We have news of another Nov. 11 new record of interest, New River, the latest solo record from songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Franz Nicolay (also The Hold Steady). The new record comes courtesy of Don Giovanni Records and Nicolay has shared a video for the single "New River, Spring For Me."
Nicolay says:
For several years after my last record, I needed a break, and actively tried to keep from writing songs. But the combination of working on new Hold Steady material, writing my second book, and having unexpected time on my hands like everyone else in spring 2020 eventually primed the pump for a record’s worth (including a co-write with my Hold Steady bandmate Steve Selvidge). The years off had constituted a time in which I thought I was finished as a musician; they were time characterized by the loss of several musician friends to suicide both acute and de-facto, and by consideration of the cost of 'working the art muscle.' I was approaching a familiar sort of life crossroads which I’ve traditionally addressed on the principle of “blow it all up and see if that fixes things."
New River Track List:
Wandering Star
Beaten For The Light
Garlic And Vine
The Morris Column
It's Dawn
Your Ode Played By French Horns
First-Person Spectacular
Champagne Sammy
Players In Wheat And Wine
New River, Spring For Me
