RIGHT ARM RESOURCE UPDATE JESSE BARNETT [email protected] (508) 238-5654 www.rightarmresource.com www.facebook.com/rightarmresource 6/3/2020 NEEDTOBREATHE “Hang On” The first single from their upcoming album, available for download from Elektra and in my Dropbox now Early adds at WRLT, Music Choice, KVNA, WFIV and KTAO “‘Hang On’ could easily be the next summertime sing- along” - American Songwriter “The sort of anthem we need right now” - E! News Over 1 million streams already David Ramirez “My Love Is A Hurricane” The title track single from his upcoming album, out 7/17 Early adds at KUTX, KJAC, WCLX, WEXT, KTSN, WFIV “Misty psychedelic undertones and potent gospel arrangements” - NPR Music “A resolutely hesitant singer, never pushing his hurt, letting it instead decay him from within” - New York Times Took part in the 5/31 livestream to support Austin venues Teddy Thompson “It’s Not Easy” The new single from his self-produced new album Heartbreaker Please, out now New: WNCW, WFHB, KDNK, WUTC, MSPR, KVNF, WBSD Early: KJAC, WCBE, KSMF, KOZT, WCLX, WFIV, WHRV, WDVX and Maine Public Radio “It’s rare to find an artist who carves out a territory so distinctly, unmistakably, their own, and this particular of the human condition belongs to Teddy Thompson.” - PopMatters OK Go “All Together Now” Their first new music in six years New: Music Choice, KLRR, KNBA, KUWR ON: WEHM, WCLX, WBJB, WLKR, KSMF, WYCE, WFIV, KRCL, WDIY, WHRV Recorded in quarantine after singer Damian Kulash and his family recovered from the coronavirus Profits of the song will go to Partners in Health, an organization that brings heathcare to people who can’t afford or access it Michael Franti & Spearhead “I Got You” The first single from Work Hard And Be Nice, out 6/19 Mediabase 35*, BDS Monitored Debut 37*, Indicator 19*! New: WRLT, WRNR, KTHX, WQKL, WCLZ, WAPS, KTSN, KSPN, KBAC, KHUM, WZLO ON: KBCO, WXRT, WXRV, WFUV, Music Choice, WTMD, WYEP, WNCS, WZEW, KTBG, WFPK, WYMS, KJAC, WEHM, KVOQ, KVNA, WPYA, WCOO, WDST, KPND... Great playlist placements! Matt Costa “Avenal” The first single from Yellow Coat, out 9/11 New this week: WJCU ON: Music Choice, KJAC, WEHM, KNBA, KROK, WYCE, WUKY, WFIV, WCLX, WLKR, KRML, KLRR, WFIT, WHRV and KUWR Watch the cool stop-motion video on my site now, created at home during quarantine with the help of multimedia artist Minh Pham Produced by Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, At The Drive-In) Mondo Cozmo “Upside Down” The first single from New Medicine, out 6/12 BDS Monitored New & Active! New: KCSN, KYMK, KCLC, KSMF ON: WXRV, WXPN, SiriusXM Alt Nation, KXT, WZEW, WNCS, WFPK, KTBG, WCNR, Music Choice, WPYA, KVOQ, WEHM, WBDB, KVNA, WDST... Josh Ostrander on the album: “This album sums up a lot for me, coming to terms with the weird guilt of success, navigating a new American experience.” Devon Gilfillian “The Good Life” The new single from Black Hole Rainbow Mediabase 33*, BDS Monitored 28*, Indicator 30*! New: WAPS, WBDB, WDST, WTYD ON: WXRV, WRLT, WXPN, WXPK, KXT, KCSN, WCLZ, WZEW, KPND, KJAC, KTBG, WYEP, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA, WTMD, KVOQ... “[A] soul-soothing ode to finding peace and beauty in life.” - American Songwriter Created the non-profit initiative The Good Life Fund Wild Rivers “I Do” The first single from Songs To Break Up To, out now New: KRSH, WZLO ON: KRVB, KCSN, Music Choice, WAPS, WBDB, WEHM, KJAC, KPND, KVNA, KVYN, WCBE, WVMP, WCLX, WZEW, KROK, KTAO, KCLC, WYCE, KRML, WFIV, KSMF, KLRR... Produced by Skylar Wilson The theme of the Toronto four-piece’s EP was inspired by co-lead vocalist/guitarist Khalid Yassein facing the dissolution of a long-term relationship in 2018 Fiona Apple “Shameika” The first single from Fetch The Bolt Cutters Mediabase 27*, BDS Monitored 22*, Indicator 18*, JBE Public #2 (3 wks at #1)! New: WPCO ON: WXRT, KGSR, WRNR, KCMP, WXPN, WFUV, WXRV, WRLT, WMMM, WQKL, KCSN, WFPK, KXT, WKLQ, WCLZ, KJAC, KTBG, WERS, WYEP, KUTX, KVOQ, WAPS, WTMD, WYMS, Music Choice, WPYA... The best-reviewed album in the history of Metacritic Pearl Jam “Retrograde” The second single from Gigaton, out now Mediabase 9*, BDS Monitored 12*, Indicator 6*! New: WPCO, WYEP ON: SiriusXM Spectrum, KBCO, WXRT, KGSR, WTTS, KCMP, WMMM, WRLT, WXRV, WFUV, WXPN, Music Choice, WRNR, KRVB, WQKL, WKLQ, WTMD, WPYA, KPND, WXPK, WCLZ, KCSN, KTBG, KVOQ... “Strong and loose, political and personal, Pearl Jam get the balance absolutely right.” - MOJO White Reaper “Real Long Time” The second single from You Deserve Love Mediabase 28*, BDS Monitored 25*, Indicator 24*! New: WCLZ, WKLQ, KBAC ON: WXRV, WTTS, KINK, KCMP, KRVB, WRLT, KCSN, WNCS, WPYA, Music Choice, KTHX, WTMD, WAPS, WCNR, KTBG, KVNA... “We went for an Electric Light Orchestra vocal sound in the chorus... Most of it was recorded live.” - White Reaper on the recording