“It was just too painful,” says the NYC-based
songwriter of why it took so long to make this deeply personal music public.
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David
Bronson as photographed by Ben Goldstein
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“Animals” is
the latest track from David Bronson’s 22-song cycle “The Long Lost Story”
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“Bronson has
soaked up all the best parts of ‘70s rock and created his own vibe. Captivating.” – MAGNET
“It’s a song about the opposing forces of recklessness
and restraint that fight within us,” David
Bronson says of “Animals,” the
latest track from his 22-track, two-album song-cycle “The Long Lost Story.” “Like the whole project, it was written as a
reaction; a somewhat idealistic plea-scream from a young and wounded bleeding
heart. It’s also a very pronounced statement of loss.” “The
Long Lost Story” isn’t just an imaginative title for the NYC-based
songwriter’s collection of Cat Stevens
and Harry Chapin evoking songs that have
seen release over the course of 2013. It’s
actually the only way to describe a wealth of material that was so painful for Bronson to make public that he hid the
recordings for nearly a decade.
“It’s the most definitive meaning of the name,” he
says. “The other parts being a
description of a person who’s quintessentially ‘lost,’ and it also alludes to a
lost relationship, as well.” Bronson found catharsis in writing and
recording the material at the time that he cut the tracks some 10 years ago,
but explains, “it was just too painful to face, which is why it took so long to
make public.” The material finally saw
the light of day this year with the release of the louder tunes as Story
in early 2013 and then its quieter, acoustic-based prequel The Long Lost last month.
The albums, produced by Bronson and mixed by Godfrey
Diamond (Lou Reed, Sparks, Glen Campbell), have earned the attention of music discovery
websites in the US such as Under
The Radar, Baeblemusic,
American
Songwriter, and My Old Kentucky Blog
among others, and Bronson has also
found welcoming ears in the UK where his work is currently being heralded. As for revisiting all of these feelings up
nearly a decade after the fact, Bronson
explains, “I suppose it’s unusual to release a record so long after its making,
but being so far away from where I was during the writing and recording really
emphasizes the documentary aspect of the whole thing for me. I’m very happy
that this period of my young life was recorded, and very excited to let it out
into the world at long last.”
Bronson has now moved on to new work and is back in the
studio (once again with Diamond) completing
an all-new full-length. “Benefitting from Godfrey’s
decades of experience, it’s been done in a very different manner than the first
two,” Bronson says. “The album is
very far along, and sound-wise, it’s a whole different thing; a real evolution
from ‘The Long Lost Story.’ Song-wise,
it’s a new level of maturity, being that it’s the first music I’ll be putting
out that’s contemporaneous with my life.” When Bronson isn’t writing and recording his solo material, he can be
found working as a contributing composer and editor on filmmaker Jennifer Elster’s “The Being Experience.” The project is an unflinching look at
existence, featuring a cast of actors, thinkers, and musicians including Dave Matthews, Moby, Questlove, Rufus Wainwright, and Yoko Ono among many others.
David Bronson’s
“The Long Lost Story” (comprised of the albums Story and The Long Lost)
is out now. Bronson is available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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David Bronson
The
Long Lost
(S/R – Out Now)
Track Listing:
01. The Lost
02. October
04. Crooked Trails
06. Idols
08. In a Cave
09. Once when I was god
10. One Simple Myth
11. Stay in Touch
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David Bronson
Story
(S/R – Out Now)
Track Listing:
02. Times (STREAM | MP3
| VIDEO | REMIX
| REMIX VIDEO)
03. If
04. Easier (VIDEO)
05. The Ones
06. Us (VIDEO)
08. Adrift
09. Watch the Sun (October Reprise) (VIDEO)
10. Outside (VIDEO)
11. Unending (Underture)
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David Bronson Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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