New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On
September 18th, the Nashville-based, genre-bending songwriter Patrick Sweany will release a new album Daytime Turned To Nighttime on the Austin-based Nine Mile Records.
Today, American Songwriter premiered the new album in its entirety: https://www.americansongwriter.com/2015/09/album-premiere-patrick-sweany-daytime-turned-to-nighttime/
"Daytime Turned To Nighttime is my seventh full-length record. I wanted this record to show some things about me that I feel I hadn't expressed fully on the previous albums," says Sweany. "I chose to spend the earliest part of my musical life as an acoustic finger-style guitar player. That stylistic choice has informed every part of my current musical palette, but Daytime … is the first time I feel that those early elements are featured and celebrated in the songwriting and execution."
"Bobbie Gentry's album 'Ode to Billie Joe,'
Bobby Charles's self-titled album, Tony Joe White's singles from the '60s-early '70s, and singers like Brook Benton, were all big parts of the formula to make this record. I wanted something humid, and deliberate, but with an ease of movement."
Recently, Paste Magazine premiered "First Of The Week," the first single to be released from Sweany's 7th studio release. Writer Brian Rolli called the track "...a warm acoustic jam about forging your own path on the road and living with those consequences" that has "...a soulful vibe evocative of early-'70s Southern rock."
The Bluegrass Situation shared "Long Way Down," the third single to be released from the album.
The 41 year old Nashville singer/guitarist continues to work with local producer and engineer Joe McMahan, who lent his talents to Close To The Floor (2013) as well as That Old Southern Drag (2011). Together, they recruited Ron Eoff (The Band, The Cate Brothers) and Bryan Owings (Tony Joe White, Emmylou Harris) as the rhythm section. Sweany refers to them as "the funkiest, most soulful players you could ask for."
In a recent interview with Andrew Leahey of American Songwriter, Sweany said, "You can only write so many songs about living in the aftermath of something" (a reference to Sweany's last album, Close To The Floor, which was inspired by the death of several family members). "This new album is more about looking forward - about growing up and taking responsibility."
Americana
Music Festival Schedule:
9/15:
Grimey's
Americana Fest Kick-Off Party
1604 8th Ave South
6:00 pm
9/17:
Exit In
with Wayne "The Train" Hancock
2208 Elliston Place
9:00 pm
9/19:
Bobby's Idle Hour
Americana Idle Hour
1028 16th Ave South
5:30 pm
9/20:
Basement East
Americanapacolypse Now
1604 8th Ave South #330
2:00 pm
US Tour Dates:
Oct 14 - Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
Oct 15 -
Double Door, Charlotte, NC
Oct 16 - ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
Oct 19 - Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo, NY
Oct 21 - Pittsburgh Winery, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 22 - Southgate House, Newport, KY
Oct 23 - Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH
Oct 24 - Musica, Akron, OH
Oct 30 - Basement East, Nashville, TN
Nov 12 - Living Room, Brooklyn, NY
Nov 13 - Johnny D's, Somerville, MA
Nov 14 - Columbus Theatre, Providence, RI
