"Speaking in Shadows dials back the blues and gets some Memphis soul grooves going that lend these songs a funky quality. Case in point is “Everybody’s Waiting”, a tune that shows off those (Randy) Newman touches with its relaxed, pop/soul vibe." - Pop Matters 


Second single from "Speaking in Shadows,"
After four albums fronting his blues-rock trio, Reed Turchi releases his solo debut, Speaking in Shadows, March 4th 2016 on Devil Down Records. Revealing musical and songwriting influences ranging from Randy Newman and JJ Cale to Beck, T Rex, and Tinariwen, Turchi steps out from behind the gruff fuzz into a multi-faceted sound built on finely crafted songs and ear- & rear-moving grooves. Featuring an all-star group of musicians, including drummer Paul Taylor and saxophonist Art Edmaiston (Gregg Allman Band), Andrew Trube and Anthony Farrell (Greyhounds), and renowned Italian guitarist Adriano Viterbini, Speaking in Shadows is built on a foundation of Memphis groove and fat-back rhythm. Fresh textures abound, from the carnival of sounds on tongue-in-cheek “Drawn and Quartered” to the heartbreaking vocals of Heather Moulder on the spare, haunting lead track “Pass Me Over.” As a songwriter, Turchi confidently mines the classic blues/rock vein in "Offamymind" ("Well I can barely walk, so I guess I oughta/ Get behind this wheel and drive”), effortlessly shifts gears to the satirical "Everybody's Waiting (for the end to come)," and turns introspective in "Looking Up Past Midnight." Reuniting with engineer Adam Hill (Big Star, Dirty Streets, White Stripes), recording direct to tape at Ardent Studio, Turchi strikes out for new territory with co-production by Billy Bennett (MGMT, The Whigs, Los Colognes). Mastered by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Natural Child, Langhorne Slim) at Bombshelter Studios in East Nashville, with artwork and design from Charles Ritchie.

Recorded and Mixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis. 
Produced by Reed Turchi & Billy Bennett (MGMT, The Whigs, Los Colognes)
Engineer: Adam Hill (Big Star, Dirty Streets) 
Assistant Engineer: Max Cornell 
Mastering: Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter (Alabama Shakes, Natural Child, Hooray for the Riff Raff) 
Album Artwork by Charles Ritchie (www.charlesritchie.com)

Musicians:

Paul "Snowflake" Taylor - drums/percussion/bass 
Art Edmaiston - Sax (Gregg Allman Band, Bo-Keys)
Anthony Farrell - Fender Rhodes / Organ (Greyhounds, JJ Grey & Mofro) 
Andrew Trube - Guitar (Greyhounds, JJ Grey & Mofro) 
Adriano Viterbini - Guitar (BSBE)
Heather Moulder - Vocals 
Andrew McNeill - Additional Percussion
Adam Hill - Guitar 
Billy Bennett - Percussion, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
Steph Wells and Leigh Lucas - Backing Vocals

Speaking in Shadows

Everybody's Waiting (for the end to come)

"This is why they call it the dirty South." -American Songwriter
www.reedturchi.com 

"Beyond traditional genre constraints…reaching for a sound that is pushing the boundaries of Hill Country tradition." 
- The Oxford American

"TURCHI claims new ground for Southern rock and roll music." Country Fried Rock

 “Vital, live, and essential.”  Living Blues Magazine

"...like ZZ Top fuzz choked out by weeds, though a few lysergic licks leach through...Dr. John-like hoodoo vocals over a swampy, psychedelic guitar lifted from Tony Joe White's back pages. "The record rolls like the Mississippi hills, but Turchi—born wanderers who travel to the Triangle so often they seem more local than regional—embraces multiple Deep South strains." -Indy Weekly

"Kudzu boogie is the shorthand the western North Carolina band Turchi uses to describe its bristling fusion of hard Mississippi Hill Country blues, southern rock, southern fried boogie and pungent Memphis soul...Reed Turchi is a fiery guitarist who especially likes to lace the tunes with slithering slide and a raspy vocalist who doesn't so much sing as use his growly drawl to pepper the tunes with hellfire tales of loneliness, obsession and retribution." Minneapolis City Pages 

"TURCHI’s mindset and loose, fall-off-the-bone guitar grooves spiritually trace to somewhere down in the land of Burnside, Kimbrough, and Kenny Brown…these juke-joint-jammers always keep it murky and muddy while recounting doing it in the dirt, imparting violence, pondering death, and then doing it in the dirt some more."  -Bluesrag Magazine