photo credit: Teddie Davis
Contact
- Daniel Gill at Force Field PR
[email: daniel@forcefieldpr.com]
Bio
After the halcyon folk-rock & roll of his self-titled debut album on BYM, Scott Ryan Davis returns with an engaging record that sprawls on early proto-punk and garage jangles that resemble the easier, yet jagged sounds of The VelvetUnderground, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and 80s alternative rock staple Flying Nun Records. Old teammates Chris Millstein and Jimy Seitang (Psychic Ills) join the ride, delivering a poignant, earnest haven of yearning songs.
Vincent’s Playlist began when Davis had the idea to make a record for some songs that had been hovering around, with the intention of honing a more personal sound which, in the end, translated into straightforward pop tunes with a rough edge. After a couple of sessions throughout the spring of 2019, Millstein and Seitang came along for the rhythm section and quickly went on to record at Second Base studio, with RJ Gordon (who also worked on the first album) engineering and mixing. The songs unfold as naturally as they were conceived; they come tumbling out easily and without beating around the bush.
Album-opener “High” sets the scene of throbbing riffs dueling with fuzzy, feedback-driven guitar fillers, taking you straight back to noisy, garage jam summer days. The same goes for “Between You & Me” with its sharp slopes of overdriven, amped up guitar licks courtesy of Chilean stalwart musician Sam Maquieira (The Ganjas, Wild Parade, Yajaira). Though these roughed-up visions of clangly rock’n’roll soar on the album from time to time, Scott manages to complement them to a body of airier tracks that unspool freely for a brighter emphasis on musing lyrical odes about love, loss, books, and art. Subtle saxophone and clarinet arrangements by Ryan Weisheit reveal spontaneously along tracks like the ruminative melodies of “Hello Lou Reed” and “Sway,” creating a gauzy and lush atmosphere of psychedelic jingle-jangle reveries that echo the likes of Real Estate and 80s indie legends Felt and The Dream Syndicate. All in all, the tunes embody a sense of routinely walking or meandering around, whether it’s an inner-city landscape or pastoral sunny days throughout the countryside. A shelter from everything that’s happening without necessarily becoming untethered from reality.
Current Release
Virginia Trance
Vincent’s Playlist
(BYM Records)
Street Date: May 8, 2020
Track List:
1. High
2. Some People
3. Between You & Me
4. Color & View
5. Hello Lou Reed
6. Sway
7. Radio Broke-Down
8. Mary Cassat
9. Move Away
10. Between You & Me #3
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photo credit: (1-3) Teddie Davis