Video for NYC-based
musician’s “The Lost” hits YouTube as work on follow-up with producer Godfrey
Diamond continues.
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David
Bronson as photographed by Ben Goldstein
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“Bronson has
soaked up all the best parts of ‘70s rock and created his own vibe. Captivating.” – MAGNET
“‘The Lost’
is a minute-long encapsulation of The Long Lost,” NYC-based musician David Bronson explains of the opening
title track from his current album. “And the video is not only a metaphor for
what’s happening on the record, but directly references the autobiographical
nature of the whole project.” The clip
contains footage that Bronson made
almost a decade ago in art school for what was the embryonic version of his
two-album epic “The Long Lost Story.”
“The Long
Lost Story” isn’t just an imaginative
title for Bronson’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. Bronson found catharsis in writing and recording the material at
the time, which alludes to a lost relationship, but also to a person who is
just quintessentially “lost,” in general.
Regardless of Bronson’s
clearing of his emotional decks at the time, the work remained private until 2013.
“It was just too painful to face,” Bronson confesses. The material came to
light as two albums, with the louder tunes released as Story in early 2013, and
the quieter, acoustic-based prequel The Long Lost following this past
fall. Both albums were produced by Bronson and mixed by Godfrey Diamond (Lou Reed, Sparks, Glen Campbell) and, since their release,
have earned the attention of music discovery websites such as Under
The Radar, Baeblemusic,
American
Songwriter, and My Old Kentucky Blog among
others. Bronson has also found welcoming ears in the UK where his work is
currently being heralded.
As for revisiting all of this baggage 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:
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
