MARINA UNVEILS DELUXE EDITION OF ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM, ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND

MARINA UNVEILS DELUXE EDITION OF ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM,

ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND

 

NEWLY EXPANDED COLLECTION ADDS FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD TRACKS

INCLUDING MOVING NEW SONG, “HAPPY LONER”

 

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES TODAY

 

ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND TOUR

BEGINS FEBRUARY 2^ND, 2022 IN SAN FRANCISCO

 

ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND (DELUXE EDITION)

AVAILABLE NOW HERE

 

LISTEN TO “HAPPY LONER” HERE | WATCH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE

 

MARINA has announced today’s release of the expanded deluxe edition of her acclaimed new album, Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land, available now via Neon Gold/Atlantic Records HERE.

 

Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (Deluxe Edition) adds five additional tracks to the original 10-song album, including the brand new “Happy Loner,” available for streaming and download HERE; an official music video, directed by Brendan Walter (Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Panic! At The Disco) with animation by visual artist Leah Putnam, premieres today via YouTube HERE.

 

Along with “Happy Loner,” Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (Deluxe Edition) includes two additional new songs plus two exclusive never-before-heard demos. MARINA’s self-penned fifth studio album – which sees MARINA co-producing five tracks alongside songwriter/producer James Flanigan (Dua Lipa, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hayley Kiyoko) and GRAMMY® Award-nominated producer/multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Decilveo (Andra Day, Bat For Lashes, Hinds) – is highlighted by such songs as “Man’s World,” “Purge The Poison,” “Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land,” and “Venus Fly Trap.”

 

MARINA is currently preparing to embark on her epic Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land Tour, set to get underway February 2^nd, 2022 at San Francisco, CA’s The Masonic and then travel through early March (see itinerary below). Special guests include Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Styrke (February 2^nd- February 25^th) and protest art group Pussy Riot (February 26^th-March 9^th). Highlights include performances at such iconic venues as New York City’s Terminal 5 (February 25^th and 26^th) and Nashville, TN’s legendary Ryman Auditorium (March 1^st). For complete details and remaining ticket/VIP availability, please visit www.marinaofficial.co.uk/tour.

 

ABOUT MARINA

MARINA is an award-winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter.  She has released four Top 10 albums including 2010’s gold certified The Family Jewels, 2012’s Electra Heart (which debuted at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Charts), 2015’s FROOT (which reached #1 on the iTunes ‘Top Albums’ chart in a range of countries), and 2019’s Love + Fear (which debuted Top 5 in the UK and Top 10 on the US Albums chart).  Her most recent album, Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land, has gone on to become her most critically acclaimed to date, with Vogue proclaiming it as “her boldest, most emotional outing yet” and Billboard reaffirming Marina as “one of pop’s boldest voices.”  Each of Marina’s records have also been accompanied by global sell-out headline tours with shows at some of the most prestigious venues in the UK (The Roundhouse, London Palladium) and US (The Greek Theatre, Terminal 5). She has performed at world renowned festivals including Glastonbury, Coachella, and the Governors Ball.  Marina has amassed 2.5B worldwide streams and over 800M video views. A socially engaged figure, she has given an address at the Oxford Union and has an incredibly passionate global fan base with an online following in excess of 7M.

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MARINA

NORTH AMERICAN + UK/EU TOUR 2022

 

 

FEBRUARY 2022

2 - San Francisco, CA - The Masonic

5 - Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium

7 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre

11 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre

14 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre

15 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre

17 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore

18 - Toronto, ON - Rebel

19 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE

21 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre

22 - Philadelphia, PA - Metropolitan Opera House

24 - Washington, DC - The Anthem

25 - New York, NY - Terminal 5

26 - New York, NY - Terminal 5

28 - Atlanta, GA - Coca-Cola Roxy

 

MARCH 2022

1 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium

3 - Houston, TX - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

4 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater

5 - Dallas, TX - The Factory In Deep Ellum

9 - Inglewood, CA - YouTube Theatre

18 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lollapalooza 2022 

19 – Santiago, Chile - Lollapalooza 2022

25 – São Paulo, Brazil - Lollapalooza 2022 

 

MAY 2022

9 – Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega

12 - The Hague, Netherlands - Amare

14 – Brussels, Belgium - La Madeleine

15 – Paris, France - Bataclan

17 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom – O2 Academy Edinburgh

