Smokescreens - A Strange Dream - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Song Writer and Producer, Randy Bailey, has created another collection of catchy original songs from various genres and unique styles, entitled Incriminating Gossip and Intangible Rumors from The Marshmallow Factory. The album features fourteen songs with singers and musicians from Western New York, through Nashville and down to Southern Florida, including Grammy Award winners from The Luke Bryan Band, Tracy Lawrence, and Tanya Tucker Band. This album includes special guests Mark Haney and the Buzzards, Daniel Melvin, Rachael Pence, James Cook, Darin Favorite, Kent Slucher, Wendell Ray, Steve Peterman, Jenny Kohler, Peter Fontanese and even Bailey's daughter and grandson on a special lullaby to close out the . With over thirty years in the recording studio, producing music, Bailey has bridged many fans of all ages and tastes with his variety of cleverly written music. From Mellow to Metal, these songs have a distinctive message about life's many chapters, with melodies and harmonies that are guaranteed to make you smile.

Everything, the debut album from Chicago quartet Bnny, may as well be a field recording taken from the lone country of grief. Written in sessions that span several years by singer Jess Viscius as she processed the death of her partner, the album is a chronicle of love at it's most complex and loss at it's most persistent. In the same vein as Sky Blue Sky-era Wilco or the harrowing vulnerability of Tomberlin or Helena Deland, Viscius' songwriting is evocative and intentional. A longstanding member of the Windy City music scene, the album was produced by Dehd's Jason Balla, and the sparse arrangements pick apart complicated truths while feeling both timeless and transcendent. Everything is out in September on Fire Talk (Dehd, Deeper, Mamalarky).

LA's Smokescreens began as a couple of pals (Chris Rosi from Plateaus, Corey Cunningham from Terry Malts) paying tribute to the seminal 80s sounds of New Zealand's Flying Nun tag and has grown to be so much more. Since their self-titled 2017 the band has expanded to a four piece and honed their tunes with constant SoCal gigging. Their new album InchUsed To YesterdayInch continues Smokescreen's zeal for New Zealand pop but also incorporates influences from the more melodic side of Messthetics-era DIY pop and expands into classic indie pop territory, a natural fit for the Slumberland Records roster. From the NZ-meets-Athens GA first single InchThe Lost SongInch through the 12-string driven InchWaiting For The SummerInch to the Paisley Underground-tinged closer InchFalling Down,Inch Smokescreens really excel in the quality of their songwriting and their ability to incorporate a disparate set of influences while still forging their own sound and identity.1. Someone New2. Used To Yesterday3. The Lost Song4. Jolly Jane5. Buddy6. Waiting For Summer7. Steel Blue Skies8. Fool Me9. It's Not Right10. Falling Down