Songwriter Jared Putnam’s latest tunes take a percussion-focused
turn with At The Drive In, Coheed and Cambria producer, Mike Major.
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Jared Putnam of The March Divide as photographed by John
Glover
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The March
Divide – In The Press
“Impressively hooky.” — American Songwriter
“There’s something wonderfully Fountains Of Wayne about it.” — MAGNET
“Bittersweet beauty.” — Impose
“Big Star-informed,
strummy acoustic reverie.” — BLURT
“Completely clever.” — Performer
“His work is uniformly intimate and thoroughly
emotional.” — Nooga
“Quality pop at its best.” — Popdose
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The March
Divide has released three albums and four EPs of original material since 2013. Listen to the
singles here.
“I’ve had this song
‘Cherry Bomb’ for a number of years,
and after talking with my producer Mike Major
about the direction of the EP, I knew it fit the mold,” says San Antonio-based
songwriter Jared Putnam, The March Divide’s non-stop workhorse and sole permanent member.
“Though the songs came
first, we wanted it to feel like they were built around the percussion. This
whole approach is something I’ve been working on, so for the initial
pre-production of the EP, I made some very quick demos of the songs, that Mike programmed percussion to. ‘Cherry Bomb’
was the first song he sent back to me, and I remember thinking, ‘Holy shit, he
did it!’”
Thankfully, the upcoming EP (Putnam’s fifth, along with three full-lengths and a warmly received
recent batch of 80’s-era covers, all since 2013) is not posthumously titled “I
Died In Arizona,” but it came close.
“I was in Arizona for a week, and I got sicker than I’ve
ever been in my life,” Putnam
explains. Putnam just so happened to
be listening to the final mixes of the new songs at the time, as well. “For the
rest of my life, I’m always going to associate these songs with how sick I was
that week. I actually remember listening to the final mixes and saying out
loud, ‘Please, don’t let me die in Arizona.’”
Major, best known for his work with At The
Drive-In and Coheed and
Cambria, is also a percussionist,
which makes his contributions to “Don’t
Let Me Die In Arizona” an essential piece of the puzzle for this
percussion-focused group of songs.
“This was a different sort of release for me,” Putnam says. “I’ve been experimenting a
lot with my approach to percussion, hoping to find a new balance between rock
and pop. I explained what I had been hoping to do to Mike, and he
really seemed to get it.”
Jared Putnam is alive and well and living in San Antonio. “Don’t Let Me Die In Arizona,” the
latest EP by The March Divide is scheduled for release on August 4th,
2017. Pre-orders are live now at http://smarturl.it/DLMDIA. Jared Putnam of The March Divide is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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The March Divide – Live
8/04/2017: San Antonio, TX @ The Point Park & Eats
8/05/2017: Fort Stockton, TX @ The Garage
8/06/2017: El Paso, TX @ Westside 3rd Tavern
8/09/2017: Amarillo, TX @ The 806
8/10/2017: Dallas, TX @ Adair’s Saloon
8/11/2017: Wichita Falls, TX @ Gypsy Uncorked
8/12/2017: Tulsa, OK @ Red Brick Bar
9/15/2017: Galveston, TX @ MOD Coffeehouse
9/28/2017: New Orleans, LA @ Checkpoint Charlie’s
9/29/2017: Lake Charles, LA @ Luna Live
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The March Divide
“Don’t Let Me Die In Arizona” EP
(S/R)
August 4th, 2017
Track Listing:
01. Tired Voice (SOUNDCLOUD
| SPOTIFY |
APPLE | MP3)
02. I’m Not Sorry
03. Cherry Bomb (SOUNDCLOUD
| SPOTIFY |
APPLE | MP3)
04. Someone Else’s Problem
05. Make Me Trip
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The March Divide Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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