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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Masked Los Angeles delivery driver biffs it off his bike (a beautiful dancer does not!) in music video for “Should’ve Known Better” by Blesson Roy.
See
clip by Sweeten (Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, A Tribe Called Quest) at
Under The Radar; Ryeland Allison (Hans Zimmer) remix also
streaming. +++
Terry Borden of Blesson Roy as photographed by Ankhurr Chawaak +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Blesson Roy | “Should’ve
Known Better”
Hear “Should’ve
Known Better” by Blesson Roy via
American
Songwriter and see the video at Under
The Radar or at the links below. Calling back to the bright tones and sweet melodies of
Britpop. Amidst a jangly guitar-led instrumental and sharp vocal hook, Terry Borden of Blesson Roy takes listeners on another trip back through his record
collection, showing his ability to incorporate and synthesize styles as both a
creator and a fan. “It’s basically the designed cinematic and aural
engaged focus, rhythm, and pacing of a real ‘climactic’ human moment,” says
director Tom Gorai aka Sweeten, the Grammy® and Emmy®-nominated
producer who has also produced videos for Pearl
Jam (“Jeremy”), Nine Inch Nails, and A Tribe Called Quest of his clip for
the Blesson Roy single “Should’ve Known Better,” which depicts
a masked Los Angeles, courtesy of a cyclist who biffs it, and a liquor store
parking lot dancer who clearly does not. +++
See
the premiere of the “Should’ve Known Better” lyric video at V13
and listen
to an interview with Terry Borden of Blesson Roy on the Stereo Embers
podcast! +++ The “Should’ve
Known Better,” video captures the “happy-sad emotional connection” that Borden – a veteran of slowcore pioneers
Idaho and world-wide tours as part
of Pete Yorn’s band – recently told American Songwriter he was working
towards when writing the song. “I like the energy, the guitars, and the
contrasting bittersweet light and dark tones of the words and music. The chord
progression was persistently coming out when I picked up the guitar over a long
period of time. It required a permanent home!” Influenced by The
Smiths, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, David Bowie, New Order, Lou Reed, Punk and Post-Punk from the
80s and 90s, as well as the roots of those movements from the 60s and 70s, Borden brings these and more to his
debut album, Think Like Spring, out now via Slow Start Records. +++ Blesson Roy | In The Press “Articulate songwriting... deliciously catchy hooks.”
— American Songwriter “A new sound in a new decade.” — PopMatters “Dreamy and earthy. — The Big Takeover “Intricately-arranged pop.” — MXDWN “One of the catchiest numbers of the year.” — Stereo Embers “Hypnotic.” — Treble “Sunny, Beach
Boys-esque.” — Glide Magazine “Beach Boys
with Big Star’s vibrant melodies.” —
Beats Per Minute “Will expand your mind.” — BTRtoday +++
Blesson Roy | “Should’ve
Known Better” (Ryeland Allison Remix) [STREAM]:
https://fanatic.lnk.to/BlessonRoy-ShouldveKnownBetter-RyelandAllisonRemix Hear the
Ryeland Allison remix of “Should’ve Known Better” by Blesson Roy now at the
link above! Ryeland
Allison is a multi-faceted composer, producer, sound designer, remixer
and instrumentalist whose work is known worldwide through his contributions to
numerous films (such as "Inception,"
"The Dark Knight," and "The
Lion King"), records (Hybrid,
BT, Armin van Buuren, Crystal Method, Spice Girls and Christina Aguilera)
and sound libraries (Roland, Korg
and Spectrasonics.) +++
Blesson Roy Think
Like Spring Out Now (Slow Start Records) Streaming Link: STREAM FULL LP Private Download Link: DOWNLOAD FULL LP
Track Listing: 01. Soothe (STREAM) 02. Fingerprints Of Love 03. Undertow (STREAM | VIDEO) 04. Should’ve Known Better (VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO | REMIX) 05. Ana Left Spain 06. Stays With You (STREAM | VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO) 07. The Loving Sea 08. Waterfall Drops 09. Maria Rain 10. Thousand (STREAM | VIDEO) 11. Near 12. I Can See You 13. Falling 14. The Gaps +++ Blesson Roy | About Think Like Spring is the debut album from life-long “music lover and
music doer,” Terry Borden, the man
behind Blesson Roy, and follows-up Borden’s
twin 2020 EPs “Time Is A Crime”
and “Time Is A Crime (Almost Acoustic).” The album is the 14-song dreamy pop
reflection of a child of 1970’s California whose early love of AM radio and his
brother’s record collection led to membership in slowcore pioneers Idaho and Pete Yorn’s band Dirty Bird.
Living in the UK during the explosion of subculture labels 4AD, Creation, Factory, and Rough Trade has also heavily influenced the Blesson Roy sound. Think Like Spring was recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown. “I was alone in the studio adjacent to my home and had
no distractions other than the feeling of being truly alone in the recording
space, for days and weeks on end,” Borden
explains. “The positive effect of the pandemic isolation in the studio was the
time and ability to focus on the musical details in the songs, and extend the
searches for the right chemical reactions that manifested in each track.” “Think Like Spring is a suggestion for a train of thought, which is
focused on positivity and renewal,” Borden
continues, discussing the album’s overall concept. “This is an especially
important time for all of us to embrace the new positive and negative paradigm
shifts with a sense of creativity and invention.” About the album’s upcoming singles, Borden says, “‘Undertow’ took on a darker and lusher soundscape than I had
originally imagined, having written that one as a Leonard Cohen or Nick Drake-influenced
acoustic guitar song. As the recording unfolded, however, I realized that ‘Undertow’ needed a dark ambient
soundscape rather than a stripped-down acoustic production.” Borden explains that “Stays
With You” was “a journey into dynamics with the chorus exploding out of the
verses. It was a lot of fun and very satisfying to create the verse and chorus
as almost two different bits of music that tied together emotionally but
remained separate dynamically.” “I ventured into some new areas musically,” he says of
‘Thousand,’ which “became more of an
emotional, anthemic recording; a bit of a departure. It was thrilling to
construct ‘Thousand’ and draw on
unbridled emotion for that one.” “I am pleased that a song with the characteristics of ‘Undertow’ sits next to an indie rocker
like ‘Should’ve Known Better,’Borden says of the album’s final planned
single. “I have always loved records that have different types of songs with a
fearless approach to production that serves the song not the style of music. The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ is the pinnacle of this type of approach.” Ultimately, Borden
says that he tried to give each song a separate identity with a unique
personality. “I can’t say if I succeeded in this, but it was the
way I recorded and structured the sound of each track. Writing and recording Think
Like Spring was pure joy with patches of frustration that happen in any
creative process. The songs and the creation of the recordings felt like a warm
place in a cold and dangerous world.” Think Like Spring by Blesson Roy
is out now via Slow Start Records. Terry Borden is available for interviews.
Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information. +++ Blesson Roy | Links ASSETS : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : BANDCAMP +++
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