Monday, May 20, 2019

Critically acclaimed San Antonio-based songwriter, Jared Putnam of The March Divide, preps fourth installment of “Distractions” series.

Endlessly touring artist talks “Waffle House and Not Sweating the Small Stuff” with Twangville, creation of latest single with Pure Grain Audio.

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Jared Putnam of The March Divide. Photo credit: Josh Huskin.

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The March Divide | In The Press

“Impressively hooky.” — American Songwriter

Putnam’s vocals pop.” — PopMatters

“Ingenious.” — Cowboys & Indians

“Hits the mark again and again.” — The Big Takeover

“The melodies are as catchy as ever.” — Twangville

“Strummy acoustic reverie.” — BLURT

Putnam is skillful.” — Nashville Scene

“A serious set of pipes.” — The Aquarian

“Infectiously poppy.” — Glide Magazine

“Quality pop at its best.” — Popdose

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The March Divide
“Distractions: Vol. 3”
(Slow Start Records)
Out Now


Track Listing:

01. I Got Lost (STREAM | MP3 | LYRIC VIDEO)
02. Call It A Feeling
03. I’ll Be Around

 ‘I Got Lost’ came out very different than I thought it would. When I play it by myself, it sounds like a stoner folk song about a dude that doesn’t like his job. In its final version, I feel like it came out as a prog folk song where Sunny Day Real Estate meets Pink Floyd.”

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Jared Putnam was the recent subject of a Q&A with Twangville and a guest blog at Pure Grain Audio.

“I do go to Waffle House, at least once a tour, because we don’t have them in San Antonio. That’s a guilty pleasure.” Read more at Twangville here.

“I write and record a lot of music, and really wanted to push myself by committing to releasing something every other month in 2019. There have been moments when I wish I had never said I was going to do that out loud.” Read more at Pure Grain Audio here.

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Jared Putnam of The March Divide is a prolific songwriter, and has developed his style in public by releasing material at a non-stop pace. A deeper, more personal, and risk-taking approach to his lyrics took hold with Putnam’s most recent full-length, 2018’s Anticipation Pops, and continues with the “Distractions” series of singles that is now up to its third volume just out, and a fourth volume just completed.

The three-song “Distractions: Vol. 3” contains the Sunny Day Real Estate meets Pink Floyd tune “I Got Lost,” which can be heard here.

‘Distractions’ is something I came up with as a way to continue to release the music I’m working on, between albums,” Putnam explains. “The name refers to the fact that when I’m writing and recording these songs, it’s usually a distraction from the things that I feel like I should be doing, like the business part of what I do. But at the end of the day, writing and recording is all I ever want to do anyway.”

Showing audiences more and more of what he’s about has helped The March Divide build a loyal following in the markets that Putnam frequently visits, and he’s not only a good showman on stage, he takes the time in-between songs and after the gig to connect with fans. It’s a personal touch that’s keeping him in business.

It’s Putnam’s affable way of grinding it out and hustling that has allowed him to do the thing most touring songwriters are unable to do, which is to keep on doing it at all. His growing fanbase funds the tour and their belief and appreciation of Putnam’s work has pushed him to his best songwriting to date.

The new three-song single “Distractions Vol. 3” by The March Divide is out now. “Distractions Vol. 2,” “Distractions Vol. 1,” and Anticipation Pops, the fourth full-length album by The March Divide, are also all available now via Slow Start Records. “Distractions Vol. 4” is in the works. Look for Jared Putnam out on the road throughout 2019.

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 | On Tour

06/01/2019: New Braunfels, TX @ Muck & Fuss
06/15/2019: New Braunfels, TX @ Muck & Fuss
06/16/2019: San Antonio, TX @ The Aquaduck
06/20/2019: New Braunfels, TX @ Muck & Fuss
06/21/2019: El Paso, TX @ The Nature House
06/22/2019: Phoenix, AZ @ Third Space
06/23/2019: Escondido, CA @ House Show (REQUEST INFO)
06/24/2019: Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
06/25/2019: Santa Fe, NM @ Desert Dogs Brewing
06/26/2019: Amarillo, NM @ The 806
06/27/2019: Los Alamos, NM @ Pajaritos Bewpub
06/28/2019: Los Alamos, NM @ Bathtub Row Brewing
06/29/2019: Wichita Falls, TX @ GypsyUncorked
06/30/2019: San Antonio, TX @ Fralo’s
07/11/2019: San Antonio, TX @ Fralo’s
07/18/2019: Dallas, TX @ Adair’s Saloon
07/19/2019: San Antonio, TX @ The Point
07/20/2019: Austin, TX @ House Show (REQUEST INFO)

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The March Divide
“Distractions: Vol. 2”
(Slow Start Records)
Out Now


Track Listing:

01. I Didn’t Mean It (STREAM | MP3)
02. Somebody Told Me (LYRIC VIDEO)

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The March Divide
Anticipation Pops
(Slow Start Records)
Out Now



Track Listing:

01. I Don’t Care (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
02. Spinning (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
03. Overexposure (VIDEO)
04. We’ve Got Time
05. Stevie Doesn’t Know
06. I’ve Got Mine
07. Tie One On
08. To All My Friends (VIDEO)
09. I Will Run To You
10. Lucky

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The March Divide | Links


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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact


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