songs all mean something, from my life and from my brain. Even the lines that may be somewhat enigmatic or metaphorical sounding to you directly correlate to my life, and maybe yours, too.

The puzzle of existence on “Minor Miracles.” Rebuilding a life in “West County Girl” and “Lose It All, All the Time.” A quite literal story in “For The Boy Who Moved Away” about moving away from L.A. to an uncertain future, the San Gabriel Mountains engulfed in flames in our rearview.

And that’s to name but a few.

These are not the “happy” songs that I’ve come to be associated with – no fully major chords, and lots of suspended chords and major sevenths to make things kind of emotionally ambiguous. There was no stylistic dogma in making this record, and I was ready to fold in every type of music I was into at the moment – Joni Mitchell, new age, early 80′s McCartney, Another Green World, film scores, Talk Talk, British folk, and modern stuff that’s got me excited.

I had a bunch of my favorite people come and join me on this. Sam Cohen, Brian Kantor, and Josh Kaufman (all of Yellowbirds and a million other bands) made up the backbone of the band in the early part of the tracking. And then there were appearances by people from all the different chapters of my musical life – Andy Cabic from Vetiver and Tim Rutili from Califone dropped by to add stuff. James Mercer from The Shins sang some gorgeous high harmonies, and Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think (also my sometime film score collaborator) laid down some drone-y guitar vibes. And of course Thom Monahan, my usual studio co-conspirator, was there to make everything
come together.

These are simple stories, some about losses, a few about disappointment and regret, but also of hope and perseverance. I hope you like these melancholy grooves and existential make-out songs. These all mean something to me, I hope they will to you, too.

- Eric D. Johnson

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EDJ - For The Boy Who Moved Away

Matthew E. White's "Rock & Roll Is Cold (No Skin Version)" is from Fresh Blood (No Skin Version) available now on deluxe LP and digitally.

Watch the Rock & Roll Is Cold music video: http://smarturl.it/MEW-VEVO
More info: http://po.st/Visionnews

Listen to Vision (No Skin Version): https://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/matthew-e-white-vision-no-skin-version/
Download on iTunes: http://po.st/FreshBloodNSiTunes
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Matthew E. White tour dates:
07-29 Charlottesville, VA - The Southern
07-30 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
07-31 Nashville, TN- The Stone Fox
08-01 St.Louis, MO - The Luminary Centre For The Arts
08-02 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
08-04 Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Cafe
08-05 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
08-06 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
08-07 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
08-08 Washington DC - DC9
08-14 Malmo, SE – Malmofestivalen
08-20 Powys, UK – Green Man Festival
09-25 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival
10-25 London, UK – Barbican Centre
10-27 Aarhus, DK – VoxHall
10-28 Copenhagen, DK – VEGA

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Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold (No Skin Version)

Don’t let me go

United Crushers

Kind (Poliça)

Recorded at The Ranch Production House. Produced by Neil Kennedy.

Artwork by Bird Shoes.

Released 5th May, 2017.

Jessie

Second song from the album "a low place at The Old Place"

Less Words

iTunes

Independent_Girl

Haunter - 'Snowberries'

The new Fanfarlo album Let's Go Extinct is out on February 10th (in the US February 11th). Official video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8xHq1kdxes

Limited pre-order version - http://www.fanfarlo.com
Pre-order on iTunes - http://bit.ly/letsgoextinct

On tour in Europe and North America throughout spring 2014:
http://fanfarlo.com/shows

Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold (No Skin Version)

Domino Recording Co