“John Denver’s Greatest Hits” cover art inspires “J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits,” wrapping 2021 alongside new “Faded” video, shot in London.

Derelict townhouse is setting for clip for “irrepressible blues” cut taken from current “East of Eden” album; Artist’s “Not Acoustic” EP drops Jan. 28^th.

 
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J Hacha De Zola as photographed by Christine Samaroo
 
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Out Now | J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits
 

Obviously, as a songwriter, J Hacha De Zola and John Denver come from vastly different places, with different musical ideas… As for the could-be-ironic, mostly inexplicable, definitely fun tribute that is the J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits album cover, a dead-on approximation of singer-songwriter John Denver’s own eponymous and iconic John Denver’s Greatest Hits album image… Hacha De Zola focuses in on, and connects with what they have deeply in common, saying, “I loved this idea of being exactly what you are. Whatever you are, be it.”
 
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J Hacha De Zola | “Faded”
 

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzzw3aGsoZI
 
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J Hacha De Zola | “Faded” | Behind The Scenes
 

 
“Irrepressible blues,” says Backseat Mafia in its premiere coverage of the “Faded” music video, going on to call the clip for the opening track on the Jersey City-based artist’s latest album East of Eden, “beautifully shot.”
 
Filmed by Victoria Rio of Pulp Productions in a gorgeous derelict townhouse in the heart of London, the director explains, “J Hacha De Zola’s music is an ode to strangeness, an invitation to dream and wander through dark, deeply poetic tales. We were incredibly lucky to be able to film in this location.”
 
Hacha De Zola says, “‘Faded’ is my personal favorite song off of my latest album, and I was thoroughly enthralled by Victoria’s vision for the video. I am so moved to see that all of these elegant, talented and absolutely beautiful people came together to make this.”
 
Writer J. Poet comments on the song for Rock & Roll Globe, saying, “On ‘Faded,’ street corner harmonies wash over Hacha De Zola’s voice as he croons his devotion to a love that’s dissolving in the mist.” Read more about the heavy influence of New York on Hacha De Zola’s new album in the full Rock & Roll Globe interview here.
 
Hacha De Zola also chatted with American Songwriter recently, touching on the theme of freedom from judgment, including when it comes to criticizing himself.
 
 
 “I’ve never really been comfortable with my singing voice. I don’t consider myself a singer… I’m more of a conceptual artist,” he says. “To get an understanding of where I’m going, I have to look back at what I’ve done previously, and I always challenge myself to do something that makes me uncomfortable.”
 
It’s a technique and an approach to his artistry that dates back to Hacha De Zola’s formative years of first being exposed to world music as a child. In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ghettoblaster Magazine, he vividly remembers, “My first love was Latin music, particularly Perez Prado. It’s funny, that’s the first thing I ever heard when my dad was drinking his wine in the evening. That and a lot of Afro-Cuban music. That was my introduction to it.”
 
Hacha De Zola is currently finishing up his next full-length, which will continue to refine the mix of his conceptual persona of earlier albums and the more conventional sound of East of Eden. In the meantime, he will release the EP “Not Acoustic” on Jan 28^th. The four-song release, accompanied by live videos for each tune (including Hacha De Zola’s candid spoken intros) offers new interpretations of previously released Hacha De Zola songs, including several compiled on the recent J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits compilation.
 
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J Hacha De Zola
East of Eden
Out Now
(Caballo Negro)

Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL LP
 

Track Listing:
 
01. Faded (VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO)
02. Lost Space (STREAM | VIDEO)
03. Which Way (STREAM | VIDEO)
04. East of Eden
05. A Viral Spring
06. Shadows On Glass
07. That Pleading Tone
08. Sad Song
09. Green and Golden
10. Meet Me
 
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J Hacha De Zola | In The Press
 

