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D N SACKS A CO. For Immediate Release May 19, 2016 LYDIA LOVELESS TO RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEWALBUM REAL ON AUGUST 19 VIA BLOODSHOT RECORDS “Uncompromising and direct, Loveless is one of those rare songwriting voices that seem destined to be sharing music with us for a long, long time.”—Paste Magazine “Loveless has carved out an unmistakable voice as a songwriter, and she’s only getting better at using it to blur the line between running her mouth and pouring out her heart.”—Stereogum “Bittersweet lyrics and a bruised but indomitable voice. She doesnt write conventional tunes; even her love songs arrive with a twist.”—Greg Kot (Sound Opinions, The Chicago Tribune) Singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless’ highly anticipated new album, Real, will be released August 19 via Bloodshot Records. This record follows the release of Somewhere Else, which Rolling Stone praised as “…an aching, lusty set of twang and sneer wrapped in electric guitar swagger,” while Pitchfork furthered “Somewhere Else [is] both a bracing and a deeply harrowing listen.” Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her hometown of Columbus, OH and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). “I chose to work with Joe 119 west 57th street, penthouse north, new york, ny 10019 t 212.741.1000 www.sacksco.com D N SACKS A CO. Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words,” said Loveless. “There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot),” she adds. Of the album Loveless says, “Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was—a hayseed, a phony, I felt—it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other.” Loveless is joined on the album by Todd May (vocals, guitars, keys), Ben Lamb (bass), Jay Gasper (guitars, pedal steel, keys), George Hondroulis (drums, percussion, keys), Andy Harrison (guitar, keys) and Viers (percussion, guitar). In 2011, Loveless released her second full-length album, Indestructible Machine, which The Chicago Tribune says, “she conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction.” Two years after the critical success of her breakout second record, Loveless released Somewhere Else. On Somewhere Else Loveless is less concerned with chasing approval—she scrapped an entire album’s worth of material—and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing, heartbreak and the aesthetic that comes along with them. TRACK LIST 1. Same To You 2. Longer 3. More Than Ever 4. Heaven 5. Out On Love 6. Midwestern Guys 7. Bilbao 8. European 9. Clumps 10. Real For more information, please contact Mary Moyer, Cami Opere, Louis D'Adamio or Carla Sacks at 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co., [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]. 119 west 57th street, penthouse north, new york, ny 10019 t 212.741.1000 www.sacksco.com.