Primarily recorded in Athens, Georgia in January 2020,
Putnam confesses, “It’s an incredibly depressing project, to mix a live record
during the apocalypse.”
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Jared Putnam of The
March Divide as photographed by Josh Huskin
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HERE!
Check out the premiere of The March Divide’s cover of “High
and Dry” by Radiohead at Americana Highways here
or listen at the link above!
“I don’t do many covers live,” Jared Putnam of The March
Divide says of the Radiohead
cover included on ALIVE!, his first-ever live album, recorded in Athens, Georgia
in January, just before the pandemic forced Putnam to leave the road. “‘High
and Dry’ by Radiohead is one of
the few I do.’ The Bends was a huge influence on my songwriting, so it was an
easy song for me to make my own.”
For a tune that is an indie rock cornerstone, Putnam claims it. With just his
acoustic guitar and harmonica, he hits the high notes with such clarity and
pathos, it’d probably move Thom Yorke
himself. Probably Johnny Greenwood,
too! “Around a year ago, I tried to record it, in the studio, but just didn’t
feel like it came across as well as it did live.”
RSVP HERE!
Jared Putnam of The March
Divide livestreams a set tonight,
Aug. 24th at 830PM EST
/ 730PM CST as part of the Americana Highways “Live From The
Quarantine” series.
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The March Divide
ALIVE!
Aug. 28th, 2020
(Slow
Start Records)
Track
Listing:
01. I Don’t Care (Live/Acoustic)
02. Spinning (Live/Acoustic)
03. You Save Me (Live/Acoustic)
04. Manic Monday (Live/Acoustic)
05. Take Your Chances (Live/Acoustic)
06. I Didn’t Mean It (Live/Acoustic)
07. Get In Line (Live/Acoustic)
08. Stevie Doesn’t Know (Live/Acoustic)
09. High and Dry (Live/Acoustic) (STREAM)
10. I Will Run To You (Live/Acoustic)
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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
“Putnam is
skillful.” — Nashville Scene
“A serious set of pipes.” — The Aquarian
“Infectiously poppy.” — Glide Magazine
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The March Divide | About
“There’s no better time than a global pandemic to
start work on whatever you’ve been putting off.”
Jared Putnam of The March
Divide has never been known for putting anything off when it comes to
releasing music. After the release of his most recent full-length Anticipation
Pops two summers ago, Putnam
followed up with five volumes in his “Distractions”
series, which he started “as an outlet to release songs I was working on
between albums,” and later evolved into “more of a personal song writing
challenge.”
The “distractions” became the focus as Putnam began to write, record, and
release new singles every few weeks. All of this work was supplemented by a
busy life on the road, mostly in and surrounding Putnam’s home base of San Antonio (he has since relocated to the
Dallas area.) This is, of course, before the pandemic changed the game. If it
seems like revisiting show recordings and compiling them for a live album
during this time would be a daunting task, Putnam
affirms that it is.
“It’s an incredibly depressing project, to mix a live
record during the apocalypse,” he says. “I’ve worked really hard to get to the
place that I was making a comfortable living from touring, and it literally
vanished overnight.”
Difficult words to hear from any musician, but
especially from one like Putnam
whose work ethic is so strong.
“I started working on the mix right after everything
was shut down, but it got really hard for me to work on, knowing there was no
foreseeable end date to venues being shut down, so no foreseeable start date to
my next tour,” he explains.
As the reality sunk in, Putnam pushed forward, and completed the project. The first live
album by The March Divide,
appropriately titled ALIVE! will be released on August 28th via Slow Start Records.
“The recording is primarily taken from a show I did in
Athens, Georgia in January of 2020 at Vega
Studios and a another show I did in Detroit in April of 2019. It was easy
to pick the songs, because that was pretty much the set I was playing during
all my tours behind my last album.”
Summing up ALIVE!, Putnam says, “I really wanted to release something that felt as
much like an actual show as possible.”
We’re all hoping that The March Divide, and all touring musicians, can get back to
playing actual shows very soon.
Jared Putnam of The March
Divide is available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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