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Eddie 9V has powered up. From the day he first slung a guitar on a local stage, theGeorgia-born bandleader announced himself as an artist to watch. But in the last fewmeteoric years, Eddies music has crossed oceans and airwaves, transcending hiscult-hero status to become a beacon for fans of real music everywhere. Eddie 9V issomething else, wrote the UKs Classic Rock of 2022s chart-topping Capricorn. Aman who genuinely inhabits golden-era American roots, playing the most instinctiveblues youll hear all year. Youll find the proof on new studio album Saratoga, releasing November 22, 2024 onthe fabled Ruf label. Its a record that will thrill both newcomers and fans who havetrailed Eddie since the start, showcasing his fresh, fiery spin on Southern soul, blues,rock and funk, with his signature wit and sharp observations of modern Americaplacing him squarely in the here-and-now. I do think its a wonderful road trip album,he nods of the eleven originals co-written with his brother, the much-respectedSouthern musician, Lane Kelly. I was shooting for a more Americana-type album thistime, less blues songs and solos and more focusing on the songwriting. The new songs of Saratoga deserve nothing less than your full attention. Eddieslatest album announces his new groove with the crisp, purposeful beats of theopening title track, an instant favorite that gets under your skin with its almost disco-style harmonies and joust of horns and slide guitar (That song is about being in alonely tiny town that feels impossible to escape). Halo struts from the speakers on Eddies falsetto howl, before the lush yearning of CryLike A River and Love Moves So Slow (co-written by Spencer Pope) brings vintagesoul into the modern age. The brittle riffs and spacey vocal of Delta mark anothergearshift, flowing into Red Rivers reflective-yet-kinetic groove. Wasp Weather speaksto Eddies love of rapid-fire streams of consciousness. Thats my favorite lyricallycos I like spewing words that dont make sense into songs. I got a big mud housethat I cant keep clean, its useless I love that line. The album plays out in style with the trilling alt-folk of Truckee We got high and didshrooms and camped on the Truckee river in California, he explains of the inspiration the wistful Tides and Love You All The Way Down. Eddie even slips in a brass-blasting take on Mac DeMarcos Chamber Of Reflection, before bringing the recordhome with The Road To Nowheres shuddering, tremolo-drenched country lament, histrademark twang utterly transformed into a vintage croon. Eddie 9V is right: this latest album takes us all over the musical and emotional map,while announcing that his recent career peaks are just the start. Capricorn was a bigjump for us, he reflects. But Im already writing new songs, yknow?
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