A STUNNING NEW VOICE
FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH
ERIN RAE
Nashville's best kept secret Erin Rae is about to stake her claim
as the new voice from the south, with the announcement of her new
album release PUTTING ON AIRS out via Single Lock on June 8
Over 1 Million plays on Spotify Erin will play the End Of The Road Festival in the UK (Aug-Sept 2018)
INDIE
SINGER-SONGWRITER TO RELEASE HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
NEW RECORD:
PUTTING ON AIRS
Release
Date: 8 June 2018
Label:
Single Lock (Red)
Copyright:
(C) 2018 Single Lock Records
Total
Length: 40:15
Genres:
Rock
OUT JUNE 8, 2018 ON SINGLE LOCK
RECORDS
“CAN’T CUT LOOSE” PREMIERED WITH NOISEY
Erin Rae Has a Song for You When You Feel Like Going Back to Your
Old Ways - NOISEY.COM
“This album is going to
bewitch and enlighten the nation” – Ann Powers, NPR
“I wasinstantly transfixed.” – John Paul White
“With a voice thatswoons and soothes” – Rolling Stone
NASHVILLE, TN, March 28 – Marking the arrival of a stunning new voice from the American South, Erin Rae will release her highly anticipated new album ‘Putting On Airs’, out June 8 on Single Lock Records. In advance of the release, the track 'Can’t Cut Loose' dropped (Weds Mar 28), premiering on Noisey.com, who strongly related to the song's lyrics and music, stating, “Quitting is hard, especially when what you're quitting seems like it has some sort of purpose you can't find from anything else.”
Rae, whose
genre-fusing mix of traditional folk, indie-rock, and 1960s psych-rock
production has landed her collaborations with artists like Margo Price
and Andrew Combs – not to mention critical attention from the world’s
top music media, including Rolling Stone, NPR, and the BBC
-- is finally stepping out into the spotlight with ‘Putting On Airs’.
A
forthcoming NPR World Café session and a busy tour schedule, including spring
support dates with the Mountain Goats and Margo Price, and an appearance at End
Of The Road Festival in the UK, shows Erin Rae’s star is on the rise on
both sides of the Atlantic.
It was live, with no intro (she was opening for friends of mine), and I was instantly transfixed. I couldn’t wait to engage, and that’s something I very seldom feel, much less do. I was thrilled to find out her personality was as engaging as her voice and songs, and that she was looking for a home. I couldn’t be happier to be hitching our wagons together.”
Rae
describes ‘Can’t Cut Loose’ as “a song about romanticizing addiction
in all of its forms, from substances to love and relationships. I wrote this
song to that incessant longing voice in my head that tells me I need something
else to make me feel different or better.”
Gifted with
the unique ability to fuse musical genres and influences to craft songs that
feels fresh and wholly her own, with ‘Putting On Airs’, Rae has thrown
down a direct challenge to the stereotype of what a southern singer should be.
Both musically and lyrically, she strikes a fiercely independent chord, proudly
releasing a deeply personal record that reflects her own experience and
upbringing in Tennessee, including the prejudices and injustices that she
witnessed as a child that continue to impact her life to this day, including
her personal struggle to understand her own sexuality. According to Rae, "this
album was born out of a need to do some healing work in my personal life, to
address some fears, and patterns of mine and allow my true feelings to come to
the surface."
The
isolated environment created the perfect setting for Erin and her bandmates to
track these genre-busting songs, using the chapel and other unique spaces
within the cavernous building to explore new sonic boundaries, all while
continuing to showcase Erin’s trademark vocals and the song-serving restraint
first heard on her critically-acclaimed 2015 debut album, ‘Soon Enough’
(engineered and produced by Anderson East and Mike Rinne).
