| The Singleman Affair |
| The End of the Affair |
The Singleman Affair — The End of the Affair 
≡» Pokračovatelé odkazu předchozí generace (Skip Spence, Tim Buckley, John Martyn), z této třídy vycházejí se zachováním své vlastní tváře, dělají čest vzorům a jdou dál. The Singleman Affair is the lush 60s psych–folk of Dan Schneider. Following in the footsteps of such artists as Skip Spence, John Martyn, Tim Buckley and Fred Neil, the Singleman Affair drifts through the hazy inner thoughts of rainy afternoons set to fingerpicked acoustic guitars, spiraling strings and haunting atmospherics. This is towering psychedelia at its proudest.
≡» A new, frenetic emotional tryst filled with dark and dense psychedelia. What was once the singular bedroom recordings of Daniel Schneider is now a full multi–dimensional band, backed by Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple), Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel, Jacob Smith on organ, and Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass. This is a fiery mix late 60s British folk, early 70s stoner psychedelia, outsider noise art, surrealism, film noir, and their own love of improvisation and experimentation.
≡» “The End of the Affair” is a meditation on anxiety and the fleeting faces seen through the eyes of an aging folk troubadour. From the opener “Be This Way” one hears the worried notes of a man never finding the morning light, of never waking up… “The End of the Affair cuts past pretense, leaving one reflecting on the raw, naked realities of a relationship that just didn’t work… where notes of distrust culminate in a final night of furious passion,where you finally find acceptance within these tales of anguish and longing… This is psychedelic music stripped of artifice. Bitterness cast in beauty. Music for the true true anti–hero.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Album release: June 16th, 2015
Record Label: Strange Weather/Cardboard Sangria Records
Duration: 39:15
Tracks:
01. Be This Way 2:42
02. We May Never Be 2:54
03. In Response 3:13
04. Gray Hairs 3:21
05. Dreams of You 2:37
06. I Am a Vagabond 4:29
07. Repetitive Motion 3:47
08. I Don't Want to Go Back 3:33
09. I Know a Witch 4:58
10. Let It Go Away 3:02
11. Lady of the Sea 4:46
℗ 2014 Cardboard Sangria / Strange Weather Records
Personnel:
≡» Dan Schneider author
≡» Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple),
≡» Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel,
≡» Jacob Smith on organ,
≡» Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass.
Review
≡» Mixing organs, guitar and pedal steel definitely provides the aural hallucinogenic for this band. The songs sound like they’re from another era. And it works. The End of the Affair is trippy and expansive and a multi–patterned musical trip. Singer/songwriter Daniel Schneider’s vocals swing from eerie to lovely to brash. Adam Vida [drums], Gary Pyskacek [guitar and pedal steel], Jacob Smith [organ] and Sam Wagster [bass] round out the line–up.
≡» The first track on this new album “Be This Way” with its elaborate organ arrangement and audacious vocals screams Britpop while the song “Gray Hairs” veers toward 70s psychedelic rock. “I am a Vagabond” is all folky and melodramatic. Super cool guitar riffs on “I Don’t Want to Go Back.” The orchestrations on “I Know a Witch” effectively and beautifully utilizes darker Chelsea Wolfe–type melodies. This could be an excellent live band. Also just cool for chilling out. ≡» http://entertainmentrealm.com/
Review
≡» "The End of the Affair" was recorded and engineered by Andrew Hernandez in an abandoned barber shop, where the band had built a recording studio to capture the more intimate moments of the new material as a live collaborative effort as well as utilize the larger space to capture all of the musicians together. The songs the band tracked live in the barber shop studio became the foundation of the “End of the Affair.” These songs were then augmented by various late night session at Daniel Schneider’s home recording studio, utilizing an expansive collection of vintage microphones and a 1970's EMT plate reverb that harnessed both the urgency of the full band recordings as well as the delicate intimacy found in some of the acoustic guitar and vocal tracks. All of these recordings were then handed off to long time Singleman Affair stalwart (engineer/producer) Graeme Gibson, who mixed the album, following some additional recordings to create the dynamic sounds that make up “The End of the Affair.” Additional musicians who contributed to this record were Gillian Lisee (Cairo Gang), multi–instrumentalist and drummer Graeme Gibson (Fruit Bats, Disappears, Houndstooth), and viola and banjo player Liz Payne (Town and Country, The Zoo Wheel). The End of the Affair will be available June 16th as a collaborative release between Cardboard Sangria Records and Strange Weather Records (on LP/CS/DL).
