Cast The Same Old Shadow

the first few copies come with a bonus 3 track cd featuring 'emma hartley revisited' (sun studio sessions), 'our great sadness' and 'too wise'. a native of muscle shoals, alabama and part of the growing music scene there (alabama shakes, secret sisters, civil wars etc), twenty-three year old dylan leblanc was practically raised in the legendary fame studios where his dad was a regular player, and where people like otis redding, wilson pickett, etta james and countless others recorded. fame's head, rick hall, signed dylan to its publishing arm as soon as he was legally of age to do so, eighteen. part of the deal was that dylan got access to the studio, where he recorded both his debut album 'paupers field' (2010) and the bulk of the follow-up 'cast the same old shadow' which was then completed in new orleans. co-produced by dylan and grammy award-winning engineer trina shoemaker (queens of the stone age, sheryl crow, emmylou harris), the album has a highly adventurous, cinematic feel. dylan cites george harrison's 'all things must pass' as being a major influence on this record, and you may also hear echoes of ennio morricone, radiohead and gene clark as well as glen cambell's early work.