“A wild man.” — Paste
 
“Alluring and unsettling.” — NJ.com
 
“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.” — UTNE
 
“Dangerously delightful.” — The Big Takeover
 
“Bound to light the way forward and inspire a legion of imitators.” — PopMatters
 
“Beckoning listeners somewhere exciting.” — BTRtoday
 
“Possessed and cacophonic.” — Atwood Magazine
 
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J Hacha De Zola
J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits
Out Now
(Caballo Negro) 
Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL LP
  

Track Listing:
 
01. Blue Sky (STREAM | VIDEO)
02. Strange (STREAM | VIDEO)
03. El Desgraciado
04. No Situation
05. El Chucho
06. On A Saturday
07. Lightning Rod Salesman
08. Bubble Gum
09. Black Sparrow
10. Anarchy
11. A Fools Moon
12. Syn Illusión
 
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“As enticing as it is distant and strange.” — MAGNET
 
“Sits at his own, most likely oddly shaped table.” — Pancakes and Whiskey
 
“No one around left to hit him with any sort of healthy competition.” — Ghettoblaster
 
“One of the most important and singular artists making music today.” — Stereo Embers
 
“A challenging, at times daunting, listen.” — BLURT
 
“Mutant blues rock.” — Treble
 
“A modern day Frank Zappa.” — Adam’s World
 
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J Hacha De Zola | About
 

For his fifth album, East of Eden (Caballo Negro, Out Now), J Hacha De Zola has left the “urban junkyard” of his previous albums and slipped into a natty white suit.
 
His look is more accessible this time around – see the dignified vibes of his latest single and album art – and his sound matches.
 
“This record is unlike any other I have made previously,” the Jersey City-based artist acknowledges. “I stayed focused on what was truly best for each song, keeping it somewhat simple – at least for me – rather than allowing myself to become overly self-indulgent in terms of running away on tangents.”
 
The result is an album that exemplifies the universe that Hacha De Zola has built over his four previous albums (as well as EPs that cover ground from the all-Spanish “Syn Illusión” to his versions of hits by female pop stars on “UnPOPular”), while also charting new territory.
 
East of Eden is some kind of place where Jim Morrison did downers instead of acid in the control room during the recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In The Sky.”
 
As Hacha De Zola tells it, the creation of this record was actually less frenetic than all that.
 
“I came into the studio with a developed concept, and the songs written already,” he says. “This time, I had a clear cut direction ready to go. I have to be honest, I have never really been comfortable with my singing voice, and I wanted to do something that would be more challenging.”
 
The push pays off, as Hacha De Zola’s vocals are the focus here. Where previous records saw him vocalizing in a way that complimented the music, this time the music compliments the man.
 
“A big inspiration for me on East of Eden was the vocal group tradition from the 1950s and 60s,” he says. “Especially those from New Jersey, New York, and Detroit. Doo-wop groups like Sha Na Na, The Temptations, The Four Seasons, and others. Being a Jersey boy, I couldn’t help but be influenced in the rich vocal singing group tradition and history in this area.”
 
Digging into the roots of his musical soul, literally and figuratively, sounds pure in context throughout the new album, and especially on its pre-release singles “Lost Space” and “Which Way,” showing off a level of maturity and thoughtfulness that can only come from the development that years of album-making brings.
 
“Even with all of its imperfections, it was very important for me to bring the nuances of the vocal components of this record right to the front. I truly feel that I have found my own voice,” Hacha De Zola says.
 
With that, he may never return to the “urban junkyard” and his method of rendering records via his “reductive synthesis” method (read about it here) ever again. It is a position that is congruent with the state of the world that longed to “return to normal,” but may never be able to find the way back to exactly that.
 
“The title of the record reflects that,” Hacha De Zola explains. “East of Eden, a sense of being left behind or abandoned, banished from the ‘garden.’ Off to the Land of Nod where Cain was banished for murdering his brother, Abel.
 
“It’s a bit of a biblical reference that I found was quite apt,” he continues. “Especially during this moment of divisiveness among so many people over so many things. Lyrically, I couldn’t help but infuse many of these feelings into the songs.”
 
