We are now accepting pre-orders for Time Off by Steve Gunn (PoB-08). It’s the perfect head-nodder for those upcoming summer sessions! Order your LP, CD, or digital album now, and take advantage of special discounts and a drawing for a free record.
His first album with a band featuring J. Truscinski (drums) and J. Tripp (bass), Time Off showcases the virtuosic guitarist’s oblique character sketches and story-songs, using the trio format to launch his compositions and singing into new, luminous strata. This is Gunn at the top of his game, utterly unique but steeped in traditions both vernacular and avant-garde.
These are busy days at PoB HQ; lots going on with releases, press, and tours. Here’s an overview of some recent news and truths from Steve Gunn, Hiss Golden Messenger, Chris Forsyth, the Red Rippers, and Chance.
Dear reader, it’s Record Store Day, and you owe it to yourself and your local record merchants to pick up a copy of the new Golden Gunn LP, a collaboration between PoB artists Hiss Golden Messenger and Steve Gunn, with spiritual guidance and musical direction from Dickie Silk. A masterpiece of dead-end addresses, smoke machines, and indoor shades, it comes care of Three Lobed Recordings, stuck in the middle of Haw and Time Off.
We’re delighted to share a full grip of Steve Gunn news! We’re cruising into the sweet Spring season with plenty of entertainment to offer care of Steve and the gang. Firstly, we’ve confirmed the release date for Time Off, Steve’s PoB debut and his most affecting and accessible work of pure songcraft to date. And Steve will be on tour with Kurt Vile this Spring and Summer!
Live footage of Steve Gunn and his Trio performing “Lurker” from his upcoming Time Off LP, hometown Phoenix nespaper coverage of the Red Rippers reissue, and an update on our Chance reissue project.
The Red Rippers in the Village Voice and beyond, including a new interview with Ed Bankston. Details on Hiss Golden Messenger pre-orders are forthcoming. And Steve Gunn plays in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.
Despite the winter chill, things are heating up at Paradise HQ; we have a full slate of upcoming releases, and it’s getting busier around here. First, we’re pleased to announce that you can now purchase MP3 albums of select PoB releases from this website. Second, lots of press and news to share about the Red Rippers, HGM, Chance, and Steve Gunn.
We’re elated to announce the addition of guitarist and songwriter Steve Gunn to the growing Paradise of Bachelors roster. His forthcoming trio record Time Off, slated for release in late Spring 2013, finds him in the good company of longtime collaborators John Truscinski (drums) and Justin Tripp (bass), deploying his signature virtuosic guitar style framed by the most commanding vocal performances he’s yet committed to tape.