20 – Manchester, United Kingdom - O2 Apollo (SOLD OUT)

21 – Leeds, United Kingdom - Refectory

22 - London, United Kingdom - O2 Brixton Academy (SOLD OUT)

25 – Dublin, Ireland - 3Olympia Theatre

 

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Indie-Rock Group Clementine Was Right Release Lead Single From New Album

CLEMENTINE WAS RIGHT

— INDIE ROCK GROUP LED BY POET MIKE YOUNG —

RELEASE NEW SINGLE

“DREAMING OF DANCING IN A DIFFERENT TOWN”

 

LISTEN HERE

 

LEAD SINGLE FROM THEIR SOPHOMORE LP

CAN’T GET RIGHT WITH THE DARKNESS

DUE OUT FRIDAY, MARCH 18

 

Above: single artwork for “Dreaming of Dancing in a Different Town”

 

NASHVILLE, TN (January 7, 2022) — Clementine Was Right, the indie rock project led by Denver-based poet and fiction writer Mike Young, have released “Dreaming of Dancing in a Different Town.” The song — highlighted with pensive storytelling — marks the lead off single from Can’t Get Right With the Darkness, the band’s sophomore LP offering. 

 

Chronicling years of uprooting — from Northern California to New England and Alaska to New Mexico — the music gallops and sways through hook-smeared bootgaze, cosmic scoot, harmonizing and storytelling. The outcome? Can’t Get Right With the Darkness, a colorful nine-song collection due out Friday, March 18.

 

According to Young, “‘Dreaming of Dancing in a Different Town’ is about the ache of naive promises. You start out flirting and trading clove cigarettes outside the laser tag place, jumping off the rail bridge, and you end up running into someone years later and admitting you never understood why they were crying.”

 

After releasing three books of poems and stories in the early 2010s (with praise from media outlets such as VICE), Young moved to Santa Fe in 2016 and instituted the Clementine Was Right journey with fifteen years of songs. In February 2020, these songs came together as the band’s first LP — Lightning & Regret — featuring a mix of innovative styles and instrumentation, from swirling honky-tonk synths to urgent crunchy guitars and accordions. 

 

In September 2021, Clementine Was Right huddled into Memphis Magnetic Recording in Memphis, TN to record Can’t Get Right With the Darkness. The new record is both grizzlier and more anthemic, weeping and laughing while the fire jumps the river. Recorded straight to a 1969 Ampex tape machine, the new sonic experience takes a smoke break outside the question of retro vs. contemporary, coming back inside with a bootgaze take on Gram Parsons’s infamous “cosmic American music.” 

 

Inspiration for the LP’s title came about as a result of the “deaths of family and friends, grief and abandonment — plenty of darkness to get right with,” discloses Young. “In the end, the album is less about the rest and more about the restlessness.” 

 

Jude Brothers and Lisa Kori join Young for colorful three-part harmonies on momentous choruses and catchy bridges, while Nate Smerage’s guitar lines skate between rhythm and lead, reinventing tasty punk-country licks with the sparkle of 80s New Wave and Springsteen bombast. 

 

Dick Darden decorates the beat like a rhinestone Charlie Watts, and Hayden Johnson’s breezy galumph on bass keeps both joy and desperation close to the heart. Rounding out the room are Alissa Nordmoe’s contemporary winks and sighs on her 1930s lap steel, haunting the songs with ghosts in many moods. Evolving Mike’s distorted synth washes from the first record, Scott McEwen’s mixes keep things warm and clear, letting the stories and harmony-driven hooks shine through.

 

Can’t Get Right With the Darkness builds on the promise of Lightning & Regret with bolder joys and darker waves, confidently maturing the band’s vision. “This new record is for dancing even deeper and the different towns you do it in, the strangers you made along the way and the candles you don't know how to hold,” Young says. 

  

Can’t Get Right With the Darkness is composed of Mike Young (vocals), Jude Brothers (vocals), Lisa Kori (vocals/ keyboard), Nate Smerage (guitar), Dick Darden (drums), Hayden Johnson (bass), Alissa Nordmoe (steel), and Buck Williams (road guitar). 