Hacha De Zola’s “Which Way” single is one that best reflects his hard-won ability to infuse these real emotions into what has become known as somewhat esoteric work.
 
“That song was a way of taking inventory of the chaos and confusion of the moment. It’s a somber song, and it wasn’t an easy one to write. At the time, it was very difficult to focus on anything other than trying to protect the vulnerable members of my family and not getting sick. I had to push myself pretty hard to work through the fear.”
 
His new strength and resolve fits Hacha De Zola well, just like the natty new clothes on his back.
 
East of Eden, the fifth album by J Hacha De Zola, is out now.
 
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J Hacha De Zola | Links
 
ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : BANDCAMP : SPOTIFY : APPLE
 
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“Irrepressible blues.” A derelict townhouse in the heart of London is setting for J Hacha De Zola’s “beautifully shot” music video for “Faded,” streaming now.

 “I always challenge myself to do something that makes me uncomfortable,” artist tells American Songwriter; Four-song “Not Acoustic” EP arrives Jan. 28th.
 
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J Hacha De Zola as photographed by Christine Samaroo
 
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J Hacha De Zola | “Faded”
 

 

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzzw3aGsoZI
 
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“Irrepressible blues,” says Backseat Mafia in its premiere coverage of the “Faded” music video, going on to call the clip for the opening track on the Jersey City-based artist’s latest album East of Eden, “beautifully shot.”
 
Filmed by Victoria Rio of Pulp Productions in a gorgeous derelict townhouse in the heart of London, the director explains, “J Hacha De Zola’s music is an ode to strangeness, an invitation to dream and wander through dark, deeply poetic tales. We were incredibly lucky to be able to film in this location.”
 
Hacha De Zola says, “‘Faded’ is my personal favorite song off of my latest album, and I was thoroughly enthralled by Victoria’s vision for the video. I am so moved to see that all of these elegant, talented and absolutely beautiful people came together to make this.”
 
Writer J. Poet comments on the song for Rock & Roll Globe, saying, “On ‘Faded,’ street corner harmonies wash over Hacha De Zola’s voice as he croons his devotion to a love that’s dissolving in the mist.” Read more about the heavy influence of New York on Hacha De Zola’s new album in the full Rock & Roll Globe interview here.
 
Hacha De Zola also chatted with American Songwriter recently, touching on the theme of freedom from judgment, including when it comes to criticizing himself.
 
  “I’ve never really been comfortable with my singing voice. I don’t consider myself a singer… I’m more of a conceptual artist,” he says. “To get an understanding of where I’m going, I have to look back at what I’ve done previously, and I always challenge myself to do something that makes me uncomfortable.”
 
It’s a technique and an approach to his artistry that dates back to Hacha De Zola’s formative years of first being exposed to world music as a child. In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ghettoblaster Magazine, he vividly remembers, “My first love was Latin music, particularly Perez Prado. It’s funny, that’s the first thing I ever heard when my dad was drinking his wine in the evening. That and a lot of Afro-Cuban music. That was my introduction to it.”
 
Hacha De Zola is currently finishing up his next full-length, which will continue to refine the mix of his conceptual persona of earlier albums and the more conventional sound of East of Eden. In the meantime, he will release the EP “Not Acoustic” on Jan 28^th. The four-song release, accompanied by live videos for each tune (including Hacha De Zola’s candid spoken intros) offers new interpretations of previously released Hacha De Zola songs, including several compiled on the recent J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits compilation.
 
Scroll down for music and the astounding re-creation / tribute to the cover art of John Denver’s Greatest Hits.
 
