Austin-based artist Jelly Ellington channels his Americana, Texas-blues grit and Appalachian roots into his latest providing, Glow. On the coronary heart of the brand new album is a mix of recent indie rock sensibility and traditional American songwriting, with vibrant, analog-driven songs filled with hovering riffs and introspective lyrics. The bodily album is now out there digitally throughout all streaming platforms. Order and Stream Right here.
The singer-songwriter, Jelly Ellington, wrote a lot of Glow in his hometown of Asheville, N.C., drawing on private experiences and a deep connection to his household’s inventive legacy. Impressed by a go to to the native museum the place the work of his nice aunt, watercolorist Sallie Ellington Middleton, who was famend for her botanical work, and “Boomtown” architect Douglas Ellington, who constructed most of Asheville’s iconic buildings within the 20s, had been celebrated, he discovered renewed goal. The homecoming was full circle for Jelly because the album marks a return to his roots and a second of reflection, renewal and inventive progress.
Jelly introduced collectively a dream staff of collaborators as Glow was created over 9 days of stay monitoring together with his full band. It was recorded at Orb Studios in Austin, Texas, and produced by Nick Perri (Silvertide, Nick Perri & the Underground Thieves) and engineered by Austin Asvanonda (The Warfare on Medicine, Sam Fender).
The instrumental palette is broad and expressive with Les Pauls, Telecasters, Strats, and stereo-routed Marshall and Tremendous Reverb amps; lush 12-string acoustics evoking Petty and Bryan Adams; classic pedals from Perri’s personal line; and wealthy textures from a Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, and grand piano, courtesy of keyboardist Cole Gramling, who had his personal devoted piano room in Studio A. The rhythm part was helmed by drummer Alex Geismar (with extra contributions from Alex Duck and Lessly Fisher Jr.) and bassist Stefan Ringer, whose distorted tones added grit and muscle to standout moments like “Sail On.”
Visitor options additionally embrace John Trufant on vocals and mandola, Les Fisher (Jason Mraz) on the drums and bass, Nick Perri lead guitar solo, pedal metal guitarist Ryan “Stiggie” Stigmon (Zach Prime), violinist Ryan Lorensen, background vocalist Candice Sanders and Curtis Lee, and Deshawn “D Vibes” Alexander (Kingfish, Marcus King’s band, Watermelon Funk) who delivered a blazing synth solo on “Anyone to Love” (video under).
Jelly feedback, “One of many essential objectives with this report was to provide one which was sonically sound, and I feel we did an ideal job reaching that because of the assistance of everybody concerned.”
Taking a “much less is extra” method when recording the brand new album, Jelly and Perri stored the method trustworthy and targeted on the outcome vs particular person elements. Sonically, the album is steeped in classic textures, together with an analog synth, Neumann mics, cranked classic amps, and Juno pads.
However at Glow’s core, the songwriting shines. Lyrics discover themes of motion, acceptance, stillness, and emotional readability. The result’s a set of 9 songs that radiate heat and depth.
Songs like “Copperhead Blues,” recorded in a church chapel utilizing only a laptop computer and a mic, was impressed by back-to-back copperhead encounters in WNC. The music relies on an incident with co-writer John Trufant’s canine Gumbeaux, who was almost killed by a chunk deep within the woods. Quickly after, a copperhead confirmed up at Jelly’s doorstep, simply inches from his canine, Bowie, who fortunately made it out unhurt. Jelly recollects, “The copperhead snake serves as a metaphor, as we’re continuously going through temptation in our each day lives. This music serves as an perception into the vicious cycle of by no means being happy and at all times needing more- that’s if you acquired these copperhead blues.”
The title observe “Glow” is about saying goodbye to the dangerous occasions and hi there, good occasions. It was created throughout sound verify in San Francisco, Jelly recollects, “I feel we had been stuffed with a lot pleasure to be out on the highway doing what we love that the music simply fell from the sky.” But it surely additionally encapsulates the album’s general vibe – a thrill of a trip from starting to finish.
“Irons within the Hearth” was recorded in a house studio on the aspect of a mountain in Western North Carolina. It’s a light reminder that being too obsessive about materials issues can result in our demise, and a very powerful factor is loving others, and discovering satisfaction with merely being engulfed in and by love.
The Daft Punk-tinged outro of “Anyone to Love,” “is def a fav, it simply makes you are feeling good! I loved each step of the method placing collectively the tune, particularly having certainly one of my greatest buddies Deshawn D’ Vibes Alexander, enjoying the lead synth on the tune,” feedback Jelly.
One standout studio second got here in the course of the creation of “Goodbye Rain,” a music written as a cathartic farewell to the grief of shedding a household residence to fireside. The album engineer, Austin Asvanonda, together with a tape loop machine, created intervals of chords, every positioned by itself fader on the blending console that allowed for dynamic, stay manipulation. “It was straight wizardry,” Jelly recollects. The result’s the right highway journey music with a groove that strips away the troubles of the world. Jelly describes the sensation as, “slide the sunroof down, put in your shades and kiss your worries goodbye.”
The brand new album is a masterclass on friendship and the inventive course of, it’s a homage to residence and household, and serves as a reminder that renewal isn’t at all times loud. Typically, it’s the glow of a gradual burn.
Glow is out now and out there on all streaming platforms, order and stream right here.
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Upcoming Reveals:
Could 29 – Antone’s Nightclub @ 7:00 PM, Austin, TX
Jun 4 – Geraldine’s (Reside Acoustic) @ 8:00 PM, Austin, TX
Jun 15 – Primary Road Crossing w/ Dancing Days: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin @ 8:00 PM, Tomball, TX
Aug 9 – Antone’s Nightclub w/ Dancing Days: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin @ 8:00 PM, Austin, TX
Nov 3 – BMI Acoustic Lounge Collection @ Saxon Pub @ 6:00 PM, Austin, TX
Tracklisting for Glow
01 – “Glow”
02 – “Sail On”
03 – “Anyone to Love”
04 – “The Evening”
05 – “Goodbye Rain”
06 – “Thick and Skinny”
07 – “Coyote”
08 – “Copperhead Blues”
09 – “Irons within the Hearth”
Album Personnel:
Produced by Nick Perri (Silvertide, Nick Perri & the Underground Thieves)
Engineered by Austin Asvanonda (Warfare on Medicine, Sam Fender)
Mastered by Nick Landis
Piano/Keyboard/Synth/Organ: Cole Gramling
Bass and BGV: Stefan Ringer
Drums: Alex Geismar
Bass & Drums on “Anyone to Love” – Lessly Fisher Jr.
Drums on “Glow” – Alex Duck
Guitar Solo on “The Evening” – Nick Perri
Lead Synth on “Anyone to Love” – Deshawn D Vibes Alexander (keyboardist for Christone “Kingfish Ingram.”
Pedal Metal on “Goodbye Rain” – Ryan “Stiggie” Stigmon (Pedal steelist for nation artist Zach Prime
Violin on “Irons within the Hearth” – Ryan Lorensen
BGV on “Sail On” – Candice Sanders
BGV on “Thick and Skinny” – Curtis Lee
Vocals and Mandola on “Copperhead Blues” – John Trufant
