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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[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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