of the single Citizen Cope “Scared Of Heights” The first single from his forthcoming eighth album New: WCBE ON: WRNR, WFUV, Music Choice, KXT, KPND, WCLX, WCNR, KJAC, KVOQ, WAPS, KLRR, KMMS, WEHM, WCLY, WFIV, WOCM, KSUT, WBJB, WJCU, KROK, WVMP, WYCE, WEXT, KTAO... A beautifully written, poignant song with lyrics that are perfect for the times: “Learning to fly when you’re scared of heights” Perfume Genius “On The Floor” From Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, out now Amazing album reviews! Mediabase 47*, JBE Tracks #42, Public #16! New: KNBA ON: KCMP, WXRV, WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, Music Choice, KXT, WYEP, WFPK, WPYA, WNCS, KTBG, KUTX, KVOQ, WEHM, KCSN, WYMS, WTMD, KJAC, WNRN, WAPS, WCNR... 90+ million US artist streams! “The ambition and eccentricity are broader than ever.” - NY Times American Aquarium “The Luckier You Get” The first single from Lamentations, produced by Shooter Jennings, out now New: KRML ON: WAPS, WYCE, WBJB, KROK, WCLY, WOCM, KMMS, WNCW, KNBA, WEXT, WUIN, KPIG, WCBE, KTSN, WCLX, WFIV... Great reviews and first week sales numbers! “‘The Luckier You Get’ is a feel good song about appreciating hard work and the rewards that come along with it.” - The Boot The Grahams “Kids Like Us” The title track single from their new album, out now BDS Indicator 38*! ON: KRSH, WCNR, KRML, KVYN, WUIN, WTYD, KROK, WCLY, WCBE, WFIV, KHUM, KBAC, WCLX, WVMP, KSMF, KKAL, KLRR, WMWV, WYCE... The final album produced by Richard Swift “A complete 180 from their previous releases, which were steeped in more Americana, bluegrass-y acoustics, Kids is orchestrated, more bombastic, and electric” - American Songwriter Katie Pruitt “Expectations” The title track from her new album, out now BDS Monitored #29, Indicator #31, JBE Public #33! ON: KGSR, WXRV, WRLT, WFUV, WXPN, KCSN, Music Choice, WXPK, KTHX, WCLZ, WPYA, KJAC, WTMD, KXT, WFPK, WYEP, KTBG, WAPS, WNCS... “There’s something wonderfully nostalgic about Expectations... rustles up the timeless, infinite feeling of being young and limitless” - Rolling Stone Fiona Apple hits a new high mark for Metacritic “Fiona Apple‘s ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ is currently the highest-rated album of all time on Metacritic. Apple’s LP, her first since 2012’s ‘The Idler Wheel…’, was released last month to end a near eight- year-long wait for a new Apple album. ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ has been met with universal acclaim by music critics, and review aggregator Metacritic — which “distils the opinions of the most respected critics writing online and in print to a single number” — has now ranked the album at number one in its all-time charts. ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ currently has an unmatched Metascore of 100 out of a possible 100 based on 24 critic reviews — one point ahead of Wadada Leo Smith’s 2012 album ‘Ten Freedom Summers’. Other notable entries at the top of Metacritic’s all-time charts are Brian Wilson‘s ‘Smile’ (with a Metascore of 97), Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ (96) and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds‘ ‘Ghosteen’ (96). “Creating our proprietary Metascores is a complicated process,” Metacritc explain about the ratings they generate for their site. “We carefully curate a large group of the world’s most respected critics, assign scores to their reviews, and apply a weighted average to summarise the range of their opinions. “The result is a single number that captures the essence of critical opinion in one Metascore. Each movie, game, television show and album featured on Metacritic gets a Metascore when we’ve collected at least four critics’ reviews.” Fiona Apple’s fans met the release of ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ with delight last month, with one observ- ing that the artist was “in a league of her own”. - NME, 5/19/2020 American Songwriter looks at the new iteration of NEEDTOBREATHE “Contemporary group NEEDTOBREATHE are no strangers to hardship and have dealt with their fair share of scuffs over their career. Armed with this same knowledge and band wisdom they say goodbye to fellow member Bo Rinehart, while entering a new phase as a trio, something they are finding inspiration in while overcoming the tough times of the present. To usher in the new era of NEEDTOBREATHE is the completion of their seventh studio record Out of Body due for a 2020 tentative release date, introduced by the new singles “Hang On” and “Seasons” available today. Both singles illuminate two contrasting sides to the band’s songwriting and demonstrate their solid capabilities in both ballads and upbeat anthem-style songs. “Hang On” could easily be the next summertime sing-along as everyone emerges from quarantine and is guided by endurance and an