posted February 26, 2021 #
Another new yk Records artist debuted a brand new track today.
Jack Silverman emailed me awhile back with a Soundcloud link of 3 tracks he had recorded with Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney, TMBG). It's not uncommon for me to get requests to put out new music but the release roster is generally already so full I have to politely decline. However, after one listen of Silverman's EP (
Now What - due March 26th), I was hooked.
The first track from the EP, "Mixed Signals", is now available
on Bandcamp or
wherever you stream music. There's an oddly haunting voice throughout the track that has an intriguing back story.
This is the song that really started it all. I just started hearing this melody in my head, and then tried to find the chords that made it work. When I got set up, something in my guitar or pedal board was picking up radio interference, and I couldn’t get rid of it. When I turned up the volume, I realized it was a radio preacher. So I figured, hit RECORD. Some of those demo tracks are in the final mix, including the preacher.
I already loved the track but learning that the voice was a bit of an accident made it even more enjoyable.
