Chicago/Los Angeles based musician Ryan Reidy today has released his new single "Impossible To Love," the third single from his upcoming album Fringe Body Parts, out November 7th via Money Pyre Records. The track follows alvbum singles "Rainbow Mountain" and "Dr. Felix And His Fringe Body Parts," which have received press support from The Alternative, Earmilk, Northern Transmissions, V13, among others. The new record is a noisy and unhinged yet pop forward–with soaring melodies filtered through a blood-pumping wall of sound, the 12 track LP is a magnificent take on art rock through a Midwestern DIY lens.
"I was on a mission to watch all three of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s 'Three Colors' trilogy, and I rushed into watching 'White' without any previous knowledge of the work," Reidy says. "It left a great impact on me about relationships, but more specifically about two people coming together and the tragedy/comedy of simply existing. I wrote this song immediately after watching the movie, and is about 98% accurate to the idea that came out of me. Lyrically, bed is a quadruple entendre."
Ryan Reidy’s roots run deep in the DIY and underground music scenes, previously playing in acts such as Ari Ari (Friction Records), Thunders (A Squared Industries/Asthmatic Kitty), and has been a touring musician for Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s and Male Gaze. The new album from Reidy is a noisy, unhinged blend of punk, noise rock, art rock, and garage rock.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Reidy began recording under his own name in 2014. His self-released digital albums Hush the Higher Brain (recorded with members of Wavves, Death Valley Girls, and POW!.) and Tomorrowlessness (2022) marked a more insular period, with no formal promotion or touring, as he focused on recovery and rebuilding.
"The title Fringe Body Parts was inspired by podcasters, influencers, and any other grifter/conmen that have co-opted spaces that used to be filled with leftist/progressive/socialist leaning artists. It’s about the oppressors using the language of the oppressed to harm people. More specifically, it’s commentary on people that misrepresent their fantasies as being simultaneously part of but outside of any academic discipline. In other words, there are no fringe historians just like there are no fringe kidneys. Musically, the record is uncivilized, ugly, feral, anguished, confused - an artistic expression of the times we are in. The cover is taken from a musical performance from my brother and I on Christmas morning 1990."
"Impossible To Love" by Ryan Reidy is out today via Money Pyre Records. |
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