{"id":1549,"date":"2018-01-29T20:38:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2018-01-26T20:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T20:39:57","slug":"indie-singer-songwriter-merritt-gibson-to-release-debut-album-eyes-on-us-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/indie-singer-songwriter-merritt-gibson-to-release-debut-album-eyes-on-us-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie singer-songwriter Merritt Gibson to release debut album, “Eyes On Us,” in March"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
\nJanuary 29, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indie singer-songwriter Merritt Gibson to release\u00a0debut album, Eyes On Us, in March<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indie singer-songwriter Merritt Gibson is set to release her debut album, Eyes On Us, on March 30, 2018. Recorded in July 2016 with Grammy Award-winning producer\/engineer Mitch Dane at his Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, the forthcoming album is full of songs that truly mean something, be it advice to other young women, reflections on youth and love, defiance of the status quo, or a deeper understanding of the self. From a wide range of inspiration and sources, Gibson creates a holistic view of what it means to be a young woman today. She states: \u201cMy songs are the synthesis of my life and the lives I observe and imagine.\u201d Gibson crafts songs with a seamless musical and lyrical balance of both mystery and familiarity, of grand emotion and real life.<\/p>\n

\u201cMerritt Gibson is a blooming talent,\u201d says Dane. \u201cHer songs are very honest and written from a deeply personal point of view. That authenticity is contagious, and I look forward to seeing her career move in great places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans can buy the first single from the album, \u201cMy Best Friends,\u201d on February 16th, with both that song and the title track, \u201cEyes On Us,\u201d available as instant-gratification tracks with the album pre-order on March 2nd. Details for the album pre-order will be on Gibson\u2019s website and social media soon.<\/p>\n

Gibson, who was born in New York and grew up in Boston, began writing songs in high school. As her song repertoire grew, she became serious about pursuing a career as a singer-songwriter. Gibson recorded seven demos at Soundscape Boston with Grammy Award-winning producer and Berklee College of Music professor Michael Moss in the fall of her junior year. He praised Gibson\u2019s songwriting prowess at such a young age, saying, \u201cI have never experienced an artist like Merritt Gibson before. Such a sure grasp of the storyteller\u2019s eye \u2013 a window into the soul and intellect of this outstanding young woman. Done with such authentic soul and ease, and a melodic sense that makes you want to listen over and over again. Truly exceptional.\u201d She proceeded to send the EP to several Nashville managers, breaking into the Nashville music industry as a New England teenager. Less than a year after sending her demos, she recorded Eyes On Us over summer break. Entirely funding the recording and promotion of the album by herself via money saved from summer jobs, Gibson is entrepreneurial and driven as well as talented.<\/p>\n

With a \u201cwise beyond her years\u201d outlook on life and an unmistakable self-confidence, Gibson is currently a freshman in college at the University of Virginia. On Eyes On Us, Gibson explores many themes with a confident vocal performance and genre-blending production. The upbeat \u201cWhen You Were Mine\u201d introduces the set of self-penned material with a story of a hasty, soon regretted, breakup. Following that is the titular song \u201cEyes On Us,\u201d a vivid representation of the excitement, frustration, and uncertainty of an entrancing new relationship.<\/p>\n

The collection encourages the listener to ponder questions that confront us all, from the spiritual, to the emotional, to the mundane. Most emblematic of this theme is \u201cTruth and Myth,\u201d an ode to the deep connections and understandings shared amongst close friends. Songs like \u201cArea Code\u201d and \u201cGhost Town\u201d evoke visions of Gibson commanding a set of piano keys, sharing complex stories of urgency, insistence, and despair.<\/p>\n

Besides being a musical thinker and explorer, Gibson is also very much a fun-loving teenager, and that part of her personality also features prominently in her songs. She has a fun, upbeat, \u201cgirl-next-door\u201d side to her songwriting that can be found in guitar-driven songs such as \u201cLovesick,\u201d \u201cMy Best Friends,\u201d and \u201cI Heard.\u201d Ending with the hauntingly beautiful, simple \u201cFaraway,\u201d the listener is left with a full view of Gibson\u2019s take on life as a teenaged girl in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Gibson plans to tour in support of Eyes On Us, and tour dates will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

www.merrittgibson.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2018   Indie singer-songwriter Merritt Gibson to release\u00a0debut album, Eyes On Us, in March   Indie singer-songwriter Merritt Gibson is set to release her debut album, Eyes On Us, on March 30, 2018. Recorded in July 2016 with Grammy Award-winning producer\/engineer Mitch Dane at his Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, … <\/p>\n

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