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THE FELICE BROTHERS
release new album
VALLEY OF ABANDONED SONGS
OUT TODAY ON VINYL & CD THROUGH LOVE POLICE RECORDS & TAPES
LISTEN TO ‘VALLEY OF ABANDONED SONGS’
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Love Police Records & Tapes are proud to release THE FELICE BROTHERS’ highly anticipated album, Valley of Abandoned Songs on vinyl and CD in a collaboration with Conor Oberst’s label, Million Stars.
The new 13-song collection consists of recordings primarily from sessions for The Felice Brothers’ 2019 album, Undress and 2023’s Asylum On The Hill – both of which were captured live in an 1870s church with the band’s current line-up of Ian Felice (guitar/vocals), James Felice (piano/vocals), Jeske Hume (bass) and Will Lawrence (drums).
“Like the dreamy painting that adorns its cover, Valley of Abandoned Songs toes the realm between the fantastical and the physical, always bringing a world-weary grounding to The Felice Brothers’ lovingly crafted worlds where nothing is ever as it seems.” – No Depression
“The Felice Brothers present us with a world where we can sing along with our imaginations and know we are all brothers and sisters on the journey to whatever comes next.” – PopMatters
BT of Love Police Records & Tapes said: “We’ve worked with The Felice Brothers since 2011. We’ve toured them a bunch times, gone through some of life’s ups and downs, line-up changes, sung Frankie’s Gun loudly often and seen them grace the stages of Boogie, Golden Plains and bars and ballrooms of the country. When we saw old mate Conor Oberst, who LOVES this band, was starting a label we decided to pitch in and help spread the musical vibes. These cats always deliver. Settle in, go forward, go back, and enjoy their new collection and get ready for some live shows some time soon.”
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Ian Felice describes the new album: “A few years ago, I started revisiting old demos that had never seen the light of day and recordings that hadn’t found a home on previous albums, and I started thinking of them as the Valley of Abandoned Songs. At a certain point, I realised that I had a particular group of tunes that worked really well as an album, and so I shared it with Conor Oberst, along with my idea to post it online, but he immediately texted back that he loved it so much he wanted to start a new record label just to put it out!”
Listen To ‘VALLEY OF ABANDONED SONGS’
About signing the band to his new label, Conor Oberst adds: “I first encountered the Felice Brothers in 2007 after being given some of their music by a friend. I liked it a lot, but there was something I couldn’t put my finger on—singular and mysterious. An iconoclastic version of what some lazy people call “Americana”. I subsequently met them and played shows together. They became some of my best friends, family, really. I put out two of their records on the label I co-owned at the time, called Team Love. Then we started to perform together with them as my backing band and made a record of mine called Salutations. Needless to say, I love this band, and when I asked that horrible question, ‘Who is your favourite band?’ I always answer ‘The Felice Brothers.’ So when Ian sent me this new collection of songs and told me they just planned to put it up on the internet, I kind of flipped out, because they were so goddamn good. And then I did something I swore I would never do again: I started a new record label. This is my third. It is called Million Stars, and I am so proud to say the new Felice Brothers album is our first release. I can’t quit them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.”
“This album demands the full attention of the listener, an old-school concept; those that put the most into it will get the most out of it.” – American Songwriter
Buy ‘VALLEY OF ABANDONED SONGS’ On Vinyl or CD
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THE FELICE BROTHERS
Valley of Abandoned Songs
Love Police Records & Tapes
Released June 28, 2024
Track List
SIDE A:
1) Crime Scene Queen
2) Flowers By The Roadside
3) New York By Moonlight
4) Younger As The Days Go By
5) So Long John
6) Black is My True Love’s Hair
7) Raccoon, Rooster And Crow
SIDE B:
8) Stranger’s Arms
9) Birdies
10) Tomorrow Is Just A Dream Away
11) Let Me Ride Away With The Horsemen
12) It’s Midnight And The Doves Are In Tears
13) To Be A Papa
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