TIMMY SKELLY RELEASES SOPHOMORE EP MEET ME IN NOWHERE LAND VIA LIVE2 / NEON GOLD RECORDS

TODAY TIMMY SKELLY RELEASES SOPHOMORE EP  MEET ME IN NOWHERE LAND VIA LIVE2 / NEON GOLD RECORDS HERE “I GET DRUNK” VIDEO HERE TIMMY SKELLY ON FESTIVAL LINE UPS:  BONNAROO, BOSTON CALLING, WONDERFRONT

EP art download art, photos, WAV/mp3 here Today, rising artist Timmy Skelly releases his sophomore Meet Me In Nowhere Land EP (pre-save link) via Live2 and Neon Gold Records, including “I Get Drunk” video here. Last year, he released the bold new tracks “Nowhere Land” and “Summer of ‘16” following his breakout Dive Bar Sermon EP, which landed him on the Boston Calling and Wonderfront stages and tours with Jimmy Eat World, Wilderado, Evan Honer, Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners, plus a spot on the coveted Bonnaroo festival lineup.  Produced with Noah Ehler (Kendrick Lamar, Quadeca, Kevin Abstract) and mixed by Nathan Boddy (Black Country New Road, Nilufer Yanya, Georgie Greep, Olivia Dean), Skelly’s EP walks a line between Indie Twang and pop Americana sensibilities. Timmy finds himself nestled amongst Noah Kahan and MJ Lenderman, a formidable songwriter with a penchant for romanticizing the middle American wasteland and its people with melodies for the masses. He describes his self-appointed genre "Midwest Y’allternative" as “a bit of everything I grew up on, including cornfields, lakefronts, my Dad’s red ‘79 Volkswagen bug playing Tom Petty and country radio, tall tales by the firepit, Friday night football, whispered prayers, frozen kisses and the smell of Halloween.” Timmy Skelly adds: “I am a hopeless romantic. I love the past. I love tossing a golden filter on my youth and soaking up the simpler times. I don’t miss them, but I appreciate them. I’m especially interested in this somewhat corny sentiment of living in the moment, of applying that golden filter of nostalgia onto our present. Why can’t right now be the best moment of our lives, why can’t this Friday night out in the same small town become a night we’ll never forget? That is the crux of Nowhere Land. A place that exists outside of reality, a day dream of an existence, one step left of center. A chosen naïveté, a simple break, a game of tag or softball or cards. A weekend in the woods, a day at the lake, a picnic in a field. What if that world was available forever? What if we could create that world somewhere in the foothills? Like minded individuals coming together to live in the moment, to love and cry and talk deeply and candidly. To unplug and play, create, listen and admire. That’s impossible right? Maybe not… Meet Me in Nowhere Land.” And about “I Get Drunk”, he adds: “I wanna risk my life just to feel a little less.” This is a song about getting stressed out and getting loaded. It’s a song about losing control. It’s a redemption song, meant to be a reflection on my own use of alcohol and my family’s history of addiction. Ironically, this might end up being a song that a lot of people drink to. It’s got the raucous energy of a drinking song. I wanted the record to feel out of control, I wanted it to feel drunk. When we play it live we play it even faster, even more out of control, almost as if playing the song itself was exercising demons in some form. Moments of the verses slip into a stream of consciousness rant about my life, my seeking the divine, my wanting to hold onto every moment and appreciate every breath but constantly battling states of sadness and yearning. “You touch me with your loving hand, make me wanna be a better man.” The ultimate message here being we all need a you, in life. Whether you is God, your partner, your friend, your child, your neighbor, your dog! We all eventually need love, the knowledge we are loved and supported. Nobody can do it alone.” On the sound of the record: “Noah and I were listening to a lot of “The Band” and "CSNY” when we left LA to write and record MMINL. We rented a cabin in the snowy mountains of northern California and set up shop. The a-frame cottage was equipped with our only non-negotiable asset, an upright piano. Nothing in the house was designed for recording.. it was perfect. We brought our own drums, mics, and a mess of string instruments (banjo, cello, fiddle, guitars) and set up a “control room” in a little family room, quaintly furnished with a wood furnace and a Christmas tree full of lights (it was February).” On his debut Dive Bar Sermon EP, Timmy Skelly collaborated with James Flannigan (Matt Maeson, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kodaline, etc) and with Noah Ehler (Quadeca, Kendrick Lamar, Laufey, Hailey Knox) to build upon his epic songwriting. Especially the collaboration on “Come on Diana” with Flannigan is gripping; manifesting his dream partner out on the open road over infectious Grouplove melodies and sun-soaked Midwest Americana guitars. Timmy says: "I’ve learned a lot while working in bars. I’ve learned even more while drinking in bars. This record is for all those lessons, those “sermons” from the good book of the neon church. Best enjoyed with a cold beverage or a long cool drive." Timmy and his collaborator Live2 continue to work on their full‑length film, taking you all out on a ride to Nowhere Land later this year. We’re looking forward to sharing more of Timmy Skelly with you. Don’t miss out on him. Timmy Skelly - Meet Me In Nowhere Land EP tracklist: 01. Nowhere Land 02. Sammy's Buffet 03. QB1 04. Summer of '16 05. Halfheart 06. I Get Drunk 07. I Am The Van 08. Gospel Song #7 https://www.instagram.com/timmyskelly/ https://www.instagram.com/livetwocreate/ https://www.instagram.com/neongoldrecords