New York, NY (Top40 Charts) It's been five years since Chris Price released his debut solo album, but there are a few reasons it's taken this long for a follow-up — he's been a bit busy. Even as he produced critically acclaimed comebacks from
Linda Perhacs and Emitt Rhodes, opened for the Who with Tal Wilkenfeld's band, and wrote songs with
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Jellyfish, Beck), Price continued to write and record his own new music.
The result? Stop Talking, due out on Omnivore Recordings on May 19, 2017.
Recorded from 2013 to 2016, Stop Talking contains 14 tracks produced, engineered, and arranged by Price, and features a wide variety of sounds and styles. Acoustic tracks ("Once Was True") meet electric tracks like the title cut.
Others are peppered with string arrangements ("
Man Down"), Mellotron, and tape loops ("Algebra in the Sky"). Chris was joined in the studio by a variety of top musicians, including Kyle Fredrickson, Ben Lecourt, Fernando Perdomo, Joe Seiders, and many others.
According to Price, "I spent the five years since my first album Homesick working on albums for two heroes of mine, Emitt Rhodes and
Linda Perhacs. But I never stopped writing and recording material of my own, and both of those incredibly inspiring and fulfilling projects ended up deeply informing my work, pushing me to think harder about my lyrics, become more adventurous in my production and never take the safe route musically. Nearly 50 songs were recorded for this project, and I went through an arduous and at times painful process whittling it all down to the form it is now in. I'm very proud of this work, which has been brewing for quite some time. But I should really stop talking and let the music speak for itself."
Stop Talking is a perfect introduction to understanding why Chris Price is such an in-demand producer and musician.
Stellar songwriting and playing all add up to one of the best listening experiences you will have in 2017. Once you hear it, you will not be able to stop talking about Stop Talking.
Track listing:
1. Stop Talking
2. Hi Lo
3. Pulling Teeth
4. Man Down
5. Father to the Man
6. Once Was True
7. You and Me (and Everyone Else)
8. Algebra in the Sky
9. Sigh
10. Darkness
11. Contrition
12. One of Them
13. Just in Time
14. Anhedonia
