Greg Freeman ft. Merce Lemon (Paste/SGUM/RS/Uproxx) Reissue/Vinyl 1/17/25

Greg Freeman Announces 'I Looked Out' LP Re-release With 2 Bonus Tracks,  Shares "Long Distance Driver (Acoustic)”  ft. Merce Lemon Single + Video via Paste Magazine Plays Line Of Best Fit London Show on 1/15  @ Lexington w/ Greg Mendez 'I Looked Out' Re-release Out Today Via Canvasback/Transgressive, Vinyl Out 1/17  Look Out For New Music in 2025

Photo Cred: Justin Gordon LISTEN & SHARE: Greg Freeman - I Looked Out Vinyl Pre-Order LISTEN & SHARE: Greg Freeman - I Looked Out Spotify / Bandcamp PRAISE FOR GREG FREEMAN "Some musicians make you wonder if what they’re doing is some sort of ironic mischief. Not Greg Freeman. He really means every word, bashing away on his electric guitar as bandmates on bass, drums, saxophone, and pedal steel guitar add rich colors to his visions." -Rolling Stone "There’s a certain Vermonter who made a really tremendous singer-songwriter record in 2022, and his name is Greg fucking Freeman—he also happens to be one of the best guitarists alive. I Looked Out is dripping with feedback, distorted by the reliquary of Florida men, sobering, end-times-ridden folklore and a Holy War of the interpersonal woven into the God-fearing and mysterious." -Paste "'The Celtic thrum of noise that kicks off his album is a bit of a red herring (it’s full of hopelessly addicting indie-rock bops), and while a track like “Colorado” is missing shoegaze tenets like “glide guitar,” the voluminous crescendos (packed in tight with warm, tattered horn blasts) create a shoegaze-like effect, and “Souvenir Heart” indeed uses the unmistakable yowl of a distorted ‘gaze guitar." - Stereogum "I’m late on this one — it’s my favorite album of 2022 that I discovered in 2023... It’s obvious that Freeman has worshipped at the altar of the late, great Jason Molina, though he also brings his own influences (particularly ’90s indie rock in the form of Neutral Milk Hotel and Guided By Voices) to the table. What I’m saying is that this is yet another blown-out country-rock record that sometimes delves into pure noise. (I can’t get enough of this formula lately.)" - Uproxx Vermont's finest, Greg Freeman, has recently signed with Canvasback/Transgressive Records. To celebrate this exciting partnership, his critically acclaimed debut LP, I Looked Out, is being re-released today, complete with two bonus tracks. The vinyl version is scheduled for release on January 17, 2025. This reissue features a new rendition of "Long Distance Driver (Acoustic)," which includes a special collaboration with Merce Lemon. Greg describes the track and accompanying video as a heartfelt exploration of... [insert your description here]. Additionally, the final bonus track, exclusive to the vinyl release, is a captivating mashup titled "Sound Tests, Scraps, Lists," which weaves together sounds, songs, and snippets collected during the creation of this masterful debut. Greg on the track, "I wrote this song a few years ago, when the world was entering a scary and uncertain time, and hope seemed fleeting and very far in the distance.  The song is about wanting to find connection in such a world.  In a way, it feels like an old song to me at this point, but that place of uncertainty feels even more pronounced than when I wrote it.  The acoustic version is just more sparse.  There's a harmonica instead of a saxophone.  There's no drums either.  Merce does the high part and I do the low part.  I also play the concertina in the recording.  Our friend Nate Campisi recorded the song at Mr. Smalls studio in Pittsburgh (where we also recorded the video).  It used to be an old church." Greg Freeman’s album I Looked Out has been garnering praise from notable critics, with Steven Hyden of UPROXX calling it “my favorite album of 2022 that I discovered in 2023,” and Paste Magazine naming it among the 25 Best Debut Albums of the 2020s. The magazine went further, hailing it as “one of the best rock records of this generation.” His noisy art-rock Americana will be put on display for his London debut at The Line Of Best Fit Show with Greg Mendez on January 15th in London. Tickets for these dates are on sale now. Find more information and tickets HERE. Look Out For New Music in 2025. Greg Freeman - Long Distance Driver Acoustic (Feat. Merce Lemon) Live Tour Dates: 1/15 - London UK - LOBF Show w/ Greg Mendez Vinyl Tracklisting: Side A 1. Horns 2. Right Before the Last Waves Took Vestris 3. Long Distance Driver 4. Colorado 5. Come and Change My Body 6. Connect To Host  7. Tower Side B 8. I’ll See You In My Mind 9. Souvenir Heart 10. Palms 11. Sound Tests, Scraps, Lists Digital Tracklisting: 1. Horns 2. Right Before the Last Waves Took Vestris 3. Long Distance Driver 4. Colorado 5. Come and Change My Body 6. Connect To Host 7. Tower 8. I’ll See You In My Mind 9. Souvenir Heart 10. Palms 11. Long Distance Driver Acoustic (feat. Merce Lemon)  12. Sound Tests, Scraps, Lists