{"id":1593,"date":"2018-03-05T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2018-03-23T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:11:11","slug":"angela-josephine-to-release-new-indie-folk-album-on-may-4th-album-is-both-a-folk-rock-opera-and-personal-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/angela-josephine-to-release-new-indie-folk-album-on-may-4th-album-is-both-a-folk-rock-opera-and-personal-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Josephine to release new indie-folk album on May 4th; album is both a folk-rock opera and personal exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nMarch 5, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Angela Josephine to release new indie-folk album on May 4th<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Album is both a folk-rock opera\u00a0and personal exploration<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWith these songs, I wrestle the duality of my inner angels of darkness and light. I am tempted to solve the mystery by striving to get from one to the other; sorrow to joy, grief to healing, even death to life. It is at the crossroads of our light and darkness that we come alive and discover soul. I am rediscovering my soul.”
\n\u2013 Angela Josephine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Daylight<\/em>, the long-awaited, full-length album from indie-folk artist Angela Josephine, is scheduled for release on May 4, 2018. This project is at once a folk-rock opera and personal exploration; the listener is drawn into the narrative of a woman caught in the dark night and her revelatory journey toward soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recorded in Detroit and Ann Arbor, MI with producer Chris Bathgate,\u00a0Daylight\u00a0<\/em>expands the sonic palette of Josephine\u2019s work as well as showcasing her on a variety of instruments (guitar, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, piano, Wurlitzer, organ, synth). From the cinematic prelude that is \u201cThis Light\u201d (also the first single) to the haunting finale \u201cFace to the Wind,\u201d an expansive landscape of wilderness unfolds with unexpected beauty and lush discovery. Seven years ago, Josephine first began the demos for this album after a season of care-giving and subsequent loss. She gravitated to her origins – the rugged landscape of Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula and her childhood hometown of Munising. She loaded her SUV and followed the pull north.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a kind of poetry in this journey,\u201d Josephine says. \u201cI recorded the line in a demo, \u2018Seven years ago I saw the moon drop to the earth and in the darkness I saw pieces of the sky,\u2019 in my mom\u2019s pole barn literally seven years ago. Here I am today, and this lyric is underscored by the recent passing of my mother and the realization of a full-length album. Working again with Chris Bathgate (producer) allowed me to plumb the depths of my creativity and explore soundscapes that I\u2019ve been drawn to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Light\u201d sets the stage for the narrative that plays throughout the album\u2014self-exploration. \u201cEvery song furthers the arc of the woman in the story,\u201d Josephine explains. Digging at the gritty soil with \u201cGot to Believe\u201d reveals a more inclusive world and will have one brushing off the vestiges of tired beliefs. Bathgate contributes vocals for the sultry, powerhouse of a song called \u201cGo Easy,\u201d which leaves one wondering if it is a break-up song or a song about identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaylight\u201d is the most Americana folk song of the album. \u201cWe had the best time recording this!\u201d she recalls. \u201cWe grabbed all these quirky instruments and just started to make noise. I stumbled upon the sweet little melody with bells that you\u2019ll hear in the chorus, and I will give a free album to the first person who can correctly identify what Chris is doing for the percussion throughout the song.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The instrumental \u201c40 Days\u201d takes the listener to a place of exile, and the accompanying music video has Josephine on a windswept cliff in Northern Ireland while she plays hammered dulcimer against the backdrop of the North Channel. One gets the feeling that this is the turning point in the narrative, where struggle becomes empowerment, where Celtic folk becomes badass folk-rock. \u201cRiver Rising\u201d is a haunting retelling of the story of Rahab filled with round beefy bass notes, fiddle, and cyclic mandolin and drums. The album closes with \u201cFace to the Wind,\u201d a reprise of \u201cStone Bright Solid,\u201d the title song from Josephine\u2019s 2012 EP that is a precursor to and companion to this album. \u201cI wanted a raw and vulnerable moment that highlights the message of the album\u2014that in our brokenness we ultimately find life,\u201d she says. The cathartic joy found throughout the album is a validation that the darkness may, in fact, be daylight in disguise.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Over the course of her music releases, Josephine\u2019s words have always had a way of peeling back the superficial, stripping us down to raw experience. Tony Cummings of\u00a0Cross Rhythms Magazine UK<\/em>\u00a0says, \u201cAngela Josephine shows herself to be a poetic songwriter able to pen songs that get under the shield of the post-modern muse with power and poignancy.\u201d She has been compared to \u201ca modern, female Nick Drake\u201d (David Faulkner,\u00a0CRD<\/em>), while\u00a0Northern Express<\/em>\u00a0reviewer Kristi Kates cited \u201ca more jaded Sarah McLachlan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josephine has released three titles prior to Daylight: the self-produced debut album,\u00a0A Restful Sense of Urgency<\/a>\u00a0(2002); the unapologetically spiritual\u00a0Grace Exhaled<\/a>\u00a0(2005), a finalist in the 2006 Detroit Music Awards; and the lyrically rich, sparse-yet-lush\u00a0Stone Bright Solid \u2013 Volume 1<\/a>\u00a0(2012), which was\u00a0packaged in a tin box<\/a>\u00a0with magnetic photos and magnetic words from song lyrics. In 2007, Josephine was an Artist Ovation Contest Winner for Unity Festival in Muskegon, MI, and her song\u00a0\u201cSpirit of Motherhood\u201d<\/a>\u00a0received an honorable mention in the Great Lakes Songwriting Competition. In 2011, she again was a finalist for the Detroit Music Awards in the category of Best Instrumentalist for hammered dulcimer. She has participated in ArtPrize, performing with artists who interpret music with paint, and Josephine is also a juried painter herself, as well as a published poet.<\/p>\n

Daylight\u00a0<\/em>will be available for pre-order in the first half of March (details will be found soon on Josephine\u2019s website and social media) along with one immediate instant-gratification track, the first single \u201cThis Light.\u201d A second instant-gratification track will be available in April (\u201cRiver Rising\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angela Josephine online:<\/b>
\nWebsite: \u00a0www.angelajosephine.com<\/a>
\nFacebook:\u00a0\u00a0www.facebook.com\/angelajosephinemusic<\/a>
\nTwitter: \u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/angelajosephine<\/a>
\nInstagram: \u00a0www.instagram.com\/angelajosephine\/<\/a>
\nYouTube: \u00a0www.youtube.com\/user\/AngelaJosephine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2018   Angela Josephine to release new indie-folk album on May 4th   Album is both a folk-rock opera\u00a0and personal exploration \u201cWith these songs, I wrestle the duality of my inner angels of darkness and light. I am tempted to solve the mystery by striving to get from one to … <\/p>\n

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