![]() ![]() She/Her/Hers is the creative project of songwriter Emma Grrrl, beginning in 2015 as a vessel to discuss her coming out as a transgender woman. Today, they released the single " To Do Lists (Color Coded)", which harkens back to the project's folk-punk roots while broadening its scope to the Regina Spektor type balladry it's equally indebted to. #Waxahatchee elsewhere fullOriginally leader Emma Grrl's solo creative project, this is the band's first full band record, building a fuller sound from its original acoustic incarnation. Michigan punk darlings She/Her/Hers will release their eponymous album on October 14th. Ara Babajian (the Slackers) played some particularly soulful drums, Peter Hess (Philip Glass Ensemble) wrote a fantastic horn arrangement, and Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady) added the tasty licks." The closing line is from Anne Carson’s translation of Sappho, and I think captures some of the emotional ambivalence of the project. ![]() "It’s a hopeful song in its way, that takes in the past and sees a little room to plant a future. While it is the closing track on the album, it was also the last song of the collection to have been composed, giving both thematic and emotional closure to the record. The album's coda, "New River, Spring For Me" is out now everywhere. The material was assembled in the period of time between April 2020 and spring 2021 and recorded at Atomic Garden in Oakland with drummer Ara Babajian (the Slackers) and bassist Frank Piegaro (Worriers) with help from friends including Jeff Rosenstock and Mike Huguenor (Death Rosenstock), Deanna Belos (Sincere Engineer), Lauren Denitzio (Worriers), Peter Hess (Philip Glass Ensemble), Steve Selvidge (The Hold Steady), and Todd Beene (Lucero, Chuck Ragan). The years off had constituted a time in which I thought I was finished as a musician they were time characterized by the loss of several musician friends to suicide both acute and de-facto, and by consideration of the cost of 'working the art muscle.' I was approaching a familiar sort of life crossroads which I’ve traditionally addressed on the principle of “blow it all up and see if that fixes things.'” But the combination of working on new Hold Steady material, writing my second book, and having unexpected time on my hands like everyone else in spring 2020 eventually primed the pump for a record’s worth (including a co-write with my Hold Steady bandmate Steve Selvidge). "For several years after my last record, I needed a break, and actively tried to keep from writing songs. But as he reflects on the period of time writing and recording the songs that would make up his forthcoming album - New River - Nicolay stated: One would think that between writing and releasing his acclaimed debut novel, recording albums and touring with The Hold Steady, writing journalism about the Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion, performing session work, and teaching as a professor of music and creative writing at Bard College would keep Franz Nicolay plenty busy. ![]() His second book, the novel Someone Should Pay For Your Pain was called “a knockout fiction debut” by Buzzfeed and was named one of Rolling Stone “Best Music Books of 2021” (“finally, the great indie-rock novel. Nicolay's first book, The Humorless Ladies of Border Control, was named a “Season’s Best Travel Book” by The New York Times. In addition to records under his own name (most recently 2015’s To Us, The Beautiful!), he has been a member of the Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society, and recorded or performed with dozens of other acts. New River is available to pre-order HERE.įranz Nicolay is a musician and writer living in the Hudson Valley, NY. Today, Nicolay has released the album's lead single along with a music video for "New River, Spring For Me" The track is available now across all streaming platforms and Bandcamp now, and the video can be seen HERE. Nicolay is known as a longtime member of The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society as well as for countless featured performances both live and in-studio with other artists including Against Me!, Dresden Dolls, Worriers and more. Each song seems to be the gripping tale of a tragic hero." - The Huffington PostįRANZ NICOLAY will release his new album New River on November 11, 2022. "The sorrowful storytelling of Franz Nicolay may be unmatched. "Sad, wild folksongs from the unconventional multi-talent." - Rolling Stone “A natural-born star…really something special”- Pitchfork Lead single "New River, Spring For Me" out now everywhere. The multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and author Franz Nicolay will release his new album on Don Giovanni on November 11th. ![]()
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