“Oscillates
between giving hope to those who are lovestruck and those who just need a breath
of fresh air.” — Atwood Magazine
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Gregory Ackerman as photographed by Nell
T Sherman
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Check
out “Good Song” by Gregory Ackerman at Folk
Radio UK or Americana
Highways and listen
to the B-side “Losing Sense” (feat. Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties) at American
Songwriter or click the link above!
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Folk
Radio UK
describes Gregory Ackerman’s latest single “Good Song” as “an
infectious laid-back hazy number, lyrically sincere and couched in more than a
little ray of that west coast sunshine.”
American
Songwriter comments on the single’s non-album B-side “Losing Sense” (which
features backing vocals from Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties),
saying “Ackerman’s deep, throaty tenor reverberates across the drum kit,
as he recounts his crash course in love during a pandemic.”
Ackerman says, “I wrote ‘Good Song’ out of this
feeling of desperation that I just wanted my music to be heard. I began to
think about how one creates a ‘good’ song, and the lyrics just started to come
together about the notion of pouring yourself into a song in hopes to even get
considered as a ‘good’ songwriter.
About the single’s non-album
B-side “Losing Sense,” Ackerman reveals a story of personal
heartbreak, saying, “I wrote it after the abrupt end to an abrupt start of a
beautiful thing with a beautiful neighbor.
“It started strong and intensely, and
burned out just as quickly. Crashed and burned, perhaps. You can’t put too much
pressure on yourself or on the other person in these scenarios, and I did both.”
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Gregory Ackerman
Still Waiting Still
Sept. 17th, 2021
(S/R)
Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL LP
Track Listing:
01. Intro
02. Think Straight (STREAM)
03. Full Grown (VIDEO | STREAM)
04. Peace of Mind
05. Good Song (STREAM)
06. Seasonal Living
07. Happy Phase
08. 2023
09. Mr. Moon (STREAM)
10. For Rob
11. Right Again
12. My Heart Goeth
13. All This Thinking
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Gregory Ackerman | In The Press
“Bathed
in Californian moonlight. Ackerman’s
gentle voice is soothing.” — PopMatters
“I’ve
had this song going around my head since I first heard it.” — Folk Radio UK
“Carries
a sense of nostalgia that is only amplified by Ackerman’s deep and hushed vocal harmonies.” — Glide Magazine
“A
phenomenal wave of emotions full of lush harmonies and poignant lyrics.” — Last Day Deaf
“A
stirring percussive ensemble, over moving vocals and guitar.” — Americana Highways
“Hard
to resist.” — Adobe and Teardrops
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[STREAM] | https://Fanatic.lnk.to/GregoryAckerman-StereoEmbersPodcast
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Gregory
Ackerman chats with host Alex Green on the latest
episode of the Stereo Embers podcast.
Green writes, “The California-born singer/songwriter Gregory Ackerman’s marvelous new album Still
Waiting Still is shimmering with delicacy and strength. Buoyed by
shadowy backbeats, sneaky melodies and Ackerman’s
inimitable and unforgettable delivery, sonically Still Waiting Still falls
somewhere between the work of Nick Drake
and Elliott Smith. Read
more here.
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Gregory Ackerman | About
“I used to feel like I was the only one that should have a say in my process,” says Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Gregory Ackerman of his music. “I’ve since discovered that both life and music get better the more people you share them with.”
The latest work that Ackerman
is sharing with the world is Still Waiting Still (out now),
the follow-up to 2019’s “Stresslove EP” (V2/Munich Records), and Ackerman’s
first full-length since his debut album And Friends in 2018.
Still Waiting
Still was produced by Pierre
de Reeder of Rilo Kiley who adds touches of hypnotic mysticism on
top of the California summer sunset melodies, which beautifully combine with Ackerman’s
plainspoken philosophical lyrics and twisty, dexterous guitar to create what is
now Ackerman’s signature sound.
The title of Still
Waiting Still’s first single seems to reference the evolution in Ackerman’s
thinking. “Full Grown,” originally a spare song written when he was only
20-years-old
(Ackerman is now 28), is given a full production makeover for inclusion on Still Waiting Still.
“For the rendition of ‘Full
Grown’ on Still Waiting Still, I had violinist Gabriel
Wheaton update it with a beautiful string arrangement. His contribution
resulted in an amazingly thematic version of what I now consider to be
an ‘old classic’ from my catalog.”
In addition to Wheaton,
new friends that Ackerman has invited to participate in creating Still
Waiting Still include other Los Angeles-area talents such as Grant
Milliken, Eva B. Ross, Shelby Gogreve, and Theo and
Mark Federonic.
“These are all great
musicians that I met playing shows in Los Angeles,” Ackerman says. “This
new personnel, combined with my trusty foundation (Ackerman’s brother Eric,
close friend
Keenan McDaniel, and friend and producer, de Reeder), helped Still Waiting Still become a lively collection of brand-new material mixed with songs that I’d written years ago.”
Ackerman guesses that half of Still Waiting Still’s
13 songs were written while he was in college, shortly after he had begun to
write and record in earnest. His posts of the results on
Soundcloud revealed
that listeners liked what they heard, and Ackerman was later signed on
an unsolicited demo to V2 –affiliated singer-songwriter offshoot, Munich
Records.
“For this album I
wanted my past self and current self to align again as one fluid artist. All of
the songs on Still Waiting Still have an inherent grit or humor
to them, and were written with a youthful ironic moodiness which I relate to
once again as a 28-year-old.”
“I wanted to bring
back the states of mind that I used to feel,” Ackerman continues, going
on to reference the album’s second upcoming single, the aptly titled, “Good
Song,” in which he sings about “dredging up feelings from the past,” while
trying to write a song about writing songs.
“‘Good Song’ came
out of my frustration in feeling the pressure to make ‘likeable’ music,” Ackerman
confesses. “I was constantly feeling mostly self- imposed pressure to write
a ‘hit song,’ and I remember being able to finally take a step back from that
mindset and look at it humorously. Why not write a song about trying to write a
good song?”
Still Waiting
Still contains 13 of ‘em
actually, and Ackerman is proud.
“It’s not perfect,
just as nothing with a heartbeat ever is, but I hope that it represents some
part of me that perhaps I could not express any other way.”
Still Waiting
Still, the second album by Gregory
Ackerman, is out now. Gregory
Ackerman is available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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Gregory Ackerman | Links
ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SPOTIFY
: APPLE : BANDCAMP
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic
Promotion | Contact
WEBSITE
: FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : BLOG : E-MAIL
Still Waiting Still
Sept. 17th, 2021
(S/R)
STREAM FULL LP
Track Listing:
02. Think Straight (STREAM)
03. Full Grown (VIDEO | STREAM)
04. Peace of Mind
05. Good Song (STREAM)
06. Seasonal Living
07. Happy Phase
08. 2023
09. Mr. Moon (STREAM)
10. For Rob
11. Right Again
12. My Heart Goeth
13. All This Thinking
[STREAM] | https://Fanatic.lnk.to/GregoryAckerman-StereoEmbersPodcast
“I used to feel like I was the only one that should have a say in my process,” says Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Gregory Ackerman of his music. “I’ve since discovered that both life and music get better the more people you share them with.”
(Ackerman is now 28), is given a full production makeover for inclusion on Still Waiting Still.
Keenan McDaniel, and friend and producer, de Reeder), helped Still Waiting Still become a lively collection of brand-new material mixed with songs that I’d written years ago.”
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