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J Hacha De Zola
East of Eden
Out Now
(Caballo Negro)

 
Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL LP
 

Track Listing:
 
01. Faded (VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO)
02. Lost Space (STREAM | VIDEO)
03. Which Way (STREAM | VIDEO)
04. East of Eden
05. A Viral Spring
06. Shadows On Glass
07. That Pleading Tone
08. Sad Song
09. Green and Golden
10. Meet Me
 
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J Hacha De Zola | In The Press
 

“A wild man.” — Paste
 
“Alluring and unsettling.” — NJ.com
 
“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.” — UTNE
 
“Dangerously delightful.” — The Big Takeover
 
“Bound to light the way forward and inspire a legion of imitators.” — PopMatters
 
“Beckoning listeners somewhere exciting.” — BTRtoday
 
“Possessed and cacophonic.” — Atwood Magazine
 
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Also Out Now | J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits
 

 
Obviously, as a songwriter, J Hacha De Zola and John Denver come from vastly different places, with different musical ideas… As for the could-be-ironic, mostly inexplicable, definitely fun tribute that is the J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits album cover, a dead-on approximation of singer-songwriter John Denver’s own eponymous and iconic John Denver’s Greatest Hits album image… Hacha De Zola focuses in on, and connects with what they have deeply in common, saying, “I loved this idea of being exactly what you are. Whatever you are, be it.”
 
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J Hacha De Zola
J Hacha De Zola’s Greatest Hits
Out Now
(Caballo Negro)

Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL LP
  

Track Listing:
 
01. Blue Sky (STREAM | VIDEO)
02. Strange (STREAM | VIDEO)
03. El Desgraciado
04. No Situation
05. El Chucho
06. On A Saturday
07. Lightning Rod Salesman
08. Bubble Gum
09. Black Sparrow
10. Anarchy
11. A Fools Moon
12. Syn Illusión
 
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J Hacha De Zola | In The Press
 

“As enticing as it is distant and strange.” — MAGNET

 
“Sits at his own, most likely oddly shaped table.” — Pancakes and Whiskey
 
“No one around left to hit him with any sort of healthy competition.” — Ghettoblaster
 
“One of the most important and singular artists making music today.” — Stereo Embers
 
“A challenging, at times daunting, listen.” — BLURT
 
“Mutant blues rock.” — Treble
 
“A modern day Frank Zappa.” — Adam’s World
 
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J Hacha De Zola | About
 

For his fifth album, East of Eden (Caballo Negro, Out Now), J Hacha De Zola has left the “urban junkyard” of his previous albums and slipped into a natty white suit.
 
His look is more accessible this time around – see the dignified vibes of his latest single and album art – and his sound matches.
 
“This record is unlike any other I have made previously,” the Jersey City-based artist acknowledges. “I stayed focused on what was truly best for each song, keeping it somewhat simple – at least for me – rather than allowing myself to become overly self-indulgent in terms of running away on tangents.”
 
The result is an album that exemplifies the universe that Hacha De Zola has built over his four previous albums (as well as EPs that cover ground from the all-Spanish “Syn Illusión” to his versions of hits by female pop stars on “UnPOPular”), while also charting new territory.
 
East of Eden is some kind of place where Jim Morrison did downers instead of acid in the control room during the recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In The Sky.”
 
As Hacha De Zola tells it, the creation of this record was actually less frenetic than all that.
 
“I came into the studio with a developed concept, and the songs written already,” he says. “This time, I had a clear cut direction ready to go. I have to be honest, I have never really been comfortable with my singing voice, and I wanted to do something that would be more challenging.”
 
The push pays off, as Hacha De Zola’s vocals are the focus here. Where previous records saw him vocalizing in a way that complimented the music, this time the music compliments the man.
 
“A big inspiration for me on East of Eden was the vocal group tradition from the 1950s and 60s,” he says. “Especially those from New Jersey, New York, and Detroit. Doo-wop groups like Sha Na Na, The Temptations, The Four Seasons, and others. Being a Jersey boy, I couldn’t help but be influenced in the rich vocal singing group tradition and history in this area.”
 
Digging into the roots of his musical soul, literally and figuratively, sounds pure in context throughout the new album, and especially on its pre-release singles “Lost Space” and “Which Way,” showing off a level of maturity and thoughtfulness that can only come from the development that years of album-making brings.
 
