{"id":1666,"date":"2018-05-03T16:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2018-05-25T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T16:53:51","slug":"salim-nourallahs-second-pre-album-ep-west-scheduled-for-release-on-june-29th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/salim-nourallahs-second-pre-album-ep-west-scheduled-for-release-on-june-29th\/","title":{"rendered":"Salim Nourallah’s second pre-album EP, “West” scheduled for release on June 29th"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nMay 3, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Salim Nourallah\u2019s second pre-album EP,\u00a0West<\/em>,\u00a0scheduled for release on June 29th<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nFour pre-album bundles to be released in advance of album<\/strong><\/p>\n

Respected Dallas, TX-based singer\/songwriter\/producer\/musician-of-many-trades Salim Nourallah is set to release a sprawling double-album,\u00a0Somewhere South of Sane<\/em>, this fall on Palo Santo Records.\u00a0 In advance of the album release, Nourallah plans to put out four pre-album \u201cbundles\u201d that will include tracks from the album as well as previously recorded but unreleased material or acoustic re-imaginings of tracks from past Nourallah albums.\u00a0 Each bundle, (EP) will be accompanied by new online video content.<\/p>\n

Bundle two, entitled\u00a0West<\/em>, is set for release on June 29, 2018.\u00a0 Included on this release are two tracks that will also appear on\u00a0Somewhere South of Sane<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cMoving Man\u201d and \u201cGoing Through The Motions,\u201d as well as a bonus track from the album sessions called \u201cWe Were Made to Fall Apart.\u201d\u00a0 The video accompanying this bundle is a clip for the song \u201cMoving Man,\u201d which was shot entirely by Nourallah\u2019s 8-year-old and 14-year-old kids.\u00a0 It will premiere the week of release.<\/p>\n

Nourallah breaks down the stories behind the songs on\u00a0West<\/em>. \u201cThe terminally busy are only interested in busyness,\u201d he says. \u201cSometimes I find myself caught up in ceaseless activity because it distracts from and numbs a multitude of other unpleasant things. \u2018Moving Man\u2019 is a rumination on such things.\u201d Also delving into the everyday, \u201cGoing Through The Motions\u201d was actually inspired by a movie. \u201cThere’s a surreal film I love called \u2018The Adventures of Baron Munchausen\u2019 where Robin Williams plays a character called King Moon whose head is literally detached from his body, floating around above it while he’s bickering with and then fooling around with his wife,\u201d Nourallah says. \u201cIt’s simultaneously disconcerting and hilarious. I found myself often feeling like King Moon. My body was doing all the usual things \u2013 running on a treadmill, making lunch, writing checks to creditors \u2013 but my head might as well have been on Pluto. To defeat the feeling, I started writing this song. It exists in order to disprove its premise.\u201d\u00a0 The bonus track finds Nourallah grappling with the declining health of a loved one. \u201cHaving been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s over a year ago, my mother currently lives in a nursing home,\u201d he explains. \u201c\u2018We Were Made to Fall Apart\u2019 came out of my attempts to internally deal with seeing one of the kindest people I have ever known suffer like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously announced bundle one,\u00a0North\u00a0<\/em>(out June 1, 2018), and\u00a0West\u00a0<\/em>precede two additional bundles \u2013 details for each of the remaining two bundles will be announced soon. The four EPs give fans a sneak peek into what is in store for them on\u00a0Somewhere South of Sane<\/em>; the release date and more details about the album will be announced in June. The 21 tracks that comprise the four-sided\u00a0Somewhere South of Sane<\/em>\u00a0are what Salim calls, \u201cthe work of a functional crazy person.\u201d Nourallah is equal parts songwriter and producer, creating a shifting sonic landscape that could easily be mistaken for the work of multiple artists. This is the sound of someone trying to save his own mind. Nourallah did \u2014 in the end \u2014 and created nothing short of a musical odyssey.<\/p>\n

As a solo artist, Nourallah has long mined the terrain between catchy and devastating. After gaining initial acclaim with the Denton, TX-based Nourallah Brothers, he went on to release six solo albums. His debut,\u00a0Polaroid<\/em>\u00a0(2004), had\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0<\/em>calling him \u201ca singer-songwriter who can stop time.\u201d 2015\u2019s\u00a0Skeleton Closet\u00a0<\/em>was cited by\u00a0Dusted\u00a0<\/em>as a \u201cmasterful balance of the said and the unsaid… like a good novel, full of implications and shadowy contradictions and complexities.\u201d As a producer, Nourallah boasts quite an impressive C.V. of production credits (Old 97\u2019s, the Damnwells, Rhett Miller, the Deathray Davies). He\u2019s also been involved in numerous other projects, including co-founding and running A & R for the Palo Santo music group. Over the years, his work on both sides of the sound booth has won him an armful of\u00a0Dallas Observer\u00a0<\/em>music awards. That, and the consistent quality of Salim Nourallah\u2019s music, have proven that some musicians actually can continue to stay relevant.<\/p>\n

Salim Nourallah online:<\/b>
\nWebsite: \u00a0http:\/\/salimnourallah.com<\/a>
\nFacebook: \u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/salimnourallah<\/a>
\nTwitter: \u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/salimnourallah<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2018   Salim Nourallah\u2019s second pre-album EP,\u00a0West,\u00a0scheduled for release on June 29th Four pre-album bundles to be released in advance of album Respected Dallas, TX-based singer\/songwriter\/producer\/musician-of-many-trades Salim Nourallah is set to release a sprawling double-album,\u00a0Somewhere South of Sane, this fall on Palo Santo Records.\u00a0 In advance of the album release, … <\/p>\n

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