Ages and Ages – How It Feels

Labels: Partisan Records
Number of Tracks: 1
Total Time: 3:29
Formats: Triple A, Specialty, AAA, Non-Commercial, NPR
Available Date & Time: October 3, 2017 12:00 PM ET
Impact Date: October 16, 2017
Country: USA

Recent praise for Ages and Ages

"introspective…inspired by the ephemeral nature of nearly everything" – NPR MUSIC

"stacked with infectious melodies, warmth, and Perry’s engaging songcraft" – ALL MUSIC

"an incisive, passionate but calculated album of sonically adventurous choral pop…displays every bit of the band’s trademark positivity" – PASTE

"addictively uplifting…the band has always managed to pack meaningful themes behind their infectious folk sound, and their third album seems destined to follow suit" – KEXP

Having just kicked off a tour with Ron Pope, Ages and Ages have also released a new single entitled "How It Feels." Lead singer and songwriter Tim Perry provided the following background about the track:

We recorded most of the song with Sylvia Massey at her place in Ashland, Ore. It is an old church that she has filled with weird, semi-functional instruments which we had a lot of fun with. In particular there’s an Optigan, which is an obscure organ from the 70’s which plays cheesy sounds from these large floppy optical disks. Tim had loaded one in upside down, and the machine flipped out, giving us some of the tortured background noises that pop up throughout the track. I was really interested in the tension between the sweet vocal delivery and melodic hooks with these more jagged/mysterious elements.

The day we finished ‘How it Feels,’ it was raining ashes in Portland from a fire in the Columbia River Gorge just outside of town. The sun was blotted out with smoke and at night the moon was red. If you talked to anyone out here, they would have told you it felt like end times. While we were recording this song, Harvey hit Texas, and Florida was waiting for Irma. Trump had blamed ‘many sides’ in Charlottesville and threatened ‘fire and fury’ against North Korea. It’s hard to know what to do with all of this. And amidst what seems like an imploding world, we still have our needs. We still need love. We still need affection. We still need to feel heard. This is a song about what it’s like to have these needs in what feels like end-times. Our problems may be irrelevant in the scheme of things, but this doesn’t make them feel any less real. If you’re reading this, I hope you have someone to talk to and I hope you’re able to tell them how it feels.

ON TOUR NOW with Ron Pope:

10/04/2017 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
10/06/2017 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Clu
10/07/2017 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony
10/08/2017 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
10/09/2017 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
10/10/2017 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/12/2017 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
10/13/2017 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
10/14/2017 Atlanta, GA The Buckhead Theatre
10/16/2017 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
10/17/2017 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre
10/19/2017 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
10/20/2017 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/21/2017 Chicago, IL Park West
10/22/2017 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe @ Old National Centre

www.agesandages.com

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