 

Above: album artwork for “Can’t Get Right With the Darkness”

 

Track Listing For Can't Get Right With the Darkness: 

“Half of My Heart Is a Runaway Train”

“Dreaming of Dancing in a Different Town

“The Blood in Your Face”

“Joe Montana’s Yokel War”

“One to Wander”

“Made Myself a Stranger”

“St. Francis and the Wolves”

“Next Bus Out”

“Can’t Get Right With the Darkness”

 

Above: Clementine Was Right

L to R: Jude Brothers, James Williams, Dick Darden, Alissa Nordmoe, Mike Young, 

Nate Smerage (standing), and Hayden Johnson (crouching).

Credit: Gion Davis

 

Clementine Was Right Online: 

TIKTOK | INSTAGRAM | SPOTIFY | WEBSITE | YOUTUBE

Maren Morris shares new song and video "Circles Around This Town"

MAREN MORRIS UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “CIRCLES AROUND THIS TOWN” + VIDEO

photo credit: Claire Schaper

January 7, 2022— Grammy-winning superstar Maren Morris shares a new single today, “Circles Around This Town,” alongside a music video directed by Harper Smith—listen here and watch here. The song, which made its country radio world premiere earlier today, was written by Maren and frequent collaborators Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels and Jimmy Robbins and produced by Greg Kurstin. More music from Maren is imminent.

“I could see the visuals for ‘Circles Around This Town’ the moment I wrote the song,” Maren says. “I’ve always been so inspired by the industrial, blown out colors of music videos from the 90s, so Harper Smith and I wanted the aesthetics of this video to reflect that grainy, devil-may-care attitude of all my females heroes from that era: Sheryl, Fiona, Alanis. Obviously, having a penchant for the nostalgic, we decided to recreate my teenage bedroom and pin old photos of me as a kid on the walls and have me typing on an old PC computer. I knew I didn’t want to take anything too seriously in this video, so all our amplified ‘signs of the universe’ are purposefully campy, but they also ask the viewer, ‘Is the universe actually showing you signs or do you just know when you need to make a real change?’ ‘Circles Around This Town’ is my story, so I felt like I truly got to relive my journey from Texas to Nashville again.”

Furthermore, Maren is nominated for two Grammy awards this year: Best Country Song for “Better Than We Found It” and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Chasing After You,” the #1, Platinum-certified collaboration with her husband Ryan Hurd.

One of music’s brightest stars, Maren released her massively acclaimed, record-shattering album GIRL in 2019, one of country’s most celebrated albums that year which spawned smash hits including the four times Platinum-certified, Grammy-nominated “The Bones;” and the Platinum-certified #1 title track. Maren won 2021 ACM Awards for Female Artist of the Year—for the second year in a row—and Song of the Year and three trophies at the 2020 CMA Awards. GIRL arrived three years after Maren’s breakout, Platinum-certified debut album HERO, for which she won countless accolades including Grammy, ACM and CMA Awards.

Greensky Bluegrass share new song 'Stress Dreams'

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS SHARE NEW SONG “STRESS DREAMS”  NEW ALBUM STRESS DREAMS OUT JANUARY 21 (THIRTY TIGERS) PLUS, THIS WEEKEND: TWO NIGHTS AT DENVER'S MISSION BALLROOM INCLUDING A SPECIAL SOUNDCHECK SET FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE COLORADO COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE RECENT FIRES 2022 WINTER TOUR DATES  FEATURING VERY SPECIAL GUESTS  THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS TO SUPPORT

