Exclusive: Edward OConnell CD “Vanishing Act” Due Out July 15
Back in 2010 singer, songwriter and guitarist Edward O’Connell released Our Little Secret, perhaps the most interesting release of that year. Well folks, like one of Warren Zevon‘s “Werewolves of London” or perhaps the dog from Nick Lowe‘s “Marie Provost”…
He’s baaaaccccckkkkk!
Entitled Vanishing Act, Edward OConnell’s new 12 track release promises to be every bit as hook-filled and jangly as it’s predecessor, with contributions from familiar faces such as Peter Gilstrap (The Neighbors) and North Carolina’s own Parthenon Huxley. It’s best I leave the details to Edward.
“We recorded it at Sucker Punch Studio in the D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, from November 2013 to April 2014. Fun fact: The studio is located above a nail salon that was busted for prostitution on the first day of recording. So, things got off to an auspicious beginning — and for weeks afterward mystified former customers of the salon would wander down the hall towards the studio, searching in vain for the missing happy endings. The ground floor police tape stayed up for months, until after we had finished the record.
For “Vanishing Act,” we had most of the crew from “Our Little Secret” return, including Buddy Speir on guitars and Jonathan Babu on drums, as well as new arrival (and member of (The President’s Own) United States Marine Band) Jacob Chmara on bass. Jared Bartlett once again was behind the board as ace producer, mixer and engineer. I played acoustic guitar and keyboards. We had a few other guest musicians, including Americana legend Fats Kaplin (who plays pedal steel, fiddle and more with Jack White, Beck and scores of others).
We also had some special backing vocalists, including power pop master (and North Carolina’s own) Parthenon Huxley, D.C. pop-rock kingpins David Kitchen and Todd Wright, Karl Straub and Kennedy Wright.”
Here’s your track list for Vanishing Act:
- My Dumb Luck
- Lonely Crowd
- Every Precious Day
- What Have You Done?
- Same Old Faces
- I’m The Man
- Severance Kiss
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- Yesterday’s World
- Last To Leave
- Vanishing Act
- The End Of The Line
Vanishing Act hits the streets on July 15.
My sincere thanks to Edward OConnell for so graciously sharing the details on his newborn baby (the CD). We’ll have more on Vanishing Act very shortly.
