NATHAN MOORE releases Second Single off of ‘Dear Puppeteer’
Royal Potato Family
Posted On December 14, 2010
NATHAN MOORE To Release DEAR PUPPETEER On FEBRUARY 1
Nathan Moore has announced the release of Dear Puppeteer, his latest collection of songs, due February 1 on Royal Potato Family. The Staunton, Virginia-based singer and songwriter recorded the album around his home in the Shenandoah Valley with co-producer and guitarist Bryan Elijah Smith, as well as, out West at his previous Santa Fe, New Mexico stomping grounds, Frogville Studios.
Dear Puppeteer could best be described as a letter in 13 songs from Nathan Moore to the puppet masters: fear, mortality, the righteous, the jailor, lost love and lost time. On the title track, Moore sings: “Gonna write a letter, dear puppeteer, I don’t want to play here, I don’t wanna stay here.” From this simple plea it’s apparent that a restless spirit is at work. Nathan’s warm fingerpicked acoustic guitar, ghostly harmonica gales, ancient ukulele meditations and tobacco-stained vocals are inhabited by a poet seeking something better, while giving song to the human condition in all of its beauty and sadness.
A crowning achievement from one of this generation’s most prolific songwriters, Dear Puppeteer is Nathan Moore’s ninth studio album to date. It follows 2009’s well-received EP, Folk Singer, which led Paste Magazine to write, “The sharp, introspective lyrics of Nathan Moore draw an instant connection to the great folk singers of the past.” The UK’s Maverick Magazine said, “Many have come and many have tried, but we may finally have a storytelling successor to Dylan, Van Zandt and Cash.” Moore, who first came to national attention as a founding member of ThaMuseMeant, also currently fronts the revered American rock band Surprise Me Mr. Davis.
Dear Puppeteer track listing:
1. Like A Cartoon
2. Safe To Say
3. Dear Puppeteer
4. In The Basement
5. A Little Crazy
6. I’m The Same
7. The Garden
8. Hollow
9. Can’t Fly To Heaven
10. When My Time Comes
11. Train Of Thoughts
12. Choose Thy Love
13. I’m Good Company
Upcoming Nathan Moore tour dates:
January 18 | Rockwood Music Hall | New York, NY (w/ Barr Brothers)
February 9 | SLO Brewing Co. | San Luis Obispo, CA (w/ ALO)
February 10 | The Belly Up Tavern | Solana Beach, CA (w/ ALO)
February 11 | The Troubadour | Los Angeles, CA (w/ ALO)
February 12 | Saint Rocke | Hermosa Beach, CA (w/ ALO)
February 17 | Moe’s Alley | Santa Cruz, CA (w/ ALO)
February 18 | Hopmonk Tavern | Sebastopol, CA (w/ ALO)
February 19 | Harlow’s | Sacramento, CA (w/ ALO)
February 20 | Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, CA (w/ ALO)
Listen to Title Track “Dear Puppeteer”
Listen to Debut Track “Hollow”
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