Photo by Dylan Langille “Heart-Warming” - Americana Highways “Astounding” - MxDwn "Game-Changing" - WMOT (Middle Tennessee Public Radio) “Internationally-renowned” - WMUK (W. Michigan NPR)  "...will hit you right in the heart" - The Boot Americana/alt-country and roots-rock band, Greensky Bluegrass are kicking off 2022 with a brand new song, and the title track off their forthcoming album "Stress Dreams." Stress Dreams is due out on January 21 via Thirty Tigers. "Stress Dreams" follows the releases of "Absence of Reason," "Grow Together,"  and "Monument." "This Sounds like a quarantine song- and it truly became one - but was originally based on a recurring experience," explains Mike Devol. "I’d have what I began to call stress dreams, in which I’d need to be somewhere, often on stage, but for reasons beyond my control, I was unable to do so: my bass was in my car, the backstage door was locked. Sometimes in the dreams, I would need to text, but my phone wouldn’t type. I'd wake up and just be so relieved to not have to deal with the annoyance of whatever inconvenience I was facing. The song took on a melodrama, though, that I was happy to amplify. My wife walked through the room at one point when I was writing the mandolin solo melody in the middle and literally said, 'well, that’s dramatic.' Works for me." "Not only did Devol write a lyrical epic story of a song, but created the music to match it." says Anders Beck, "So often a writer hits one mark or another, but on this one, Devol got both" LISTEN TO "STRESS DREAMS" Greensky will kick off the year with a two-night run of shows in Denver at The Mission Ballroom which will include a special soundcheck set to benefit the Colorado communities affected by the recent fires: Greensky Bluegrass and Mission Ballroom are heartbroken by the recent fires that have gutted communities in the Front Range of Colorado. We're teaming up to play a special 'soundcheck set' on Saturday, 1/8. For a minimum donation of $25 at the door to Conscious Alliance, ticket holders can gain early entry to the venue at 6pm and enjoy a 30 min Greensky set from 6:30-7pm. Additionally, we're coordinating an auction to benefit those directly affected featuring some truly unique Greensky items, a year long pass to Mission Ballroom and more. We hope you can join us for this special moment and provide much-needed support our neighbors who are facing incredible challenges this season. Then, later this month the band will link up with The Infamous Stringdsters for a 19-date tour that will begin on January 20th in Albany, NY.  All up to date news tour info can be found at greenskybluegrass.com. Tour Dates Jan 7-8 @ The Mission Ballroom | Denver, CO   Featuring Very Special Guests The Infamous Stringdusters Jan 20 @ The Palace Theatre | Albany, NY Jan 21 @ The Met Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA Jan 22 @ The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY  Jan 26 @ Flynn Theatre | Burlington, VT Jan 27 @ The State Theatre | Portland, ME  Jan 28-29 @ House of Blues | Boston, MA  Feb 2 @ Stage AE | Pittsburgh, PA  Feb 3 @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom | Cleveland, OH  Feb 4-5 @ The Anthem | Washington, DC  Feb 17 @ The Pavilion at Pan AM | Indianapolis, IN  Feb 18 @ Fillmore Detroit | Detroit, MI  Feb 19 @ Riverside Theatre | Milwaukee, WI Feb 20 @ The Palace | St. Paul, MN  Feb 23 @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall | Louisville, KY Feb 24 @ Iron City | Birmingham, AL  Feb 25-26 @ The Tabernacle | Atlanta, GA   Since their 2000 formation in Kalamazoo, MI, the quartet—Anders Beck [dobro], Michael Arlen Bont [banjo], Dave Bruzza [guitar], Mike Devol [upright bass], and Paul Hoffman [mandolin]—have unassumingly progressed into a phenomenon on their own terms with the undying support of a devout audience. Rolling back and forth across North America on successive tours, they’ve sold out multiple dates at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Ryman Auditorium, the Fillmore Detroit, Riviera Theater Chicago, and many more. Beyond standout sets at Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and Austin City Limits, they co-own and have headlined 4848 Festival and Strings & Sol. In 2019, All For Money marked their second #1 debut on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums Chart and third straight Top 3 entry. They’ve also earned critical acclaim from Billboard, Parade, NPR, and Rolling Stone who hailed them as “representing the genre for a whole new generation.”  For the past century, bluegrass music has traditionally relayed real tales of American life, struggle, tragedy, and triumph. It gives a voice to the quiet, yet colorful stories woven into the fabric of the country itself. Greensky Bluegrass live these stories through their records and performances.  When touring ceased in 2020 in the face of the global pandemic, the band hunkered down and compiled demos individually at first, sharing emails and voice notes. In July 2020, they got together for the first time in four months, dedicating rehearsals to the development of the new material. Once circumstances safely permitted, they recorded what would become Stress Dreams during a session in Guilford, VT and two sessions in Asheville, NC with frequent collaborator “and old friend” Dominic John Davis as producer and “wizard engineer” Glenn Brown mixing. They preserved the hallmarks of their sound while widening its expanse. “Greensky is and always has been very unique in our world,” says Paul Hoffman. “We put our love, energy, and focus into what we appreciate about our music. We come together as a band in a way that’s organic. We take a lot of pride in how we grow and challenge each other too. We’re maturing together. I think we get more Greensky all of the time.”