{"id":1023,"date":"2015-03-05T22:18:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T22:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2015-04-01T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T22:20:14","slug":"hannah-miller-to-release-self-titled-album-on-may-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/hannah-miller-to-release-self-titled-album-on-may-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Miller to release self-titled album on May 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 5, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

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HANNAH MILLER TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON MAY 5TH<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Album punctuated by left-of-center pop,\u00a0<\/strong>raw Americana, eclectic\/electrified indie folk<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Hannah Miller is set to release her self-titled album on May 5, 2015.\u00a0 Recorded at Nashville’s Sputnik Sound with producer Mitch Dane after the birth of her first child, the record captures Miller in transition, moving away from the coffeehouse-friendly songs that filled her previous releases in favor of something louder, livelier and more indebted to the sweep and swell of a full backup band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn’t be more excited about this record,\u201d Miller says.\u00a0 \u201cIt’s been a long time coming, and I\u2019m so happy to release something that is really reflective of my growth over the last few years\u2014both artistically and personally.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the self-titled\u00a0Hannah Miller<\/em>, there is a new emphasis on electric guitar, keyboards, and, occasionally, the moody, reverb-heavy arrangements of artists like Chris Isaak and Lana del Rey.\u00a0 Miller’s songs are still rooted in the classic sounds of the songwriters she grew up with\u2014Tom Petty, Simon & Garfunkel, even the Ohio-based folk duo Over the Rhine\u2014but their presentation has changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t want anything to sound too shiny,\u201d Miller says of the album.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s more raw than mainstream pop. Bluesier. Crunchier.\u201d<\/p>\n

One song on the album, \u201cPromise Land,\u201d became a viral hit, thanks to a YouTube video created by \u201c60 Minutes\u201d cameraman Danny Cooke. The video hit the internet in late 2014, combining footage of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster\u2014which Cooke had filmed for a TV special coinciding with the Chernobyl catastrophe\u2019s 25th anniversary\u2014with a 30-second clip of Miller’s song. The video racked up more than 11 million views within three months, kickstarting a new wave of popularity for the songwriter it highlighted.\u00a0 Some of her songs have been featured on television shows like \u201cSons of Anarchy,\u201d \u201cThe Following,\u201d and \u201cPretty Little Liars.\u201d<\/p>\n

For years, Miller spent much of her time on the road, playing shows with artists like Langhorne Slim and Elizabeth Cook one minute and headlining her own gigs the next.\u00a0 She was a storyteller, taking details from her own life\u2014which included a childhood spent in Alabama, a musical coming-of-age in South Carolina, and an eventual move to Tennessee\u2014and rolling them into her songs.\u00a0 To cut costs, she often played alone, relying on little more than the acoustic guitar and her voice to hold an audience\u2019s attention.\u00a0 Something changed during late 2012, though. Miller wanted to experiment, to make music that moved.\u00a0 Once her baby boy arrived, she became a bit more fearless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes you more confident to try new things,\u201d she says of parenthood. \u201cYour perspective changes a bit, and in a lot of ways, you overcome your inhibitions. It makes you willing to try new things, even if they fail.\u00a0 For the first time ever, I didn’t focus on just the songwriting. That was the foundation, but we also focused on the treatment of each song, the arrangement, the presentation. I wanted to be bold, and not worry about whether or not I could play the songs alone, with an acoustic guitar, in somebody’s living room.\u201d<\/p>\n

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www.hannahmillermusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2015   HANNAH MILLER TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON MAY 5TH   Album punctuated by left-of-center pop,\u00a0raw Americana, eclectic\/electrified indie folk   Nashville-based singer-songwriter Hannah Miller is set to release her self-titled album on May 5, 2015.\u00a0 Recorded at Nashville’s Sputnik Sound with producer Mitch Dane after the birth of … <\/p>\n

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