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Reattachment - The New Album by Dan
Wallace Is Out Now!
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Reattachment is the newest Compositional
Rock album from Chicago based singer-songwriter, composer,
and guitarist Dan Wallace. Over the course of 14 songs, Wallace
applies his always colorful lyricism and sophisticated musicality
to themes of loss, nostalgia, fantasy, and ...decapitation.
“Music for fans of the unexpected” is his record
label’s mantra, and, as usual, Wallace delivers on that
promise with this new album. He also plays some wicked guitar
solos.
Long-time band member George Lawler brings his energetic
drumming to the more rockin’ songs that comprise roughly
half the album, while the other half is mostly made up of
intimately recorded acoustic numbers featuring classical and
steel string guitars.
Wallace explains, “I wanted to put out an album that
uses simple rock instrumentation to get across a wide variety
of musical ideas and colors. Whether it be an epic indie pop-rock
tune with neo-prog undertones like ‘Invisible Lines’,
or a stripped-down acoustic ballad such as ‘Easy Come
Easy Go’, I rarely needed to go far beyond guitars, drums
and a couple of synths. Although I did play a Pyrex Corningware
bowl for the chorus of the closing song.”
“Instrumentation aside,” Wallace continues, “this
album means a lot to me because it represents the culmination
of an eight-year period of reclusive writing and recording
following a particularly dark period in my life. I have vivid
ideas for future music, but for now I’m just going to
enjoy promoting Reattachment. I’ll also need some
time to recuperate because making this one took a lot out
of me.”
As with Wallace’s last three albums (including Neon
and Gold and Culture of Self), the album art is
by award-winning artist Vesna Jovanovic. Inspired by the lyrics
and concept of the album’s title track, it portrays a
future representation of a four-thousand-year-old amnesiac-decapitation-survivor
who's trying to discern the difference between paranoia and
intuition.
Buy the album now at CDBaby.
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"If you listen to Dungen, The Shins, The Eels and Zappa then add this man to your collection of unerring folk pop music."
— Glasswerk National
on Reattachment
"...Reattachment reveals Wallace’s brilliance as a rock composer and instrumentalist as well as his gift for writing and delivering obscure but intriguing lyrics."
— The Phantom Tollbooth
"He not only blenderizes just about every song on [Reattachment], he does so with a style and grace that is almost unthinkable."
— Aiding & Abetting
"Culture Of Self is about daring to be different, and the magic that comes when you do. Even if it were only half as good as it is, it should be treasured for its originality alone."
— Americana UK
"Maybe it’s the neo-psychedelic arrangements, the Alice-in-Wonderland lyrics or the smooth-as-silk delivery. Maybe we should listen again."
— Performing Songwriter Magazine
on Neon and Gold
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