Good to see that there’s a brand new 4-track EP, Remember To Remember Me, by New Yorker Chad Hagans is out now on Blueberry Hill records and can be heard and downloaded from bandcamp.
In February of this year I enthused about his home produced debut, Morning Stories. That mini-album was recorded directly onto his laptop while these new tracks have been properly mixed, mastered, and produced by Erik Hidde.
Aside from that it is business as usual with the same hushed acoustic intimacy and intense lyrics (“love me like I’m going to die” he implores on the title track).
Hidde also sings backing vocals on my favourite track. The River Will Take Me is, a slow, dreamy and hypnotic song of self-doubt which I think is the best thing Chad has recorded to date.
The quiet beauty of these songs is such that it’s hard to imagine how Chad goes about performing these songs in a live venue.
If he lived locally, I’d be inclined to have him perform in my front room by candlelight.
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