A meditation on the death of James Byron Dean

The Death Of James Dean

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mighty Joe Nolan's new single is a groovy snapshot of psychedelic staycationing in the South. "Backyard Beach" is the latest single off Nolan's upcoming collection, American Guillotine - a pandemic-era song cycle he self-produced in his home studio during the pandemic. The song spotlights cool drinks, rising temps, blooming flowers and fiesty hummingbirds through a druggy filter of lo-fi beats and trippy vocal effects, creating a slo-mo soundtrack that celebrates the libidinal liberations of these Dionysian days. 

"I built a beach in my backyard. It's sort of like a compound, very private. It's a kind of secret paradise I created when it wasn't an option to run to the Gulf. I built the beach with TLC and THC, vintage dub music and sake cocktails," says Mighty Joe Nolan

"Backyard Beach"

Backyard Beach

"Like I Never Knew You" is the first single off Mighty Joe Nolan's new LP, THE WICKED. The song is a melancholy homecoming, and an up-tempo confrontation with the stranger in the mirror. It's bareknuckle bluegrass meets punk-a-billy, and about as close as Nolan ever gets to his Americountry peers in Nashville. The single will be released exclusively to Nolan's Bandcamp page on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2023.

The Wicked

"Like I Never Knew You"

Like I Never Knew You

A mythopoeic memoir of childhood in Detroit

Detroit City Boy

Ringing guitars and dark poetics. 

"An Old Testament song about the fallen world," Mighty Joe Nolan

"The Wicked"

A folk-horror re-arranging of "Send Me An Angel" -- a 1989 hit from the New Wave Australian band Real Life.

SEND ME AN ANGEL - MASTER

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The Present Is A Gift Master

Joe Nolan is an intermedia artist whose diverse practice includes fine art photography, multimedia paintings, public radio poetry broadcasts, live performances, musical releases, public projects, and his critical writing about art and film.

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