New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Rachael Sage has premiered the exclusive stream of her latest album, "Myopia", via Curve Magazine. The collection is out May 4 via MPress Records/ILS/Caroline and is her 13th full-length release. Listen and share here and via iTunes and Amazon.
Sonically, "Myopia" is a bold departure for Sage, with a much stronger emphasis on her guitar playing over her usual piano palette, with inventive contributions by Hoboken-based guitarist
James Mastro (Patti Smith, Ian Hunter) who Sage affectionately calls "the king of wah." Produced by Sage and her longtime engineer John Shyloski, "Myopia" was recorded last summer at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, CT as well as at Sage's home studio in NYC's East Village, and you can feel the swelter. The heavily electronic "Haunted By Objects" - on which Sage plays Moog synthesizer - describes the psyche of a hoarder whose only potential recourse may be to set everything on fire, while "This Darkness", a bluesy lamentation about the Dakota Pipeline, reflects the urgency and courage of Native Americans' resistance to environmental desecration; the enemy in the dark is indifference, the iciest kind of blindness.
Sage - whose eclectic list of champions includes UK chart-topping legend
Howard Jones, 60's folk icon Judy Collins, and teen dance sensation Maddie Ziegler - possesses a creative outlook that seems perfectly in sync with the beginnings of Spring: "This is a warm-weather record. These are songs about getting out there, thawing things out, and unearthing the truth. Sometimes you can't do that in the dead of winter. But when the sun is shining, even the murkiest future appears hopeful."
"A striking work of pop-noir, with distinctly profound lyrics." - BlackBook
"Sage's songwriting stands out, inviting the listener into her messages of empowerment (and) love..." - Innocent Words
"Wonderful songwriting and arrangements and lovely vocals." -
Howard Jones
