MICHAEL NAU
Shares new track ‘Maralou’ – LISTEN HERE
Taken from his forthcoming debut album, ‘Mowing’ out on 18th November 2016 via Full Time Hobby
Announces further UK & European live dates for November & December 2016
Michael Nau today shares a new cut from his forthcoming debut album ‘Mowing’, which will be released on 18th November 2016 via Full Time Hobby. The hushed, shuffling‘Maralou’ is available to stream now via Loud & Quiet – HERE
Summoning the bygone sounds of AM radio – golden oldies, antiquated Nashville country, ‘70s chamber pop and dusty folk songs – ‘Mowing’ was written whilst on the road, with tracks penned from Burlington, Vermont to Connecticut, to a back porch in Nashville, and others back in the tiny Appalachian city of Cumberland, Maryland, USA, which Michael Nau currently calls home.
With little more than a delicate acoustic guitar line and a modestly hummed chorus, album opener “While You Stand” creates the inviting aura of sunlight coming through the kitchen window on an early Saturday morning. “Your Jewel”, “So, So Long”, and “Unwound” conjure the sounds that linger on lonely stretches of the radio dial, where Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin, and Randy Vanwarmer crackle on with their infinite humble appeal. Elsewhere on ‘Mowing’, you can hear Nau’s beguiling experiments—the bossa nova cadence of “Smooth Aisles”, the woozy chaise lounge instrumental “Mow”, the baroque pop of “Winter Beat.” ‘Mowing’ seems to be hanging in the clouds above time, just out of reach but ever so calmingly familiar.” (The Fader).
Watch the video for his debut single, ‘Love Survive’, directed by Robert Wallace, here which has picked up a Vimeo “Staff Pick” and amassed over 160k plays on Spotify, and even peaked at number 2 in the Spotify Viral Chart.
Michael Nau will be touring the UK for the first time this November as a special guest to Okkervil River, with a London date at Islington Assembly Hall on November 10th. Full live dates are as follows with UK shows in bold:
*with Okkervil River
November
10th UK London, Islington Assembly Hall*
11th UK Bristol, Thekla*
12th UK Manchester, Gorilla*
13th UK Glasgow, Stereo*
December
7th FR Bordeaux, I-Boat (Wintercamp Festvial)
8th FR Paris, Point Ephemere (Wintercamp Festival)
9th FR Tours, Temps Machine (Wintercamp Festival)
10th NL Tilburg, Incubate Festival
11th BE Brussels, Botanique (Witloof Bar)
13th DE Jena, Glashaus
14th DE Berlin, Auster Club
15th DE Hamburg, Aalhaus
16th DE Cologne, King Georg
17th NL Amsterdam, Paradiso (Upstairs)
19th NL Rotterdam, Stille Nacht Festival
‘Mowing’ will be available on LP, CD & Digital. Pre-order the album HERE with an instant grat of ‘Love Survive’ and ‘Maralou’. The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. While You Stand
2. The Glass
3. Love Survive
4. Smooth Aisles
5. Your Jewel
6. Maralou
7. Mow
8. So, So Long
9. Winter Beat
10. Good Moon
11. Unwound
12. In There
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