GUY BLAKESLEE Shares Lael Neale-Directed Video; New Album from The Entrance Band Frontman Out Feb 5

GUY BLAKESLEE LATEST SOLO SINGLE FROM THE ENTRANCE BAND FRONTMAN “FACES” - WATCH VIDEO & LISTEN NOW ‘POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE’ - UPCOMING ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 5 “a dispatch from the other side, from beyond the beyond; a journey into the unknown, and a well-trodden path back”

Photo by Lael Neale "Seven tracks of questioning, tremulous, occasionally beautiful gospel-psych" - Uncut Magazine "Guy Blakeslee channels Leonard Cohen and coincidental moments in time on 'Postcards From The Edge'" - American Songwriter “ A vivid, heart-on-sleeve lyricist.” – MOJO "a psychedelic shaman bringing us news from other planes of existence " - Pitchfork Guy Blakeslee will release his gorgeous and dramatic solo album Postcards From The Edge, out February 5 via his own Entrance Records. Recorded in New Orleans at the house studio of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the album is the latest from the guitar-wielding frontman of psych-legends The Entrance Band: a wandering soul who has spent the better part of his musical life on the road. Today, Blakeslee shares “Faces,” his latest track which opens with the longing “A million faces flood the street but none of them are yours…” The song features vocals from Lael Neale, Hale May & Rachel Fannan and drums by Guy’s Entrance Band bandmate, Derek W. James. The video for the song was filmed by Neale, inspired by the primitive film experiments of Harry Smith and calls to mind David Byrne and David Bowie. Watch “Faces” here: https://youtu.be/pEqVGBBiPGg.   “‘Faces’ was written in Paris during a rainy spell as the Autumn was turning to Winter,” notes Blakeslee. “Everyday, I would stalk the crowded streets in a bubble of isolation, not speaking the language or knowing a soul, stopping into a cathedral on my way to an empty apartment at the top of six long flights of stairs. From there I would write, or stare through the skylight while listening to the eerie silence and the Notre Dame bells ringing over the slow moving Seine. Years later it was recorded in New Orleans, where I found myself in another self-imposed isolation state.”   He adds, “Producer Enrique Tena Padilla unlocked my ideas for the recording in unexpected ways. With a magician’s command of the studio’s midnight haze, he closed his eyes and watched the movie of the story I was trying to tell and then brought the soundtrack to life. His abundant gifts as a producer really shine through in this song.”   WATCH & SHARE “FACES” NOW

In addition to his work with The Entrance Band, Guy has released solo albums under the ENTRANCE moniker via Fat Possum, Thrill Jockey & more. He has typically used his own name to release his most experimental and confounding records and Postcards From The Edge -- recorded with and produced by Enrique Tena Padilla (Oh Sees, Wand)-- is no exception.   Postcards From The Edge is electrified by the spirit of sonic experimentation, and the fervent desire to chart a map into unknown territory. Across the record’s seven tracks, Blakeslee’s questing lyrics teem with stormy emotion, his plaintive voice finding succor in richly-textured melodies that soar over lushly-produced soundscapes, always on the verge of collapse. Watch the videos and listen to previous singles “Postcards from the Edge” and “Sometimes.”   “The album title was taken from the semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher; a book I’ve never read and a movie I’ve never seen, but a phrase that has fascinated me since I was a kid--Princess Leia was also the first woman I can remember being obsessed with,” notes Blakeslee of the album. “It came to mean something entirely different for me, something shamanistic; like those explorers, writers, and artists, who are driven to travel into uncharted terrain, internal as well as external, risking their safety and sanity, tasked with a sacred responsibility to come back and report about what they have seen and experienced. Think of ‘Postcards from the Edge’ then, as a dispatch from the other side, from beyond the beyond; a journey into the unknown, and a well-trodden path back.”   Postcards from the Edge is out February 5th via Entrance Records.   WATCH “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE” HERE

WATCH “SOMETIMES” (OFFICIAL VIDEO) HERE

‘POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE’ TRACK LISTING 1. Sometimes 2. Postcards from the Edge  3. Faces  4. Giving up the Ghost  5. Hungry Heart  6. What Love Can Do  7. Blue Butterfly

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