The unique
sound of the record is inspired by the innovative 1960s European production
techniques from artists like the Beatles and Francoise Hardy, paired alongside
the restraint and minimalism of modern artists like Angel Olsen, Richard
Hawley, Twain and Michael Nau, bridging the sonic gap between classic
songwriting and a modern indie-rock ethos. The album was co-produced by
engineer Dan Knobler (Rodney Crowell, Tift Merritt) and multi-instrumentalist
Jerry Bernhardt. Dominic Billett also served an integral role in the collective
that worked together to create the album’s innovative and varied sonic pallet,
providing the perfect soundscape for Erin’s soothing vocals, bathing everything
in the warmth and purity that has become her trademark sound.
Alongside
‘Can’t Cut Loose’, preview track ‘Like The First Time’ was released
in 2017 around her sell-out UK tour, drawing strong support from Spotify, as
well as critical acclaim from British media, including the BBC and tastemakers Line
Of Best Fit and Gold Flake Paint. Discussing the track, Rae
explained that “I wrote this while I was kicking myself for acting against
my own desires in an attempt to gain approval or validation to take the
loneliness away. It just made me feel worse, which is a lesson I’ve had to
relearn time and time again, and I think other folks do this, too. It’s that
internal thought process of “if I just see this person one more time, maybe
we’ll figure it out and make it work, and maybe I can make sure you think well
of me, and speak well of me to other people.” Maybe that’s being too direct and
clear, but I think so many of us have these little ulterior motives that get
mixed in with attraction and lust. A driving force behind this record is the
process of me trying to get honest with myself about when these feelings are at
play, and waiting to act on them until I have more clarity and they feel like
they are coming from a healthy place.
PUTTING ON
AIRS TRACK LIST:
1.
Grand Scheme
2.
Putting On Airs
3.
Bad Mind
4.
Can’t Cut Loose
5.
Love Like Before
6.
June Bug
7.
Mississippi Queen
8.
Like The First Time
9.
The Real Thing
10.
Anchor Me Down
11.
Wild Blue Wind
12.
Pretend
“Putting On Airs” will be out in its entirety on June 8th via Single Lock Records in Florence, AL. I made this record with Dan Knobler, Jerry Bernhardt, and Dom Billett up in Appleton, WI thanks to Refuge Foundation for the Arts. pre-order here:https://t.co/yC34zpEnd4 pic.twitter.com/4o4kNRm6nI— Erin Rae (@ErinRae_Music) 28 March 2018
ALBUM CREDITS:
Erin Rae -
Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Jerry
Bernhardt - Mellotron, Casiotone, Wurlitzer, Farfisa, piano, pump organ,
electric/acoustic/slide guitars, bass, autoharp, whistle, drums on “Like The
First Time”
Dominic
Billett - Drums, percussion, vibraphone, bass guitar on “Like The First Time”
Background
Vocals - Dom Billett & Jerry Bernhardt
All Songs
written by Erin Rae McKaskle
Produced by
Dan Knobler
Recording
and Mixing Engineer: Dan Knobler
Mastering
Engineer: Alex McCollough, True East Mastering
Recorded at
The Refuge in Appleton, WI (February 13-20, 2017)
Mixed at
Goosehead Palace in Nashville, TN
TOUR:
MAR 30 FRI
- The Burl, Lexington, KY, United
States
MAR 31 SAT
- Pretentious Beer Co. Knoxville,
TN, United States
APR 19 THU
- 116 E. Mobile, Florence, AL,
United States
APR 24 TUE
- Joshua Hedley - Record Release Show. Nashville,
TN, United States
MAY 15 TUE
- Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte,
NC, United States (Support for Margo Price)
MAY 16 WED
- Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC,
United States (Support for Margo Price)
MAY 17 THU
- Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA,
United States (Support for Margo Price)
MAY 27 SUN
- Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago,
IL, United States (Support for the Mountain Goats)
MAY 28 MON
- Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, United States (Support for the
Mountain Goats)
MAY 29 TUE
- Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, United States (Support for the
Mountain Goats)
JUN 27 WED
- Sh*tty Barn, Spring Green, WI,
United States
AUG 30 THU-
SEP 2 SUN - End Of The Road Festival,
Dorset, Southwest, United Kingdom
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