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                              Mark Erelli - Blindsided
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     Artist  : Mark Erelli
      Album   : Blindsided
      Year    : 2020
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     Genre   : Folk               Quality  : 856kbps avg/44.1kHz/2 channels
     Source  : CD                 Size     : 265.11Mb
     Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1         Language : English
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     Release date: 2022-07-28         Retail date: 2020-03-27
      1.    Blindsided                                            3:19  
      2.    Can't Stand Myself                                    3:30  
      3.    A Little Kindness                                     3:25  
      4.    Her Town Now                                          3:28  
      5.    Stranger's Eyes                                       3:08  
      6.    Lost In Translation                                   3:50  
      7.    The River Always Wins                                 3:58  
      8.    The Western Veil                                      4:30  
      9.    Rose-Colored Rearview                                 4:13  
      10.   Doubt My Love                                         3:21  
      11.   Careless                                              4:40  
                                                  Total Runtime: 41:22  
       All the things that brought me comfort, they just seem tired and
       worn, what always used to work aint working anymore, sings
       award-winning, Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter Mark Erelli, a
       few songs in to his newest release Blindsided. Its a realization that
       has washed over many of us, like headlights sweeping across the
       bedroom ceiling on a sleepless night. But for a songwriter, such an
       appraisal is a call to action.
       Erelli rose to the occasion with a writing streak, generating well
       over 30 new songs to choose from for his newest record. He ultimately
       gravitated toward those that wrestled with the questions we encounter
       in the middle, the certain point in life when you reflect on your
       hopes and dreams and what you thought were certainties. One glance at
       the headlines and anyone can see that we are questioning the stories
       weve told ourselves and, in many cases, they arent proving as
       durable as they once seemed, he explains. Do the things I took for
       granted as truth when I was younger still hold up? What can I still
       lean on? Am I strong enough for the ones I love to lean on me? The
       answers, if there even are answers, can be both unsettling and
       reaffirming.
       The aptly-titled Blindsided was forged in this process of reckoning,
       of taking stock of the soul, and being pleasantly surprised. Mining
       the same gritty yet soulful territory as John Hiatts Bring The Family
       or Bonnie Raitts Nick Of Time, Erelli contemplates the delicate
       tension between love and commitment, faith and family, disillusionment
       and hope. But this isnt a confession from the therapists couch; its
       rock n roll, and Erelli is clearly taking his cues from heroes like
       Petty and Prine. Over the course of Blindsideds 11 tracks, the
       message of each song is distilled to its purest form, as fearlessly
       honest in perspective as it is straightforward in its delivery.
       To create the soundtrack that reflected this reinvigorated approach to
       songwriting, Erelli consulted his mental list of fellow musicians with
       whom he had forged connections in recent years, and realized they all
       lived in Nashville. So he made the trek to Music City, with best
       friend and multi-instrumentalist/producer Zachariah Hickman in tow,
       curious to see what effect a change in geography, personnel, and
       context would produce. With the help of drummer Jamie Dick (Rhiannon
       Giddens, Our Native Daughters), guitarist Sadler Vaden (Jason Isbell,
       Josh Ritter), Kai Welch (Molly Tuttle, Kacey Musgraves) on keys,
       producer Hickman on bass, and Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive, Caroline
       Spence) recording and mixing, the result couldnt have been more
       unanticipated. Against the backdrop of Blindsideds hungrier,
       hook-laden sound, with the inspired addition of a string quartet on
       half of the album, Erelli has never sounded more passionate or vital.
       Erelli has forged a colorful career by making the art of being
       everywhere all the time seem effortless. Its hard to think of
       another artist who seems equally at home serving as a sideman for
       GRAMMY-winning artists like Paula Cole, Marc Cohn, and Josh Ritter, or
       producing albums for Lori McKenna, as he does writing and producing
       his own material, like last years By Degrees, on which he was
       joined by a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow.
       That song was nominated for Song Of The Year at the 2019 Americana
       Music Awards, and served to reintroduce Erelli to a wider audience.
       And just in time, because Blindsided combines the exuberance of
       Erellis signature sound with the wisdom that comes with over 20 years
       of songwriting, capturing an artist at a point in his career where he
       is clearly digging deep and swinging for the fences.
       In one of my favorite Tom Petty songs, he sings it took a world of
       trouble, took a world of tears, it took a long time to get back
       here, Erelli says. I think I know exactly how he felt.
        http://www.markerelli.com
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