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Author Topic: My new album Unsung Heroes (ft. a cover version of Meant for you and Be still)  (Read 4755 times)
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« on: April 11, 2018, 08:51:07 AM »

*PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE *

On Saturday April 21, the album Unsung Heroes by Anne Soldaat (Daryll-Ann, Jason Falkner) & Yorick van Norden will be released in a limited edition as a Record Store Day item in the Netherlands by Excelsior Recordings. The CD can be ordered online exclusively through www.unsung-heroes.nl.

On the record, the duo honors artists who do not deserve to be forgotten.
"Heroes like Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Biff Rose, Badfinger and Dennis Wilson are often overlooked as a result of the canonization of pop music history", says Yorick van Norden.

Anne Soldaat: "Of course we could also have chosen to record '13 Smashes from the Sixties'. Pick the low-hanging fruit - so to speak. But none of that. We're too much archaeologists and missionaries at the same time. Add an innate sympathy for the musical underdog whose oeuvre - no matter how small or buried under a layer of dust - has stood the test of time and needs to be heard. Those artists are our 'Unsung Heroes' and they deserve not to be forgotten."

Over the past two years, the two traveled extensively throughout the Netherlands with their eponymous music performance. "Several times we were asked afterwards whether the performance was also available on CD, so that people could listen to the songs at home again", says Yorick. "At first we thought that was a stupid idea, because we had selected these songs on the basis of our love for the enormous expressiveness and magic of the original recordings. But as the tour progressed and people kept asking, we realized that some songs actually had very little in common with the original performances. They had started leading their own lives. "

Together with bass player Danny van Tiggele (Mister and Mississippi) and drummer Kees Schaper (Tim Knol, Clean Pete and Bent Van Looy), the album was recorded in SSE Noord, Amsterdam last month. Anne Soldaat and Yorick van Norden produced the album in collaboration with Frans Hagenaars.

Unsung Heroes will be available as a CD from Saturday 21 April and from Friday 11 May as a download and stream.
The CD can be ordered online exclusively via www.unsung-heroes.nl.

Anne Soldaat & Yorick van Norden - Unsung Heroes

01 Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin) (3:26)
02 Timeless Melody (Lee Mavers) (2:48)
03 Silent Air (Adrian Borland) (3:58)
04 Day After Day (Pete Ham) (3:17)
05 Gentle People (Biff Rose) (2:48)
06 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Gene Clark) (2:28)
07 Medley: Meant for You (Brian Wilson & Mike Love) / Be Still (Dennis Wilson & Stephen Kalinich) (1:59)
08 Time Will Show the Wiser (Emitt Rhodes) (2:51)
09 Alone and Forsaken (Hank Williams) (2:23)
10 Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise) (Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman) (2:37)
11 The Ballad of El Goodo (Chris Bell & Alex Chilton) (3:58)
12 I Come and Stand at Every Door (Nazim Hikmet & James Waters) (3:37)

total playing time: 36:10
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2018, 09:33:28 AM »

Here's a snippet of Badfinger's Day After Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIbave-NC8
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2018, 12:40:05 PM »

Here's a snippet of Badfinger's Day After Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIbave-NC8

Sounds great, Yorick. Good luck with the project.

Perhaps it should be pointed out that Anne Soldaat is male (the name Anne can be male or female in the Netherlands).
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2018, 03:07:17 PM »

Thanks a lot! Today we posted a teaser from The Sound's Silent Air:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbIO26dVS9U

And thanks for mentioning that! Some people might know the name Jason Falkner. Anne did two amazing solo records with him in LA, which are worth checking out!
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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2018, 06:14:10 AM »

Thank you zatch! Here's another snippet of The La's Timeless Melody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLjoy6qwS10
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2018, 12:12:45 AM »

I'm a bit anxious to share this since we can't stand in the shadow of the originals, but here's the medley we made of Meant for you and Be Still:
https://open.spotify.com/track/52IwiuLIzx6DHUhlpRKhyw
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2018, 12:33:35 PM »

*PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE *

On Saturday April 21, the album Unsung Heroes by Anne Soldaat (Daryll-Ann, Jason Falkner) & Yorick van Norden will be released in a limited edition as a Record Store Day item in the Netherlands by Excelsior Recordings. The CD can be ordered online exclusively through www.unsung-heroes.nl.

On the record, the duo honors artists who do not deserve to be forgotten.
"Heroes like Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Biff Rose, Badfinger and Dennis Wilson are often overlooked as a result of the canonization of pop music history", says Yorick van Norden.

Anne Soldaat: "Of course we could also have chosen to record '13 Smashes from the Sixties'. Pick the low-hanging fruit - so to speak. But none of that. We're too much archaeologists and missionaries at the same time. Add an innate sympathy for the musical underdog whose oeuvre - no matter how small or buried under a layer of dust - has stood the test of time and needs to be heard. Those artists are our 'Unsung Heroes' and they deserve not to be forgotten."

Over the past two years, the two traveled extensively throughout the Netherlands with their eponymous music performance. "Several times we were asked afterwards whether the performance was also available on CD, so that people could listen to the songs at home again", says Yorick. "At first we thought that was a stupid idea, because we had selected these songs on the basis of our love for the enormous expressiveness and magic of the original recordings. But as the tour progressed and people kept asking, we realized that some songs actually had very little in common with the original performances. They had started leading their own lives. "

Together with bass player Danny van Tiggele (Mister and Mississippi) and drummer Kees Schaper (Tim Knol, Clean Pete and Bent Van Looy), the album was recorded in SSE Noord, Amsterdam last month. Anne Soldaat and Yorick van Norden produced the album in collaboration with Frans Hagenaars.

Unsung Heroes will be available as a CD from Saturday 21 April and from Friday 11 May as a download and stream.
The CD can be ordered online exclusively via www.unsung-heroes.nl.

Anne Soldaat & Yorick van Norden - Unsung Heroes

01 Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin) (3:26)
02 Timeless Melody (Lee Mavers) (2:48)
03 Silent Air (Adrian Borland) (3:58)
04 Day After Day (Pete Ham) (3:17)
05 Gentle People (Biff Rose) (2:48)
06 I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better (Gene Clark) (2:28)
07 Medley: Meant for You (Brian Wilson & Mike Love) / Be Still (Dennis Wilson & Stephen Kalinich) (1:59)
08 Time Will Show the Wiser (Emitt Rhodes) (2:51)
09 Alone and Forsaken (Hank Williams) (2:23)
10 Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise) (Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman) (2:37)
11 The Ballad of El Goodo (Chris Bell & Alex Chilton) (3:58)
12 I Come and Stand at Every Door (Nazim Hikmet & James Waters) (3:37)

total playing time: 36:10

I'm a bit late to the party but I just listened to the album and I really liked it!
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