≡» In the years that followed the release of their second album, The Singleman Affair performed almost exclusively as a live band, integrating the different moods of the first two records into a live experience. The musical relationships established by the band formed the foundation of their third full–length album, “The End of the Affair”, a new, frenetic emotional tryst that personifies darker, heavier tones within their dense psychedelia. What was once the singular bedroom recordings of Daniel Schneider is now a full multidimensional band, backed by Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple), Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel, Jacob Smith on organ, and Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass. The band mixes influences from late 60s British folk, early 70s stoner psychedelia, outsider noise art, surrealism, film noir, and their own love of improvisation and experimentation. Thematically, “The End of the Affair” is a meditation on anxiety and the fleeting faces seen through the eyes of an aging folk troubadour. From the Stooges–esque opener “Be This Way”, inspired by (Luis Bunuel's) surrealist masterpiece “Un Chien Andalou”, one hears the worried notes of a man never finding the morning light, of never waking up… ”Lets open every eyelid/lets cut them open brightly” which resonate with the image of a singular eyeball being sliced open referencing the notorious eyeball–slicing scene found in "Un Chien Andalou". The bombastic single, "Gray Hairs", highlights a Fairport Convention ideology refracted through a verbose John Cale lens, raising the frustrations of aging ("And my hair it starts to gray/As I fade away") to a boiling point by the furious culmination of the song. One of the most crushing singles on the album is “In Response”, a song that cuts past pretense, leaving one reflecting on the raw, naked realities of a relationship that just didn't work, showing both sadness and resolve: “You can shine so bright, and hang out with the lights/but the lights don’t shine anymore.” Themes of personal frustration and loss, are further explored in the quiet paranoia found in the Floydian jam “I Know a Witch”, where notes of distrust culminates in a final night of furious passion as can be heard in the dense synth heavy outro. The album concludes with the fated sea shanty “Lady of the Sea”, where the listener finally finds acceptance within these tales of anguish and longing, as echoed in the repeated mantra “I will remember you…I will remember you…” A final sense of peace and realization. This is psychedelic music stripped of artifice, imagery of bitterness, loss, and beauty. The true anti–hero who never wins.
Label: http://cardboardsangria.com/
Label: http://www.strangeweatherrecords.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SinglemanAffair
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Singleman-Affair/291254724840
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| The Singleman Affair |
| The End of the Affair |
≡» A new, frenetic emotional tryst filled with dark and dense psychedelia. What was once the singular bedroom recordings of Daniel Schneider is now a full multi–dimensional band, backed by Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple), Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel, Jacob Smith on organ, and Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass. This is a fiery mix late 60s British folk, early 70s stoner psychedelia, outsider noise art, surrealism, film noir, and their own love of improvisation and experimentation.
≡» “The End of the Affair” is a meditation on anxiety and the fleeting faces seen through the eyes of an aging folk troubadour. From the opener “Be This Way” one hears the worried notes of a man never finding the morning light, of never waking up… “The End of the Affair cuts past pretense, leaving one reflecting on the raw, naked realities of a relationship that just didn’t work… where notes of distrust culminate in a final night of furious passion,where you finally find acceptance within these tales of anguish and longing… This is psychedelic music stripped of artifice. Bitterness cast in beauty. Music for the true true anti–hero.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Album release: June 16th, 2015
Record Label: Strange Weather/Cardboard Sangria Records
Duration: 39:15
Tracks:
01. Be This Way 2:42
02. We May Never Be 2:54
03. In Response 3:13
04. Gray Hairs 3:21
05. Dreams of You 2:37
06. I Am a Vagabond 4:29
07. Repetitive Motion 3:47
08. I Don't Want to Go Back 3:33
09. I Know a Witch 4:58
10. Let It Go Away 3:02
11. Lady of the Sea 4:46
℗ 2014 Cardboard Sangria / Strange Weather Records
Personnel:
≡» Dan Schneider author
≡» Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple),
≡» Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel,
≡» Jacob Smith on organ,
≡» Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass.
Review
≡» Mixing organs, guitar and pedal steel definitely provides the aural hallucinogenic for this band. The songs sound like they’re from another era. And it works. The End of the Affair is trippy and expansive and a multi–patterned musical trip. Singer/songwriter Daniel Schneider’s vocals swing from eerie to lovely to brash. Adam Vida [drums], Gary Pyskacek [guitar and pedal steel], Jacob Smith [organ] and Sam Wagster [bass] round out the line–up.
