R GRUNWALD Oma Toronto keyboardist R Grunwald has played on sessions for hundreds of musicians Artist: R Grunwald and has served as bandleader for jazz/pop chanteuse Jill Barber and country/folk Title: Oma songwriter Donovan Woods for the better part of a decade. He’s played with New Genre: Modern Classical York City’s Three Famed Cantors and scored film and TV shows (including the award- Release Date: March 6, 2020 winning Yid Life Crisis - “It’s basically Curb Your Enthusiasm, but set in Montreal and in Yiddish,” he says.) RIYL: Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Alexandra Streliski, Jean Michel Blais, Now he’s ready to step onto the public stage with his own music—alone. There’s one person who will be with him every night he performs, though she won’t be there Chilly Gonzales. physically. His 96-year-old Oma (the German word for grandmother). Oma is an evocative and deeply personal solo piano record, inspired by the life story of LP: OUT9133LP his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor and pianist. Grunwald refers to his intensely LP UPC: 623339913317 melodic compositions as “extended minimalism.” LP Slip sleeve, pressed on translucent yellow vinyl "After quitting piano, it was my Oma who inspired me to get back into it. She survived the 2nd world war moving from town to town, hiding from the Nazis, and the Russians in Poland. Music was the one thing that tied her young life together. This music is a tribute to her." CD: OUT9133CD CD UPC: 623339913324 Grunwald was also inspired by a wave of solo piano music in recent years, including Digipak the likes of Nils Frahm, Chilly Gonzales, and Max Richter. “When I look under the category ‘solo piano’ on streaming services, I go through the list, and 90% of it sounds exactly the same: arpeggios, not very melodic. What’s different about my music is that it’s intensely focused on melody. It’s not pop music, but it has something to latch on to. I’m a session guy, so the one thing I know more than anything is that melody is king, and you shouldn’t get in the way of that.” TRACK LISTING 1. Wood Meets Water Selling Points 2. Determination of The Crossing 3. The Gate Debut solo album from acclaimed session musician and bandleader, R Grunwald. 4. Age 5. Fountain A compelling instrumental take on the life of his grandmother, his Oma, a 96-year old 6. Fountain Var. 1 Holocaust survivor. 7. Said He To Thee 8. Emily Recorded on a piano that is famous in its own right – for years it occupied the stage at Toronto’s Montreal Bistro, where it was played by everyone from Oscar Peterson to Diana Krall. “People know this piano; it’s famous,” says Grunwald. “There was actually www.instagram.com/rgrunwald an album made where they got all the top Canadian jazz pianists of the ’90s to perform www.facebook.com/rgrunwaldpiano on it as a tribute to the instrument itself.” www.outside-music.com Oma will be announced November 15, 2020 with lead single “Wood Meets Water”. Future singles include “Age” on 01/17, and “Determination of The Crossing” on 2/14. LABEL CONTACT: Lori Stanton, Outside Music [email protected] DISTRIBUTION CONTACT: Pierre-Luc Breton, Distribution Select [email protected] PORCHES RICKY MUSIC TRACKLISTING 1. Patience 2. Do U Wanna 3. Lipstick Song 4. PFB 5. I Wanna Ride OVERVIEW 6. Madonna Porches is my love affair with music…Music keeps me alive and I hope that by continuing to 7. I Can't Even Think make and release it, I can make some people laugh, cry, fall in love, lose their shit, smile, run 8. Hair 9. Fuck_3 around, and most importantly, help them to feel alive for a brief moment. – Aaron Maine 10. Wrote Some Songs Porches, the recording project of Aaron Maine, has returned with new album Ricky Music, a follow up to 2018’s The House. Written and recorded between Maine’s New York apartment CATALOG NUMBER: WIG459 and Jacob Portrait’s Greenpoint studio, Ricky Music sees Maine experimenting with new RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2020 productions techniques, imparting a more amorphous sound, while embracing a collaborative FILE UNDER: Alternative “P” spirit, teaming up with a wide range of creators and friends – Zsela (backing vocals on CD “Fuck_3”), Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) (backing vocals on “rangerover” & “Fuck_3”), Peter UPC: 887828045921 Maine (backing vocals on “Wrote Some Songs”), among others. Ricky Music was written by Aaron Maine, except “Patience,” which was written by Maine and Devault. The album was produced by Maine, co-produced by Jake Portrait, and engineered LP w/ DOWNLOAD by both Maine and Portrait. Portrait also mixed the album, except “rangerover” and “Do U UPC: 887828045914 Wanna” which were mixed by James Krausse. The album was mastered by Heba Kadry. Vinyl is non-returnable Porches discography includes The House [2018 on Domino], Pool [2016 on Domino] and Slow Dance In The Cosmos [2013 on Exploding In Sound]. DELUXE LP (ltd) w/ DOWNLOAD (Indie Retail Exclusive) UPC: 887828045938 SELLING POINTS Vinyl is non-returnable • Porches' catalog, including The House (2018) & Pool (2016) have physical scans of 15k+; almost 50% at indie retail. • Music videos for "Patience" & "Do U Wanna" to support album release. • Radio campaign to impact non-commercial/specialty formats on album release. • Major market North American dates to follow on album release with spring / summer 2020 festival touring to follow. • Indie exclusive LP includes the LP and a bonus 7" with the non-album single "rangerover" DOMINO RECORDING COMPANY b/w "rangerover (Vegyn Remix)," previously only available digitally. All vinyl formats include 20 Jay Street, Suite 626 Brooklyn, NY 11201 an embossed and spot gloss on the cover of the standard LP jacket, black vinyl LP, and a download card. No more scouring eBay and Discogs, Navy Blues is back in print on vinyl 21 years after it’s initial pressing! We’ll now be keeping this classic single LP version in print for the foreseeable future. The LP is housed in a heavy Artist: Sloan duty tip-on gatefold jacket (with a cool Title: Navy Blues spot gloss) and a lyric inner sleeve Cat #: MUR036 that’s in keeping with the original vinyl pressing. The audio mastering will be UPC: 623339241915 the same as the pressing inside the Format: LP previous (sold out) special edition box set. Selling Points: Track Listing: First reissue in 21 years, Side A supported by full North 1. She Says What She Means American tour 2. C'mon C'mon (We’re Gonna Get It http://sloanmusic.com/shows/ Started) 3. Iggy & Angus Certified Gold in Canada 4. Sinking Ships 5. Keep On Thinkin’ Nominated for “Best Rock 6. Money City Maniacs Album” (Juno Awards) 7. Seems So Heavy “Money City Maniacs” voted by Chart Music Magazine as the Side B 12th greatest Canadian song of 1. Chester The Molester all time 2. Stand By Me, Yeah 3. Suppose They Close The Door Fully remastered from original 4. On The Horizon tapes 5. I Wanna Thank You 6. I’m Not Through With You Yet P.O. BOX 8554 • OMAHA, NE 68108-0554 / 4538 EAGLE ROCK BLVD • LOS ANGELES, CA 90041 P: (402) 558-8208 • [email protected] • SADDLE-CREEK.COM March 6th, 2020 · R.I.Y.L. Pet Sounds, Big Star, Stephen Malkmus fronting Weezer TRACK LISTING 01. Daily Routine 4:24 · US Tour in March/April including SXSW. 02. Konichiwa Internet 3:12 03. I’m Really Trying 2:38 · Stereogum’s “Band to Watch,” Guardian’s “50 Bands for 2020” 04. D19 3:07 and NME’s “Hot 100 for 2020” 05. Loneliness 4:02 06. Fun Song 4 3:36 07. Gentle 3:28 Disq have assembled a razor-sharp, teetering-on-the-edge-of-chaos melange of sounds, 08. Trash 2:52 experiences, memories, and inuences. Due out March 6 on Saddle Creek, Collector ought to 09. I Wanna Die 5:39 10. Drum In 4:42 be taken literally—it is a place to explore and catalogue the Madison, Wisconsin band’s relationships to themselves, their pasts, and the world beyond the American Midwest as Artist: Disq Title: Collector they careen from their teens into their 20s. This turbulence is backdropped by gnarled Catalog #: LBJ-299 power pop, anxious post-punk, warm psych-folk, and hectic, formless, tongue-in-cheek Formats: CD / LP / Indie Exclusive LP / Tape Street Date: March 6th, 2020 indie rock. Genre: Alternative PRESS PROMOTION Collector, like the band itself, is dened and tightly-contoured by the ties between the ve Grandstand Media (North America) Jaclyn members. Raina Bock (bass/vocals) and Isaac deBroux-Slone (guitar/vocals) have known Ulman - [email protected] Eloy Lugo - [email protected] each other from infancy, growing up and into music together. Through gigging around Madison, they met and befriended Shannon Connor (guitar/keys/vocals), Logan Severson Prescription PR (UK) James Parrish - [email protected] (guitar/vocals), and Brendan Manley (drums)—three equally dedicated and adventurous musicians committed to coaxing genre boundaries. Produced by Rob Schnapf, Collector is a set of songs largely pulled from each of the ve members’ demo piles over the years. They’re organic representations of each moment in time, gathered together to tell a mixtape-story of growing up in 21st century America. The songs are marked by urgency, introspection, tongue-in-cheek nihilism, and a shrewd under- standing of pop and rock structures and their corollaries—as well as a keen desire to dialogue with and upset them.