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Nr : Label : │██ │█▓ ------------------------------------------------------------------ │██ │▓█ 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 3:59 ██ 8. The Western Veil 4:30 ██ 9. Rose-Colored Rearview 4:13 ██ 10. Doubt My Love 3:21 ██ 11. Careless 4:40 ██ ██ ██ ██ █▓ Total Runtime: 41:23 █▓ █░                 ▄             █                ▐██            ▓                ▓█▌░           ░                   ▀███████▓▀▀▀       ▓██▓░       ▄        ██▓  ▄▄   ▄▄▄▓ ░▓██▓ ░▀████▓      ██▌ ▄█▀█ ▐██  ██▀█ ▐█▀█▌ ░▓████▀░ ░ ░▀▀▄░ ▐█▄ ███▌▐██▓▐ ▐█▌ ▐█░▐█ ██░█░ ░▓█▐▀▀▄▀▄ ▄ ░ ▓ ▐█░▐▌██▓██▌░▐ ▐█▌ ██▓▀  █▌▄   ▀ ▐▌▐ █ ▓███ ██ ██▌ █ ▐█▌ ██▓░ ▐▀▀▀█▌ ░▒▄▀▄▀ █░ ░██▌ ██ ▐██ ▌░ █▌░ ▀█▄▄▓  ██▓ ▄▀▄▀ ░ │█▓   ▀   ▀▓ ▀▀▀   ▐█▓      ▄█▀   ▐▌▐▌ ▄ █▓                 ▀             ▀▄▀▄ ▀▓▀ ██ ░▄ ██│ ôAll the things that brought me comfort, they just seem tired and ██│ worn, what always used to work ainÆt working anymore,ö sings ██│ award-winning, Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter Mark Erelli, a few ██│ songs in to his newest release Blindsided. ItÆs 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 ômiddle,ö the certain point in life when you reflect on your ██│ hopes and dreams and what you thought were certainties. ôOne glance at ██│ the headlines and anyone can see that we are questioning the stories ██│ weÆve told ourselves and, in many cases, they arenÆt proving as durable ██│ as they once seemed,ö he explains. öDo 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.ö ██│ ██│ 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 HiattÆs Bring The Family or ██│ Bonnie RaittÆs Nick Of Time, Erelli contemplates the delicate tension ██│ between love and commitment, faith and family, disillusionment and ██│ hope. But this isnÆt a confession from the therapistÆs couch; itÆs rock ██│ Æn roll, and Erelli is clearly taking his cues from heroes like Petty ██│ and Prine. Over the course of BlindsidedÆs 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 couldnÆt have been more unanticipated. Against the ██│ backdrop of BlindsidedÆs 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 ôbeing ██│ everywhere all the timeö seem effortless. ItÆs 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 yearÆs ôBy Degrees,ö on which he was joined by ██│ a host of voices including Rosanne Cash and Sheryl Crow. That song was ██│ nominated for ôSong Of The Yearö 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 ErelliÆs 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. ██│ ██│ ôIn one of my favorite Tom Petty songs, he sings æit took a world of ██│ trouble, took a world of tears, it took a long time to get back here,Æö ██│ Erelli says. ôI think I know exactly how he felt.ö ██ │▓█ │▓█ │██│ ██│ http://www.markerelli.com ██│ ██│     ██│        │██░  █▄     │██▓░        ▓███▄▄▄  ▐██▓     ░▓██▓ │▓█▀███▄▄▄░   ─────▐─────▐───▐─░▌───▄─────▐██▄──── ░▓████▀░ │█▀█▓▄▀▄▀▓▌█▀▓▄░  ─▄───│─────▌────▌─▐──▀▓▀───▐░▓▓███── ▓█▐▀▀▄▀▄ ▄ ░ ▌▐▌▀▓▓▀ ▀░ ▀▓▀──▌────▐─────▐─────────▐▓─────▐──  ▀ ▐▌▐ ▀▄▀▄▒░▓ ────▐─────├────▄█▌───────▄▌─────▐───  ░▒▄▀▄▀ ░ ▀▄▀▄ ─▄▄▄▌───▄▓▌───▐██▌──-███▄▌─────▐░───  ▄▀▄▀ ░ ▄ ▐▌▐▌ ███▓ ▐███░   ░▀▀▀▀  ▄▄▓▄▌  ▄   ▐▌▐▌ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▓▀▄▀       ▀▀▓  2 0 2 2    ▓ ▐███▓  ▀▓▀  ▀▄▀▄ ▀▓▀    ▐  ▓▓      ░▄