The Jason Spooner Band – WIDE EYED

Labels:Inner Circle Music & Media
Number of Tracks:6
Total Time:00:27:12
From the Album:WIDE EYED
Formats:
Available Date & Time: Aug 22 2019 10:00:00 EDT
Impact Date: Aug 26 2019 00:00:00

The Jason Spooner Band

"WIDE EYED"
Impacting: August 26 2019

 

Fresh off of his performance at the FMQB conference in Boulder!

AVAILABLE ADVANCE TRACKS:

– Those Satellites
– Backyard Blues
– Coal Mine
– Stratosphere
– Here and Now
– Land of the Living

 

R E C E N T  H I G H L I G H T S
 

• Jason & band confirmed for upcoming northeast fall music festivals with Trampled By Turtles & Rusted Root 
• Jason honored this year with official artist endorsement from Gretsch Guitars: VIEW ARTIST PAGE
• Recent and upcoming tour dates with Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Wallflowers, The Samples, The Ghost of Paul Revere, Rose Cousins, Adam Ezra Group and more. 
• Jason confirmed as featured act for Martha’s Vineyard’s MVY Radio’s summer cruise on Nantucket sound scheduled for late August 2019. The show sold out in June. 
• Band headlines the 2019 New England Brewfest in NH sponsored by WXRV / 92.5 The River. 
• Band performs at The 2019 Sundance Film Festival and shares stages with Allen Stone, Brett Dennen, Everlast, Gavin DeGraw and Stephen Kellogg.  
• First single All Things Equal features 4 piece horn section comprised of musicians from Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds and Rustic Overtones.
• Gretsch Guitars’ website premieres video of band performing live: VIEW VIDEO   
• Recent press in Guitar World Magazine, Relix, High Times, No Depression, Performer Magazine.
• Band honored by New England Music Awards as Best Live Act – Nominated: Song of the Year.

A L B U M   O V E R V I E W 
 

The Jason Spooner Band hails from the fabled harbor city of Portland, Maine – a small but bustling sea port gaining significant national recognition for world-class food, art and a celebrated music scene. As the band approached the recording of their fifth album Wide Eyed, they moved central operations to a small studio to which they had unhindered access at all hours which spawned a period of unprecedented creative energy.    
 
“For previous releases, we’d always blocked out a few weeks to make records and it always felt very compressed and overly urgent – stressful in some ways. Getting comfortable in a new space and trying to be instantly creative on more of a 9 to 5 schedule. For Wide Eyed, we wanted things to feel more organic, more like a live performance.” says Spooner.    
 
“I like to think of this record and the approach we took as slow-roasted in that we made it over the course of a year or so which gave us time to really capture only the really inspired takes. When recording music starts to feel like a day job, it’s time to change up the recipe. If a song is destined to come alive at 2am, then you need to flow with that and not limit it. We weren’t staring at the clock the entire time concerned about moving on to the next task or song. We took the time that each song required and I think the result is something that feels natural and comfortable in its own skin.” Spooner adds, “having our own studio space was huge. If an idea came knocking, I could spin over to the studio and capture while it was fresh instead of writing something down on a notepad or humming a melody into my phone and hoping we’d come back to it.”
 
What ensued was the band’s most fruitful and creative recording experience to date with the core tracks for the album recorded live on the floor. The raw energy created in the space permeates the album. Wide Eyed also represents a band that is more open to, aware of and comfortable with their collective musical inspiration. “Our influences are all over the map as individuals… rock, blues, folk, jazz, Americana, R&B, reggae, etc..” says Spooner. "I feel like this record allowed us to tap into some of those influences without worrying if it fit our 'official genre.' All of my favorite records seem to have that in common – when artists aren’t afraid to dig into what inspired them to pick up an instrument in the first place."

Wide Eyed represents a fresh direction and unencumbered energy for the band. The album encompasses the sounds of four individuals discovering a new formation, a new approach to recording and, ultimately, new musical horizons. 
 

P R E S S   Q U O T E S

 “Over the last few years The Jason Spooner Band has performed with acts as varied as B.B. King, John Mayer, Jackson Browne, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ray LaMontagne, Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene, G. Love, Guster, Blues Traveler, Peter Rowan and Sara Bareilles. They’ve also made stops at major music festivals around the country.”
– Guitar World Magazine
 
“Full of both instrumental and lyrical dexterity… a band that clearly knows the importance of the stage.” – Relix Magazine
 
“Jason’s music is welcomed addition to the Loft’s airwaves, as we are always listening for new exciting artists to expose to our audience across America. We are playing multiple tracks. He & his band stopped our studios to record a Loft Session and it stands out as one of the year’s best so far!” 
– SiriusXM The Loft
 
“His songs belie a sharp-tooled craftsmanship on the writing side, yet wash over the listener with fluid finesse… The great thing about this record, beyond the wonderfully contoured, lived-in sound, is the way Spooner reminds us that, even as listeners, we’re all a part of the story, too.” 
– Wood & Steel Magazine
 
“His soulful vocals tackle lyrics about death, danger, and the desire to escape, but despite the meatiness of the themes, the songs refuse to wallow in melodrama… Spooner is a thought-provoking songwriter.” – PERFORMER Magazine
 
“He can weave stories for you to get lost in like a young Neil Young.”
– MusicEmissions.com

 

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