Friday, December 1, 2017

Brooklyn-based, classically-trained guitarist, Jeremy Bass to follow-up pair of critically praised 2015 EPs with lyrically-driven “The Greatest Fire.”

New LP featuring Nick Luca (Iron and Wine), Jon Rauhouse (Neko Case), Tom Hagerman (DeVotchKa), Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico) arrives Jan. 19th.

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Jeremy Bass as photographed by Skyler Smith

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Jeremy Bass – In The Press

“A stunner!” — Sing Out!

“Daring and simple all at the same time.” — Guitar World

“Sparse, delicate. Just the thing to cosy up to while the rain taps at your window.” — BBC Radio 6

“Blends the lessons of classical, bossa nova, and folk.” — Acoustic Guitar

“Hope can be heard shining through.” — Exclaim!

“Beautifully composed.” — MAGNET

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“Bursts out of the gate with clever poetry, witty imagery, and engaging guitar work.”– Atwood Magazine

Listen to “Trees for the Forest” from The Greatest Fire by Jeremy Bass via Atwood Magazine or at the links below.

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About Jeremy Bass:

The Greatest Fire (Jan. 19th, Jungle Strut Music), the upcoming new album by Brooklyn-based artist Jeremy Bass, contains numerous turns of phrase that are completely world-class, impressive for any emerging songwriter, but the rub here is that Bass actually makes his bones as a classical guitarist.

Bass has logged countless hours mastering the instrument that he was originally trained on in Italy and Spain, and his ascension as a composer ultimately led to The Secret City, the arts organization for which Bass serves as musical director, receiving an Obie Award – off-Broadway theater’s highest honor.

“I wanted this album to be an expression of everything I was capable of, to feature the best songwriting I’ve done to date and to let rock n’ roll shine through the more diverse influences of my previous records,” Bass says.

To that end, while Bass’ voice can be described as a mixture of Paul Simon, Jeff Buckley, and Thom Yorke, you’re now as likely to find walls of distorted guitars and stacked keyboards in his arsenal as you are to find a blend of banjo, ukulele, acoustic guitars and mandolin.

And while his sound bears little resemblance to one of his heroes, Bass relates wholeheartedly to this Tom Waits quote: “I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

The songs on The Greatest Fire take this idea as gospel, both in ideology and practice.

“I thrive on the interplay between what people think they’re hearing, and the actual content beneath,” Bass explains. “I think that’s where the best songwriting happens.” Bass mentions Hank Williams and Merle Haggard’s outlaw output as examples of this juxtaposition.

A more contemporary songwriter who was a master at this, as well, was Elliott Smith.

In fact, The Greatest Fire’s “Trees For The Forest,” premiered yesterday via music discovery website Atwood Magazine, opens with a short picking run that immediately brings to mind the opening of Smith’s Either/Or classic track “Angeles,” and contains a lyric that could have come from Smith’s canon: “But you know those people who never get lost, never learn how to find their own way,” a fine example of Bass’ ability to lay it on the line, as if playing some kind of musical rope-a-dope by weakening his audience with pretty sounds before landing a truth punch.

“What I really wanted to do was write the best songs I was capable of writing, to deliver the best performance possible, and to make the best album I was capable of making,” Bass says.

The Greatest Fire, the new album by Jeremy Bass is scheduled for release on Jan. 19th, 2018 via Jungle Strut Music. Bass is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Jeremy Bass
The Greatest Fire
(Jungle Strut Music)
Jan. 19th, 2018
  

Track Listing:

01. CA, Plz
02. The Greatest Fire
04. (So Glad) Everyone's Happy
04. 1,000 Yrs
05. ‘Till the Summer Ends
06. Halfway Sane
07. Trees for the Forest (YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY | APPLE | SOUNDCLOUD | MP3)
08. (theme music for a desert lightning storm)
09. Like Flowers for a Funeral
10. We Will Be You

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Jeremy Bass Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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