Tune taken from L.A. songwriter’s latest EP, produced
by Pierre de Reeder (Jenny Lewis, She & Him), out Oct. 4th via
Munich Records.
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Gregory
Ackerman as photographed by Andrew
Wofford
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Gregory Ackerman | “We’ve Got A Runner”
[LYRIC VIDEO] | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veB5zFUsk00
“I’ve had this song going around my head since I first
heard it…despite the subject of break-up the song is bright and beautiful, a
reflection maybe on the mad world of love and life – it could be a summer
anthem; it will hook you in from start to finish. Outstanding.” – Alex Gallacher, Folk Radio UK (LINK)
“A gentle tale of breakup, over highlighted, ethereal
marimba, shakers and even handclaps in the mix.
It’s a stirring percussive ensemble, over moving vocals and guitar, and
an enticing harbinger of the upcoming EP.” – Melissa Clarke, Americana
Highways (LINK)
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Gregory Ackerman
“Stresslove” EP
Oct. 4th, 2019
(Munich Records)
Track Listing:
01. Dawg
02. Follow Through (STREAM
| VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO)
03. We’ve Got A Runner
04. Future
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Gregory Ackerman | Live
08/10/2019: San Francisco, CA @ Milk Bar
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Gregory Ackerman | About
“We’ve Got a Runner” was a song I wrote after a break up,” explains Los
Angeles-based songwriter, Gregory
Ackerman. “I recorded it in my room and posted a demo on Soundcloud in
2015, but I always wanted to resurrect it in the studio.”
The song is now the first single
from “Stresslove” (Oct. 4th, Munich Records), Ackerman’s upcoming EP of tunes that were written as “love songs
meant for those who had fallen out of love.”
As with his 2018 debut album And Friends, the “Stresslove” EP was produced by Pierre de Reeder, former bassist with Rilo Kiley, and the engineer of recent
recordings with bandmate Jenny Lewis,
M. Ward, She & Him, and other notable songwriters.
de Reeder adds some sonic hypnotic mysticism to Ackerman’s sunny 70’s-era California
sunset melodies, as well as a foil to the expertly navigated lyrical turns that
helped Ackerman’s single “Ten Little Indians / And The There Were
None” to catch
the attention of American Songwriter
in 2018. The song also became a top ten finalist out of nearly 20,000
submissions in the latest International Songwriting
Competition.
In addition to “We’ve
Got a Runner,” the “Stresslove” EP
contains the tunes “Dawg,” “Follow Through,” and “Future”.
“I had the song “Love
of the Loveless” by Eels in my
head while I was writing these,” Ackerman
explains. “I was thinking a lot about my relationship to love at the time. I
had been going through some flings, but nothing that was sticking.”
“The EP follows the arc of a failed relationship,” Ackerman continues. “It’s like a sonic
version of 19th century painter, Thomas
Cole’s series ‘The Course of
Empire,’ but for the stages of love.”
“Stresslove” is the upcoming four-song EP by Gregory Ackerman, out Oct. 4th
from Munich Records. The “We’ve Got a Runner” single is out now.
“Stresslove” is the follow-up to Ackerman’s 2018 debut album And
Friends. Gregory Ackerman is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Gregory Ackerman | Links
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic
Promotion | Contact
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