“Even with all of its imperfections, it was very important for me to bring the nuances of the vocal components of this record right to the front. I truly feel that I have found my own voice,” Hacha De Zola says.
 
With that, he may never return to the “urban junkyard” and his method of rendering records via his “reductive synthesis” method (read about it here) ever again. It is a position that is congruent with the state of the world that longed to “return to normal,” but may never be able to find the way back to exactly that.
 
“The title of the record reflects that,” Hacha De Zola explains. “East of Eden, a sense of being left behind or abandoned, banished from the ‘garden.’ Off to the Land of Nod where Cain was banished for murdering his brother, Abel.
 
“It’s a bit of a biblical reference that I found was quite apt,” he continues. “Especially during this moment of divisiveness among so many people over so many things. Lyrically, I couldn’t help but infuse many of these feelings into the songs.”
 
Hacha De Zola’s “Which Way” single is one that best reflects his hard-won ability to infuse these real emotions into what has become known as somewhat esoteric work.
 
“That song was a way of taking inventory of the chaos and confusion of the moment. It’s a somber song, and it wasn’t an easy one to write. At the time, it was very difficult to focus on anything other than trying to protect the vulnerable members of my family and not getting sick. I had to push myself pretty hard to work through the fear.”
 
His new strength and resolve fits Hacha De Zola well, just like the natty new clothes on his back.
 
East of Eden, the fifth album by J Hacha De Zola, is out now.
 
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J Hacha De Zola | Links
 
ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : YOUTUBE : INSTAGRAM : BANDCAMP : SPOTIFY : APPLE
 
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
 
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Q: Are fingers and trees only temporary? A: “Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary,” new single from The High Water Marks out now.

Band led by Elephant 6 Recording Co., The Apples In Stereo co-founder Hilarie Sidney drops latest album “Proclaimer of Things” Feb. 4^th.
 
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The High Water Marks (L-R): Logan Miller, Hilarie Sidney, Per Ole Bratset, Øystein Megård.
 
Photo credit: Self-Portraits, Illustration by Per Ole Bratset.
 
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[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-FingersAndTreesAreOnlyTemporary
 
The press calls The High Water Marks “pulse-raising mega-pop,” (UNCUT), with “sugar-coated melodies to spare” (Pitchfork), that offers “garage pop for the masses” (Paste).
 
The upcoming Proclaimer of Things album is the second full-length in just over a year from The High Water Marks, following a (too long!) 13-year hiatus.
 
The Grøa, Norway and Lexington, Kentucky-based band fronted by Hilarie Sidney, the co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Co. and one of its core bands The Apples In Stereo, maintains and extends the high-energy fantastic fuzz of those sounds.
 
In its premiere coverage of the latest single by The High Water Marks, Beats Per Minute says, “Known as the home of bands such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, and dozens of others, the Elephant 6 Collective was a refuge for popsters who enjoyed the more psychedelic aspects of the genre. As one of the founders of this musical sanctuary (and of The Apples in Stereo), Hilarie Sidney has long spent time in the company of musicians whose creativities were slightly askew from their peers.
 
“On ‘Fingers and Trees are Only Temporary,’ the band digs deeper into the psychedelic side of their work, bringing out some fuzzy guitar theatrics, thumping percussion, and sweeping vocals that come at you from all angles. The song feels like it’s drawing back to those early years within the E6 hivemind... There’s plenty of lovely nostalgia here, but that’s not why the song works so well. This is its own thing.”
 
