{"id":1337,"date":"2017-01-10T20:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2017-05-23T20:09:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T20:09:03","slug":"americana-artist-k-phillips-to-release-new-album-dirty-wonder-on-march-10-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/americana-artist-k-phillips-to-release-new-album-dirty-wonder-on-march-10-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana artist K Phillips to release new album, “Dirty Wonder,” on March 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

January 10, 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n
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AMERICANA ARTIST K PHILLIPS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM,<\/strong><\/div>\n
DIRTY WONDER<\/i>, ON MARCH 10, 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Nashville-based, Texas-born Americana artist K Phillips is set to release his latest album,\u00a0Dirty Wonder<\/i>, via Rock Ridge Music on March 10, 2017. \u00a0Produced by award-winning songwriter Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens and featuring a vocal cameo from Adam Duritz from Counting Crows,\u00a0Dirty Wonder<\/i>\u00a0is a breakup record that\u2019s part autobiographical, part imagined, and part observational, chronicling a third-party breakup K witnessed firsthand. It\u2019s a redemptive album, brimming with clever allusions, pent-up sexual tension, and loveable roguish characters. \u00a0The impactfully concise songs on\u00a0Dirty Wonder<\/i>\u00a0are complimented by teardrop pedal steel guitar, rollicking blues piano, fuzzed out guitars, and gospel girl group vocals.<\/div>\n
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Writing and living through\u00a0Dirty Wonder<\/i>\u00a0has been a profound process for K, and he hopes that his songs have an impact upon those who hear them. \u201cWhile I am here, I want to connect through writing stories that help people get through whatever they\u2019re going through,\u201d he says.<\/div>\n
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The album\u2019s leadoff single, \u201cHadrian,\u201d featuring vocals from Adam Duritz, uses the story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian as an allegory. Here, the character is mired in an unraveling relationship and loses track of his better self. \u00a0The swaggering \u201c18 Year Old Girls\u201d snapshots the more comical elements of finding your footing after a breakup. \u201cIn that song, the guy is talking to a girl much younger than he is, and he realizes they have nothing to talk about,\u201d says Phillips. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d \u00a0The crunchy backwater shuffle, title track \u201cDirty Wonder,\u201d replete with barrelhouse piano, oozes temptation. \u00a0It\u2019s the struggle of being in something that you want to have last forever but experiencing a little jolt of \u201cwhat\u2019s behind door number two\u201d impulsivity. The stately \u201cRom Com\u201d channels that beloved cinematic convention (romantic comedy) into a song, complete with the \u201cmeet cute.\u201d The song functions on many layers\u2014it\u2019s a wry commentary on pop love.<\/div>\n
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K Phillips\u2019 life has been like a country song. \u00a0Born in West Texas and raised by his grandparents in the Concho Valley, K\u2019s grandfather was both a cattle rancher and a criminal court judge. \u00a0His mother was a radio disc jockey who named her only son after her favorite Texan, Kris Kristofferson. K began playing guitar at age 5 and began writing songs at 6. \u00a0At age 18, he lost both his best friend and his girlfriend in two separate drowning instances. In the wake of these tragedies, creating music understandably took on a deeper resonance. \u00a0It became how he processed life and heartache.<\/div>\n
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K\u2019s first release,\u00a0American Girls<\/i>, garnered accolades from the likes of\u00a0No Depression<\/i>,\u00a0Buffalo News<\/i>, and\u00a0Daytrotter\u00a0<\/i>for its blend of the literate and the lowdown. Many of these publications spotlighted a mythical essence about K, remarking about his mainstay Stetson hat, his chiseled Hank Williams-esque good looks, and a character quality that\u2019s both vulnerable and reckless. \u00a0AXS.com<\/i>\u00a0wrote: \u201cPhillips has a soulful and evocative voice that brings his songs to vivid life, and a musical style that encompasses country, rock, R&B and a lot more, all delivered in a manner that lends believability to his storytelling.\u201d The\u00a0Allentown Morning Call<\/i>\u00a0praised Phillips\u2019 \u201cvery Dylanesque blast of bluesy country.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Phillips plans to tour in support of\u00a0Dirty Wonder<\/i>. \u00a0Confirmed tour dates are below and more will be added soon.<\/div>\n
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K Phillips Tour Schedule:<\/b><\/div>\n
March 11 – Fort Worth, TX – MML<\/div>\n
March 12 – San Antonio, TX – Sam\u2019s<\/div>\n
March 15-16 – Austin, TX – SXSW<\/div>\n
March 17 – San Angelo, TX – Blaine\u2019s<\/div>\n
April 23 – Uncasville, CT – Wolf Den @ Mohegan Sun<\/div>\n
May 5 – Greenwood, SC – Music on Maxwell Series<\/div>\n
May 27 – Denver, CO – Denver Day of Rock<\/div>\n
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www.kphillipsmusic.com\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2017 \u00a0 AMERICANA ARTIST K PHILLIPS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, DIRTY WONDER, ON MARCH 10, 2017 Nashville-based, Texas-born Americana artist K Phillips is set to release his latest album,\u00a0Dirty Wonder, via Rock Ridge Music on March 10, 2017. \u00a0Produced by award-winning songwriter Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens and … <\/p>\n

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