Friday, January 26, 2018

Marcus William Striplin of Pleasant Grove memorializes his mother as Margaret Chavez with solo album “A Loupe.” Run of Texas dates starts today.

Produced by Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky), album adds “dirt devil of a sound” to artist’s “mark of excellence in modern Americana” (UNCUT)

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Margaret Chavez (Marcus William Striplin) as photographed by the artist.

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Hear “Call For Cull” by Margaret Chavez at nationally recognized public radio station KXT, 91.7 in Dallas or via the links below.

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Margaret Chavez – Live


1/26/2018: Fort Worth, TX @ Twilite Lounge
1/27/2018: Denton, TX @ Dan’s Silverleaf
1/28/2018: Deep Ellum, TX @ Twilite Lounge

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Marcus William Striplin of Margaret Chavez and Pleasant Grove – In The Press

 “Triumphant.” – Consequence of Sound

“Beautiful.” – D Magazine (Dallas)

“A mark of excellence in modern Americana.” – UNCUT

 “Songs of broken hearts and broken voices.” – The Dallas Observer

“Oozes the down and out ache of Texas country.” – MOJO

 “Breathtaking.” – Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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“Surrounding you in a dirt devil of a sound that lies somewhere on the spectrum between Americana and psychedelia.” – KUTX 98.9, Austin

“A Loupe,” the just-released solo debut of Pleasant Grove co-founder Marcus William Striplin (performing under the name Margaret Chavez in memorial tribute to his mother), is everything a fan of Striplin’s songwriting and arrangement ideas (here realized by producer, Erik Wofford [Explosions In The Sky, The Black Angels]) would expect and more.

Listen to “Call For Cull” by Margaret Chavez

Striplin’s name is familiar to anyone who has followed the indie rock scene that emerged out of Texas in the early 2000’s, specifically Dallas, where Striplin co-founded the band named after the suburb Pleasant Grove in 1999.

In its relatively brief half-decade-or-so initial run, Pleasant Grove earned praise for the “simmering psychedelia” (KUTX 98.9) of its “songs of broken hearts and broken voices” (Dallas Observer) that, according to MOJO, mixed the “down and out ache of Texas country as well as the sonic outbursts of Neil Young.” In a four-star review, UNCUT dubbed Pleasant Grove a “mark of excellence in modern Americana.”

Consequence of Sound called Pleasant Grove’s return “triumphant,” the glossy Dallas-based monthly D Magazine proclaimed The Heart Contortionists “beautiful,” describing songs with “an intensity that sneaks up on you and a heat that never goes away,” and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram summed things up with a nod to Striplin specifically, saying Pleasant Grove’s “melancholy folk-rock, blessed with shadows, brass and Striplin’s plaintive voice — are breathtaking.”

Striplin, now based in Austin, has made a record that surpasses his best work. “A Loupe” by Margaret Chavez (Marcus William Striplin) is out now via Goliad Media Group. Striplin will be supporting the release of “A Loupe” with a weekend run of dates in Texas starting this evening at the Twilite Lounge in Fort Worth. Striplin is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Margaret Chavez
“A Loupe”
(Goliad Media Group)
Out Now
  

Track Listing:

01. Boy Mumble
02. American Fashion
03. Gone Gone Gone
04. Call For Cull (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
05. A Loupe
06. Grackles and Crows
07. Strange Buoy’s (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
08. Black Ambulance
09. Two Talons
10. Missing People

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Margaret Chavez Links

ASSETS : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : BANDCAMP : GOLIAD MEDIA GROUP

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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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