Lauded guitarist and composer Chris Forsyth’s hypnotic recordings assimilate art-rock textures with vernacular American influences. This is his most ambitious, immersive, and sublime work of cosmic Americana yet, a face-melting 4-part suite of corporeal/ cerebral psychedelic bliss.
Our friends at Burger Records are releasing a cassette version of The Red Rippers album Over There … and Over Here, a moving and brutal new wave/boogie chronicle of songwriter Ed Bankston’s experiences in Vietnam and back home. The cassette edition will be available for shipping starting on July 30, but you can order now.
Chance’s manic, unforgettable In Search album is now finally available, after more than thirty years of waiting. You’ll want to pick up a copy of this countrydelic masterpiece ASAP, but don’t take our word for it. Here’s a selection of the rave reviews coming in what promises to be one of the year’s most memorable releases.
Highlights from Amanda Petrusich’s stellar review of Time Off for Pitchfork, plus additional reviews of Steve Gunn and Chance, whose July 13 release party at the Stone Fox in Nashville is not to be missed.
Round-up of the ecstatic press for Steve Gunn’s Time Off, including Uncut, Spin, and Magnet reviews, plus updates on Steve’s July dates with Daughn Gibson and Merchandise and some photos of the NYC release party at Union Pool.
The Search is on. In advance of the July 16 release of Chance’s legendary and lost 1981 opus In Search, Spin is kindly streaming the full album on a temporary basis. Also, check out photos of the deluxe packaging!
Consequence of Sound is streaming “Blue Monday,” Chance’s inimitable song about breaking up with a ballet dancer. Come meet Chance and some of his bandmates at the release party for In Search on July 13 at the Stone Fox in Nashville.
Uncut Magazine’s Wild Mercury Sound blog has premiered two more live studio session videos of Time Off tracks in alternate versions: “Old Strange” and “Trailways Ramble.” Plus reviews, interviews, and features from The Fader, PopMatters, Spin, and more.
The self-titled debut by Promised Land Sound (formerly Promised Land) finds the young Nashville band cooking up some serious red dirt/swamp boogie & country-fried choogle à la Jim Ford, Link Wray, and Dennis Linde, with tunes that are singularly propulsive, but reflectively rooted in the finest Southern songcraft. William Tyler guests.
For a limited time, The Fader is kindly streaming the entirety of Steve Gunn’s brilliant Time Off, which will be in stores worldwide on Tuesday, June 18.