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The High Water Marks
Proclaimer of Things

(Minty Fresh Records)
Feb. 4^th, 2022
  

 
Track Listing:
 
01. The Best Day
02. Fantastic Machine
03. Jenny (STREAM | VIDEO)
04. I Told You Before
05. Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary (STREAM)
06. Proclaimer of Things (STREAM | VIDEO)
07. Spectral Roommate
08. Origin of Names (STREAM)
09. Dust and Guitars
10. Devotee to The Chemist
11. Someones’s Song
12. Reason vs. Truth
13. We Are Going to Kentucky
 
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The High Water Marks | “Proclaimer of Things”
  

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBKF-9xq98
 
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-Proclaimer-Single
 
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The “Proclaimer of Things” single, featuring lead vocal by Sidney’s bandmate and husband, Per Ole Bratset (along with a boyhood photo of Sidney’s great grandfather on the cover!) is out now and  MXDWN has premiered the video for the song, saying it “is catchy and upbeat and has the potential to be on your favorite playlist on repeat.”

Under The Radar rings in with the premiere of the track, calling “Proclaimer of Things,” “an irresistible power pop gem.”
 
The full 13-song Proclaimer of Things album arrives Feb. 4^th, 2022 via Minty Fresh.
 
Bratset says, “The title comes from an inside joke Hil and I always play around with. If we catch ourselves being a little preachy or pompous, we add ‘I am the proclaimer of things!’ at the end. We picture this guy with a crazy mustache and top hat going around ‘proclaiming things,’ while holding up a scroll and wearing a monocle. It always makes it weird and hilarious!”
 
Sidney elaborates on the appearance of her great grandfather on the cover of the single, saying, “His dad owned a roller rink in the 1880s in Iowa. My great-grandpa was so good at skating and doing tricks on both the bike and the skates that he started performing around the Midwest, and as far west as Colorado. He earned an insanely good chunk of cash for doing this, thus supporting the family. He went under the moniker, Little Willy Sidney, and Wee Willy Sidney, hahaha.”
 
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The High Water Marks | About
 

“I am so lucky to have been a musician throughout my life,” says Hilarie Sidney, currently fronting The High Water Marks, and best known as co-founder of the revered musical collective Elephant Six, and one of its three core bands The Apples In Stereo.
 
Based in her adopted home town of Grøa, Norway, Sidney and The High Water Marks are prepping to release Proclaimer of Things, the band’s second album in just over a year, following-up the 2020 album Ecstasy Rhymes, its first album in 13 years.
 
Coming back after such a long stretch of being off the scene with a critically and commercially welcomed new album, and then quickly coming in hot with another batch of 13 songs, isn’t an accident. In this case, it’s a coping mechanism.
 
With the United States reaching a milestone of 1 in 500 people having succumbed to COVID-19, it’s tragic news that this statistic hits home for Sidney. Her mother, half a world away, passed from the virus earlier this year.
 
“Not being able to see her and knowing that she was alone, dying in a nursing home, still haunts me daily,” Sidney courageously reveals.
 
Sidney knew that when she began to build a life in Norway with her band mate and husband Per Ole Bratset and their son, that she would be just a 12-hour flight from the rest of her family, but that 12 hours became something completely different under lockdown.
 
“I never factored in a pandemic,” she says. “At least my mom got to hear our record before she passed away. That means a lot to me because she was always really supportive of my music.”
 
The thirteen songs that comprise Proclaimer of Things are just a drop in the bucket, considering how much Sidney has leaned on songwriting to take her mind off things.
 
“I feel like I can’t pick up the guitar without writing a little melody. As therapy, we decided to keep recording. We dove into the project to keep us sane, focused, and from going down the rabbit hole of depression and self-pity.”
 
Through it all, The High Water Marks made an album that is positive, light, happy, and meaningful.
 
“I think my mom would approve of my method of dealing with the grief of losing her.” Sidney says with trademark optimism.
 
Proclaimer of Things, the latest album by The High Water Marks, is scheduled for release on Feb. 4^th, 2022 on Minty Fresh.
 
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The High Water Marks | Links
 
ASSETS : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : SPOTIFY : APPLE : MINTY FRESH
 
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
 
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Linda Draper gets buzzed in selfie acoustic performance of “‘81 Camaro” single; Anti-folk songwriter’s roots show off in intimate version of her classic country sound.

