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June 5, 2018<\/b><\/p>\n
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Salim Nourallah\u2019s third pre-album EP, East<\/i>, <\/b><\/p>\n
scheduled for release on July 27th<\/b><\/p>\n
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Four pre-album bundles to be released in advance of album<\/b><\/p>\n
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Album release date set for September 28th<\/b><\/p>\n
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Respected Dallas, TX-based singer\/songwriter\/producer\/musician-of-many-trades Salim Nourallah is set to release a sprawling double-album, Somewhere South of Sane<\/i>, on September 28, 2018 on Palo Santo Records.\u00a0 More details about the album will be announced very soon. In advance of the album release, Nourallah is releasing 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
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Bundle three, entitled East<\/i>, is set for release on July 27, 2018.\u00a0 Included on this release is one track that will also appear on Somewhere South of Sane<\/i> \u2013 \u201cA Thousand Ways To Miss You\u201d \u2013 as well as two bonus tracks from the album sessions called \u201cYou\u2019re The Light\u201d and \u201cEasy To Hurt.\u201d\u00a0 The video accompanying this bundle is a clip for the song \u201cA Thousand Ways To Miss You,\u201d and it will premiere the week of East<\/i>\u2019s release.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA good portion of my life has been spent simply letting ideas percolate and waiting for the moment when it all comes together in the form of a song,\u201d says Nourallah.\u00a0 \u201cLate night and early morning are the best times for this because my brain is in an almost drugged state. The ticker tape of thoughts is either stalled or sputtering and ideas somehow seep in more readily.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cA Thousand Ways to Miss You\u201d was born from one of those bleary early mornings.\u00a0 Recalls Nourallah, \u201cThe song title had been kicking around in me for a few days. I knew it would be challenging for the words to live up to the title. The feeling I was wanting to capture involved the constant, dull ache of missing. It seemed to always be there in me now, like the low, quiet hum of a refrigerator. No matter how much I busied myself, it was always running in the background. There was, in fact, a postcard in my kitchen, a box of letters by my bed, a book and a message on my phone that all served as entry point triggers for Monsieur Dull Ache.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou\u2019re The Light,\u201d on the other hand, was written while Nourallah was on the road, in a \u201cchilly hotel room in Minneapolis.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI’d been writing songs with Rhett Miller and he ditched me one afternoon to go write with Gary Louris,\u201d Nourallah says.\u00a0 \u201cProbably not a bad move! I’d recently fallen in love, so I had all these nice feelings floating around inside. I couldn’t have been in a more drab, depressing environment than where I was when the song came in. The lyrics sort of deal with what I ultimately think love can do for us. Something similar to music or art or many of the good things in life. It takes us away from the ugliness and offers comfort and relief.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cEasy to Hurt\u201d was one of the last songs recorded for Somewhere South of Sane<\/i>. \u201cI’m not a big fan of drama in relationships and I tend to avoid fights,\u201d Nourallah says.\u00a0 \u201cThis song deals with some feelings involved in a misunderstanding I had with my girlfriend. Pretty simple heart-on-the-sleeve sentiments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Already released bundle one, North <\/i>(which came out June 1, 2018), and already announced bundle two, West<\/i> (out June 29, 2018), precede bundle three East<\/i> and the final bundle; details for bundle four will be announced soon. The four EPs give fans a sneak peek into what is in store for them on Somewhere South of Sane<\/i>. The 21 tracks that comprise the four-sided album are what he 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
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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, Polaroid<\/i> (2004), had Rolling Stone<\/i> calling him \u201ca singer-songwriter who can stop time.\u201d 2015\u2019s Skeleton Closet<\/i> was cited by Dusted<\/i> 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 Dallas Observer<\/i> 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
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