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SET OF CONSTRAINTS: New album out 4/15. "DESERVE" video out now.
So, about a year and a half ago (late summer of 2020) ReyBee Inc. began representing Polychromatic Records, just I was revisiting an older sketch-kinda-thing that wound up being Summer’s Over. I put it out that in October with no clear idea of what the next batch of music would sound like.
“Great,” says Scot (founder of Polychromatic, my manager, and one of my best friends.) “Can you get a short EP done soon so we can have it out by January?”
“Fuck, no.” But I thought spring could work. Some songs started coming together; spring turned into summer; I went to Nashville to work on some of them, but still no EP (because of course not.)
But then, summer turned into fall and suddenly a few more songs came together VERY quickly. One of those was Deserve, which I started, finished and shot a video for all in a few weeks. And BOOM, that EP turned into an album, baybaaayyy.
This has been the shortest amount of time I’ve turned out any body of work, and while I can’t say it was entirely comfortable, it’s mostly been the smoothest-sailing out of anything I’ve done so far. The biggest lesson I learned from finishing Tyrannosaurus (which, by the way, I’m super happy to move on from) was that making music should be FUN, or at least not make you want to blow your fucking brains out. So, you know, mission accomplished.
I also got to collaborate with some of the best talent I’ve ever worked with, and here’s where I get to flex the hardest I’ve ever flexed. Rory Rositas at Omnisound Studios in Nashville and Travis Dark here in North Carolina delivered some astounding mixes, despite the headaches I gave them. There’s some gorgeous cello from Telalit Charsky, who has played on the scores for Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, Halo: Infinite, and most recently HBO’s And Just Like That… and Netflix’s Lost in Space. There are some beautiful backing vocals from my dear friend MJ Burns, who makes a cameo in the Deserve video. And then, the world-renowned, Grammy-winning Vlado Meller (who’s mastered Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Oasis, Frank Ocean, Phantogram, Shakira, A Tribe Called Quest, every Kanye album from Late Registration through Yeezus - you know what, there’s a lot more so just look at his Wikipedia page) mastered this album, which I still haven’t wrapped my brain around. And of course, my long-time friend and collaborator Blake T. Brady nailed the artwork and CD packaging (as he always does.)
My new album, Set of Constraints, will be out April 15, 2022. We’ve also got a release show booked in Raleigh (more on that later.) In the meantime, here’s that video for Deserve.
- P.
"DESERVE" - New single out now
“Deserve,” the new single from my next album, is out now on all platforms.
This one’s a little different, but then again, this whole album sounds different. More on that in that later. Until then, hit the links below to find it on your favorite service:
“LET’S JUST GET THROUGH THIS”: Two unreleased tracks out now
My 2019 album Tyrannosaurus is two years old today, and to celebrate, I'm dropping an unreleased track from it!
Let’s Just Get Through This was a track originally meant for Tyrannosaurus, but one I realized fairly early on wasn’t a good fit on that album. I’ve played it live often since then but never released it, and I figure since today is the birthday of the album it was almost on, why not now? I’ve packaged it with a second version no one’s heard yet, which my friend Casey Battle lent his talents to last summer. This feels like a nice way to tie up the longest stretch of work I’ve done so far.
You can download it for free here on this website, or stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, Soundcloud, and all other major platforms.
The next thing you’ll be hearing from me will be a new single from the new EP - see you then.