outward look at time, highlighted with positive energy. “’Hang On’ is a song that was tough for me to write,” frontman Bear Rinehart told American Songwriter. “I’m a pretty serious person and the song is very nostalgic. I feel like I live my life looking forward but the song is a bit more about looking back at some of the beautiful things that happened in life or first experiences. But it’s more than just nostalgia, it’s trying to remember the energy you had- the innocence and vulnerability that made those moments possible. I think it’s a real great reminder to us during these days of the world.” “Hang On” finds its counterpart in the intimate ballad “Seasons” which has its bearings in a real-life sad story, one Bear felt a connection to and turned inside out, while revealing a silver lining to all life’s troubles. “Seasons is a song I wrote about a conversation I had with a friend of mine,” said Bear. “The short of it was that he had been going through some crazy things with his wife. And he just really felt crushed by it and came home one day from work and told his wife ‘I’m not going back until we figure out how to live our life without crashing every time we get bad news’. And that really struck me, so that’s what ‘Seasons’ is about- going through these tough times with people you love and knowing you’ll be able to get through it without acting so strongly.” The underlying tone to the narrative in “Seasons” is one that carries over into the band’s dynamic and real ‘conquer anything’ kind of attitude. Which was tested with the retreat of member Bo Rinehart, announced last week. “I think it’s weird in a lot of ways,” Bear said of Bo’s departure. “And unfortunately, we’ve been through it before but it’s just never going to be the same. I think having the experience with us four gave us some comfort about going into this one. I feel like you kind of have to start over this way and figure out who you are as a unit and we were really fortunate. We went into the first half of this record not really sure if we could do it like this and I think at the end of that we really all had new excitement and inspiration about what this could look like. I think we all feel really proud of what we got to.” “It’s been a really inspiring season for all of us,” bandmate Josh Lovelace added. “I think we’re all really different but the cool thing is the three of us have been working together for a long time and a lot of it has been fine tuning all the things we feel we do well and also being vulnerable with our weaknesses, because when there’s less people we have to work harder in some ways. I think we’re all kind of stepping into roles just because we really care and we want to be doing this thing in 20 years. So, for all of us falling in love with what we do in a different way and after doing six records, I think we all have a similar target in mind of where we feel this thing is going…” With the same goal in mind, the group is comfortable with their roles and has credited much of the songs from the new record to Bear’s phenomenal and dedicated songwriting. It was a lengthy process for the trio as they already had a ton of material churned out, while Bear shot over the better part of 50 additional songs for the record. Sifting through their stockpile of songs was a journey they described as ‘may the best song win.’ “This record has really been marked by Bear stepping out in a big way and entering the most prolific time of his writing career,” band member Seth Bolt said. “He’s been sending us songs every day that are fully put together with beautiful lyrics. We were fortunate we already had a lot of songs for the record and in the last six months Bear has written 50 more. So, it’s hard to narrow it down because they’re such quality because of everything that he and we have all been going through.” “I try to change it up almost every day when I write a song,” Bear said of the writing on Out of Body. “The only consisten- cy I’ve had during this pandemic thing, which is really nice for my routine, is that I write early in the morning. I come in at 7:30-8 in the morning and sometimes it’s a riff or a beat or an idea lyrically and I just try to get lost in the music more. I see how my little kids get lost in the moment and lose all insecurities around things and that’s basically what I try to do.” Out of Body will be released by Elektra Records/Centricity Music later this year and until then NEEDTOBREATHE has some fun plans in store for their fans including livestreams and said they will be releasing more music sooner than later, while wrapping up the writing phase for yet another record.” - American Songwriter, 5/30/2020 Coming up... 6/15: Pretenders “Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely”... 6/22: Pokey LaFarge “Bluebird” RIGHT ARM RESOURCE WEEKLY UPDATE - 6/3/2020