Release Date: 01 September 2023
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 759656077910
Genres: Rock Alternative
Release Date: 11 August 2023
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 759656077927
Genres: Rock Alternative
Description
Five years since her debut album Delivery, Mikaela Davis has moved away from her hometown of Rochester, shared the stage with the likes of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Christian McBride, Bon Iver, Lake Street Dive and Circles Around the Sun and entered a new decade - But it's the ever-evolving relationships between her closest friends and bandmates that has propelled the Hudson Valley-based artist onto her latest album And Southern Star--a truly collaborative effort that ruminates on the choices we make, and the people we always come back to.
The band, made up of Davis (harp/vocals), Alex Cote (drums), Cian McCarthy (guitars/vocals), Shane McCarthy (bass/vocals) and Kurt Johnson (steel guitar), have been playing together for over a decade and it's the first time they've appeared on a full length record together. Weaving 60s pop-soaked melodies, psychedelia and driving folk rock, And Southern Star picks apart the reflection we used to recognise, while trying to build a new one. It navigates the periphery of past selves, the coexistence of isolation and excitement in a new environment and the tension of growing away from what we thought we wanted, tackling it with a luscious, kaleidoscopic grace. "I finally feel like this album is more me than anything else that's been released," Davis says, adding that producing the album along with her four bandmates allowed them to carve out their own ideas, rather than someone else's. It's the band's collective step into adulthood that has informed much of And Southern Star's thematic landscape.
Description
Five years since her debut album Delivery, Mikaela Davis has moved away from her hometown of Rochester, shared the stage with the likes of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Christian McBride, Bon Iver, Lake Street Dive and Circles Around the Sun and entered a new decade - But it's the ever-evolving relationships between her closest friends and bandmates that has propelled the Hudson Valley-based artist onto her latest album And Southern Star--a truly collaborative effort that ruminates on the choices we make, and the people we always come back to.
The band, made up of Davis (harp/vocals), Alex Cote (drums), Cian McCarthy (guitars/vocals), Shane McCarthy (bass/vocals) and Kurt Johnson (steel guitar), have been playing together for over a decade and it's the first time they've appeared on a full length record together. Weaving 60s pop-soaked melodies, psychedelia and driving folk rock, And Southern Star picks apart the reflection we used to recognise, while trying to build a new one. It navigates the periphery of past selves, the coexistence of isolation and excitement in a new environment and the tension of growing away from what we thought we wanted, tackling it with a luscious, kaleidoscopic grace. "I finally feel like this album is more me than anything else that's been released," Davis says, adding that producing the album along with her four bandmates allowed them to carve out their own ideas, rather than someone else's. It's the band's collective step into adulthood that has informed much of And Southern Star's thematic landscape.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Cindy Wilson
Danielle Howle
Sarah Mary Chadwick
Lindsay Lou
Devin Hoff
Frumpies
Shamir
Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band
Cocteau Twins
Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
The Verlaines
Noctorum
The Hives
Neutrals
Phantogram
Royal Headache
