Dann Morr, songwriter and sideman, steps out with his debut album Shouting Into the Wind, a collection of indie rock gems that deftly incorporates the best parts of his long tenure in the Chicago music scene. Produced by Mike Hagler (OK Go, Wilco, Billy Bragg) and Morr, the 10-track album was recorded in Chicago at Kingsize Sound Labs and will be released September 23, 2014 on Squirrel Trap Records.

Since the 1990s Dann Morr has been a singer and multi-instrumentalist in the folk-rock group Wells-next-the-Sea, indie-rock/power-pop outfits Analog Radio, and High Energy Physics, as well as bassist and backing vocalist for a number of other Windy City artists including The Cheetles, Mooner, Kerosene Stars, Kevin Lee, Phil Angotti, and Tom Daily. “My original plan for this album was to find a home for orphan songs that had fallen by the wayside over the last few years… songs that were performed by my previous bands, but never properly recorded or never released,” Morr explains. “Although, once we started recording together, I was inspired to write some new material for this amazing line up of musicians- which we dubbed The Dashing Bastard Sideshow.”

Founded in 2011, Squirrel Trap Records is an independent record label and recording studio in Chicago.

We’ve been making records since we were kids. When we were young we would piece together a functioning recording studio from what ever equipment we could get our hands on. Reel-to-Reel machines, tape decks, mixers and even a piano modified with a speaker to make a glorious reverb cabinet. Many of those old recordings still exist today. As we got wiser and grayer, we continued to amass equipment and techniques working with both analog and digital formats to create unique sounds. In 2003, Brian began construction on the current space tucked nicely into a 1920 bungalow on Chicago’s north side. The space is fully constructed for the future with floating wall construction, Gepco digital wiring bundles and custom XLR combo patch bays.

We love the sounds. You will too.

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