Monday, August 3, 2020

Blesson Roy’s “Let It Go” soundtracks abstract visual art piece by MTV Video of The Year award winner, Tom Gorai, producer of Pearl Jam’s iconic “Jeremy” video.

From L.A.’s punk scene, guitar hangs with Radiohead, 250 dates a year as member of both Idaho, Pete Yorn’s band, Terry Borden does his own thing on dreamy debut EP.

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Terry Borden of Blesson Roy as photographed by Ankhurr Chawaak

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Blesson Roy | In The Press

“Will expand your mind.” — BTRtoday

“AM pop radio has served him well... may be setting the pace for a new sound in a new decade.” — PopMatters

“Dreamy and earthy... always with heartfelt emotion.” — The Big Takeover

Beach Boys-esque poppy vocals. An entirely new musical sound.” — Glide Magazine

“Allows the listener to feel a deep connection to Borden’s wistful vocals.” — Ghettoblaster Magazine

“Beautifully realized... Mixing the beach-y vibes of the Beach Boys with Big Star’s vibrant melodies.” — Beats Per Minute

“If the Beach Boys did a new wave album.” — Higher Plain Music

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“This combination of visuals and audio will expand your mind to a level of self-comfort that’s hard to obtain alone,” says BTRtoday about visual artist Tom Gorai’s music video for “Let It Go” by Blesson Roy. See the video at BTRtoday here or at the link below.

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO4pMGDlkIw

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Gorai has been nominated for both an EMMY® and GRAMMY®, and he won MTV’s Video of The Year award for his production of Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy.” He’s also known for his music video production with artists like Nine Inch Nails and A Tribe Called Quest. So when Gorai first became isolated during the COVID-19 lockdown, he knew he had to use his talent for visual art to contribute to the song that expanded his mind so much during that time.”

Gorai explains, “When I first heard Blesson Roy’s ‘Let It Go,’ it screamed at me loudly and I was deeply affected,” he says in an artist’s statement. “The next thing I knew is that, in this weird state of nothingness and stasis, I thought I could hear the song more clearly than ever before, so I took a deep breath and just focused on listening to the music. I put it on repeat and just listened over and over as I let whatever influences I was feeling direct me to put together light and color and patterns.”

The song itself is also very personal to Blesson Roy’s Terry Borden. He explains that the tune, “started with a hypnotic guitar line that triggered a meditation. The creative process and sound conjured up painful memories and its simplicity allowed for a layered catharsis which worked these toxic feelings to the surface and out of the subconscious, in a sweeping and graceful gesture, culminating in the survival action of letting go of stored traumas. It is a step in that direction, small or more depending on how the frequencies shimmer in your lake.”

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Blesson Roy
“Time Is A Crime” EP
Out Now
(Slow Start Records)

Streaming Link:

Track Listing:

01. In Tune With The Moon (LYRIC VIDEO)
02. Let It Go (LYRIC VIDEO | MUSIC VIDEO)
03. Lost & Found (LYRIC VIDEO)
04. Inside
05. Walk This Mile

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Blesson Roy | About

Life-long “music lover and music doer,” Terry Borden is a child of 1970’s California whose early love of AM radio and his brother’s record collection has led him to numerous career highlights that are still accumulating.

These include: Kind words from Lou Reed, two appearances on David Letterman, guitar hangs with Radiohead, and 250-plus tour dates a year throughout early 2000s as a member of slowcore pioneers Idaho and singer-songwriter Pete Yorn’s backing band Dirty Bird.

Coming of age in Los Angeles during the early 1990’s rise of punk and new wave, Borden’s long and varied career as a studio and touring musician will culminate with the release of his own dreamy pop project in 2020. Blesson Roy’s five-song “Time Is A Crime” EP is out now.

Owing to Borden’s stint living and working in the UK where he was influenced by the burgeoning sounds of sub-cultural labels such as 4AD, Creation, Factory and Rough Trade, the music of Blesson Roy will undoubtedly please fans of all these sounds.

Borden brings real roots song craft to his work, as well, showing that his recent years away from the music industry, but not away from songwriting, have only served to develop his abilities and technique, as Borden masterfully performs all of the instruments on the new tracks himself.

After Borden’s run with Idaho came to an end, he signed with Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s World Domination label as Flotilla, releasing one critically praised album, and while the label eventually folded, the record found some important ears, including those of Yorn.

When Yorn was looking for a touring guitarist, Borden got the gig, eventually switched to his beloved bass and spent another four years out on the road. Then, during a break in touring, Borden decided to make the down time indefinite.

“After a decade-long ride, I took a long time off and away from music and the music business,” he says. “I needed to take a hard look at my life, to clean up some existential messes, and change some unhealthy habits.” Now, revitalized and energized, Borden is continuing to create, write and record music for himself again.

Blesson Roy’s five-song “Time Is A Crime” EP is out now via Slow Start Records. Terry Borden is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Blesson Roy | Links


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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact


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