RYANHOOD PREMIERES NEW TRACK “APPY RETURNS” VIA THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION

RYANHOOD PREMIERES NEW TRACK 

“APPY RETURNS” VIA THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION 

  NEW LP UNDER THE LEAVES OUT ON APRIL 16TH 

 Intricate and challenging, Ryan’s acoustic guitarwork creates a steady and solid foundation for Cameron’s lyrics to shine - American Songwriter 

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LISTEN: “APPY RETURNS”   

Award-winning, Tucson, Arizona-based acoustic duo Ryanhood has unveiled their fiery new single, “Appy Returns,” the second from their forthcoming album, Under The Leaves, set for release on April 16th. “Appy Returns” showcases the pair's serious chops as they set their strings ablaze, paying tribute to the music cultivated in the Appalachian Mountains—with their own Arizona-style, heat-infused spin.  

While most of their repertoire is vocal-led, co-founder Ryan David Green says he was inspired by the fretwork of electric guitar-slingers like Joe Satriani and acoustic legends like Béla Fleck. “I love instrumental music,” Green told The Bluegrass Situation. “I came up with the main theme for this one in a green room, just before a show back in 2016. I continued to tinker with it for years until I realized the main motif had some similarities to another instrumental of ours, ‘Appy Jam,’ which is a staple of our live set. I decided to lean into this resemblance and make it a full-blown sequel, referencing some of the rhythmic motifs and phrasings from the original, but taking the listener on a whole new journey.” 

“Appy Returns” follows the release of lead single “The Fight.” “‘The Fight’ and its intellectualism is a strange though perfectly complementary companion to its mainstream indiepop sensibility,” said American Songwriter of the song. “While the rhythm clutches the primal hunger for melodicism, the subject matter challenges you to reach in deep and ponder what it takes to achieve peace, eventually encircling the truth that change can only come from within.”  

LISTEN // WATCH: “THE FIGHT”  

Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards, Ryanhood got their first break more than a decade ago as street-performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. They’ve since gone on to perform more than a thousand shows in 45 U.S. states over the past decade, and have shared stages with Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, Train, and many more.  

Their latest album, Under the Leaves, sees the lead guitarist Green stepping into the role of sole producer, weaving a tapestry of lush strings and rich harmonies. The album, like their shows, is driven by strong acoustic guitar performances and is at turns energetic, hopeful, and quietly moving—a musical invitation to breathe, and to soak in a river of melodies and harmonic hooks.  

Hood, the band’s primary lyricist, has waded into those musical rivers with dream-like verses about seeds and forests, breath and wind, and the cycles and seasons that frame our lives. Throughout the album’s songs, a question is asked: How do we create meaningful and lasting change in a world filled with division and turmoil? The offer on Under the Leaves is to slow down and face the one thing we have the power to change - ourselves - as the duo sings on the album’s second track, “the only revolution is the one within.”  

Under The Leaves will be available digitally, as well as on vinyl and CD. The band has also written a companion book, featuring essays and stories behind the songs, expanded artwork, and photography that is also available for purchase. Click HERE to order. 

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NEW SINGLE GLENN THOMAS UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE “GIVE A DAMN”

NEW SINGLE “GIVE A DAMN” FROM GLENN THOMAS PREMIERES VIA THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION 

 REASSURE ME THERE’S A WINDOW LP OUT  MAY 15TH VIA PALACE FLOPHOUSE RECORDS

Reassure Me There's a Window veers from his previous releases in the realm of atmospheric and visceral rock and into contemplative indie-folk - PopMatters

Folky, calm, with a skip in its step, its rhythm is familiar and bright…raised in New England, Thomas encapsulates that ambience of small town daydreaming" – Atwood Magazine

Gently reflective - Americana-UK

Indie-folk backing, with drips of steel guitar and this bubbling melancholy - Backseat Mafia

Quite enthralling - A1234

A powerful a sentiment - Ear To The Ground 

Straddling the line between harmonica-laced folk and cheerful Brit-pop - Underground Music Collective

You can literally feel the emotion behind Thomas’s voice. His soulful sound is matched by the simple, yet powerful instrumentation - Gas Mask Magazine 

Nashville-by-way-of-New England singer/songwriter Glenn Thomas released new single “Give A Damn” via The Bluegrass Situation. “Give A Damn” appears on his forthcoming LP Reassure Me There’s A Window, out May 15th via Palace Flophouse Records. “I wrote this song in the beginning stages of a new relationship I was in,” Thomas explains of of the rowdy, pedal steel-laden track. “I really cared about the person and wanted it to work, but still carried the ghosts of past relationships and dating woes. I felt like I didn’t really have anything new to bring to the table, but ultimately what mattered was I cared and was going to do what it took to make it work. Ultimately, the past is exactly that — the past,” he continues. “I remember sitting on a friend’s speedboat a couple of summers ago getting bounced around by the waves, and the fast up and down movement put this melody into my head. I had the lyrics in my phone notes and sang it into a voice memo right there on the boat.” 

LISTEN: “GIVE A DAMN”

“Give A Damn” follows the release of “All You Can Do,” a Shins-esque song about accepting that things don’t always go as planned, and “Catherine Ames,” a much-needed slice of catharsis and sonic sunshine, inspired by Cathy Ames, the antagonist of John Steinbeck’s East Of Eden - a song about holding on to pain and anger as though they are part of your identity, and understanding that healing and moving forward takes time. Lead single “Oriole,” written after a recurring bout of insomnia about that moment when the sun begins to rise and the birds began to sing. “I thought it would be funny to ask the birds the questions that were keeping me up, since they were all unanswerable anyway,” Thomas has said. “When I set the words to music, I thought it would be fun to make the music sound…lively, like a 60s pop song with serious lyrics.”

LISTEN: “ALL YOU CAN DO”

LISTEN: “CATHERINE AMES” 

LISTEN: "ORIOLE"

Reassure Me There’s A Window features tight fingerpicking guitar-based tunes with introspective lyrics fleshed out with resonant string arrangements. Each of the album’s 11 tracks center around the human condition - ideas of love and loss, isolation and connection, and wondering what more is out there. Thomas writes songs that cut straight to his truths; by putting his life and the human condition under the microscope, his songs articulately observe the big questions with small details, paying careful attention to his understanding of himself and the seasonality of life. 

Thomas, who cut his teeth fronting Rhode Island rock outfit Wild Sun, has shared stages with bands like Langhorne Slim, The Wombats, and Blitzen Trapper. He began writing songs that didn't fit within the rock-centric framework and decided he would strike out on his own, stretching his creative muscles. The album was produced by Jordan Lehning (Rodney Crowell, Andrew Combs, Joshua Hedley); with its throwback flair, Reassure Me There's A Window is a lush, sweetly-arranged collection of articulate folk-tinged songs. 

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