≡» The first track on this new album “Be This Way” with its elaborate organ arrangement and audacious vocals screams Britpop while the song “Gray Hairs” veers toward 70s psychedelic rock. “I am a Vagabond” is all folky and melodramatic. Super cool guitar riffs on “I Don’t Want to Go Back.” The orchestrations on “I Know a Witch” effectively and beautifully utilizes darker Chelsea Wolfe–type melodies. This could be an excellent live band. Also just cool for chilling out. ≡» http://entertainmentrealm.com/
Review
≡» "The End of the Affair" was recorded and engineered by Andrew Hernandez in an abandoned barber shop, where the band had built a recording studio to capture the more intimate moments of the new material as a live collaborative effort as well as utilize the larger space to capture all of the musicians together. The songs the band tracked live in the barber shop studio became the foundation of the “End of the Affair.” These songs were then augmented by various late night session at Daniel Schneider’s home recording studio, utilizing an expansive collection of vintage microphones and a 1970's EMT plate reverb that harnessed both the urgency of the full band recordings as well as the delicate intimacy found in some of the acoustic guitar and vocal tracks. All of these recordings were then handed off to long time Singleman Affair stalwart (engineer/producer) Graeme Gibson, who mixed the album, following some additional recordings to create the dynamic sounds that make up “The End of the Affair.” Additional musicians who contributed to this record were Gillian Lisee (Cairo Gang), multi–instrumentalist and drummer Graeme Gibson (Fruit Bats, Disappears, Houndstooth), and viola and banjo player Liz Payne (Town and Country, The Zoo Wheel). The End of the Affair will be available June 16th as a collaborative release between Cardboard Sangria Records and Strange Weather Records (on LP/CS/DL).
≡» In the years that followed the release of their second album, The Singleman Affair performed almost exclusively as a live band, integrating the different moods of the first two records into a live experience. The musical relationships established by the band formed the foundation of their third full–length album, “The End of the Affair”, a new, frenetic emotional tryst that personifies darker, heavier tones within their dense psychedelia. What was once the singular bedroom recordings of Daniel Schneider is now a full multidimensional band, backed by Adam Vida on drums (U.S. Maple), Gary Pyskacek on guitar and pedal steel, Jacob Smith on organ, and Sam Wagster (Cairo Gang, Fruit Bats) on bass. The band mixes influences from late 60s British folk, early 70s stoner psychedelia, outsider noise art, surrealism, film noir, and their own love of improvisation and experimentation. Thematically, “The End of the Affair” is a meditation on anxiety and the fleeting faces seen through the eyes of an aging folk troubadour. From the Stooges–esque opener “Be This Way”, inspired by (Luis Bunuel's) surrealist masterpiece “Un Chien Andalou”, one hears the worried notes of a man never finding the morning light, of never waking up… ”Lets open every eyelid/lets cut them open brightly” which resonate with the image of a singular eyeball being sliced open referencing the notorious eyeball–slicing scene found in "Un Chien Andalou". The bombastic single, "Gray Hairs", highlights a Fairport Convention ideology refracted through a verbose John Cale lens, raising the frustrations of aging ("And my hair it starts to gray/As I fade away") to a boiling point by the furious culmination of the song. One of the most crushing singles on the album is “In Response”, a song that cuts past pretense, leaving one reflecting on the raw, naked realities of a relationship that just didn't work, showing both sadness and resolve: “You can shine so bright, and hang out with the lights/but the lights don’t shine anymore.” Themes of personal frustration and loss, are further explored in the quiet paranoia found in the Floydian jam “I Know a Witch”, where notes of distrust culminates in a final night of furious passion as can be heard in the dense synth heavy outro. The album concludes with the fated sea shanty “Lady of the Sea”, where the listener finally finds acceptance within these tales of anguish and longing, as echoed in the repeated mantra “I will remember you…I will remember you…” A final sense of peace and realization. This is psychedelic music stripped of artifice, imagery of bitterness, loss, and beauty. The true anti–hero who never wins.
Label: http://cardboardsangria.com/
Label: http://www.strangeweatherrecords.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SinglemanAffair
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Singleman-Affair/291254724840
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