New album produced by Jeff Eyrich (Tanya Tucker), mixed by Dae Bennett (son of Tony), strings by David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams)
 
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Linda Draper as photographed by Jeff Um

 
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PLAY, POST & SHARE
 
Linda Draper | “‘81 Camaro”
 

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTB2rV1ij_A
 
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/LindaDraper-81Camaro
 
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“Nostalgia is instantly triggered... Carrying feelings of longing, in a delightfully blended brew,” says Americana Highways in its premiere coverage of the video for Linda Draper’s latest single “‘81 Camaro,” streaming now. The song was also added to the publication’s recently launched “New Americana” playlist.
 
“I have never had more fun making a video,” Draper says. “We shot in Orlando, partially at Fun Spot amusement park and as the scene turns to night, I dip my toes into country line dancing.
 
“I will forever be changed by witnessing authentic country line dancing in person,” Draper continues. “Everyone instinctually just knew all the moves, it was so beautiful and graceful. If these beautiful folks at Cowboys (the club where the line dancing footage was filmed) one day develop a country line dance for “‘81 Camaro,” all of my dreams will have come true.”
 
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[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF3BeqBKukk
 
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While “‘81 Camaro” is an authentic country number from the anti-folk pioneering Draper, the sentiments are straight from her iconoclastic downtown NYC roots.
 
And NYC is in full effect as Draper’s intimate selfie acoustic performance of the tune is literally interrupted by the door buzzer to her apartment being pressed at the moment she sings the lyric “I’m ready to go.” Draper doesn’t miss a beat, but ultimately has to jump.
 
Draper explains, “It’s a song about longing for the days of innocence, all the while knowing that those days are behind me, but still living for the joy that each moment has to offer, even if I have nothing but gratitude and the holes in my pockets to give in return.
 
“It is really the current state of life I find myself in now as I gear up for a move from New York, where I have lived my whole life, to the North Carolina coastline.”
 
“You said money can’t buy happiness, Well then give away your money, Now tell me how it feels to be free, Are you happy now?,” she sings.
 
The tune is the latest single from Draper’s upcoming Patience and Lipstick (Jan. 21^st, South Forty Records).
 
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Linda Draper
Patience and Lipstick
(South Forty Records)
Jan. 21^st, 2022
  

 
Track Listing:
 
01. ‘81 Camaro (STREAM | VIDEO)
02. Tether (STREAM)
03. All In Due Time
04. Begin Again
05. Patience and Lipstick
06. I Surrender
07. Detroit or Buffalo (STREAM)
08. Roll With You
09. The Undertow
10. String
11. I Go
12. Tether (Acoustic Version)
 
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Linda Draper | Live
 

 
01/21/2021: Brooklyn, NY @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St., Record Release Show, 9PM, RSVP)
 
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Linda Draper | About
 

 
Linda Draper grew up in a musical home as the daughter of a classical guitar virtuoso who studied with Andres Segovia. She began playing guitar and writing songs as a child and eventually became a fixture in the downtown New York City’s anti-folk music scene on the Lower East Side.
 
Since 2001, Draper has released numerous albums, toured the US and UK, and opened for acclaimed musicians such as Teddy Thompson, Melissa Ferrick, Luka Bloom, and Eilen Jewell. Draper has also seen her songs licensed for commercials and television.
 
She is now embarking on her biggest challenge to date with the formation of her own label, South Forty Records.
 
Patience and Lipstick,” Draper’s upcoming new album, was produced by Jeff Eyrich, mixed by Grammy®-award winning engineer, Dae Bennett, and features performers David Mansfield (Strings), Jeff Eyrich (Bass), and Doug Yowell (Drums and Percussion). It is the inaugural release on the artist’s own label South Forty Records.
 
Linda Draper is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
 
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Linda Draper | Links
 
ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SPOTIFY : APPLE : SOUTH FORTY RECORDS
 
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
 
WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : BLOG : E-MAIL