TAILS AND TRAILS OUT AUGUST 16
DELUXE VERSION OF LAST ALBUM
TAILS FEATURING FOUR NEW TRACKS
Single artwork; Press photo, credit: Mario Luna
Story: Ralph Greco, Jr.
Rising L.A.-based singer-songwriter and producer Hank May unveils a new song today, “Couch,” alongside a self-made lyric video—listen HERE and watch HERE. “Couch” is taken from Tails and Trails, the deluxe version of May’s acclaimed 2023 album Tails, out August 16 via Dangerbird Records—pre-order/pre-save it HERE.
“Sometimes in modern society, we have to resist the impulse to upgrade,” May says about the new song. “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, as they say. I swapped out my old couch for a new old couch recently and regretted it instantly. Here’s a song about the experience, hope you like it!”
“Couch” is one of four new songs featured on Tails and Trails, in addition to acoustic reworks of original Tails tracks “I’m Just A Lover Now” and “Pot of Beans.” The deluxe also includes a cover of the Joanna Newsom classic “Peach, Plum, Pear.”
Tails was released last year to critical acclaim and features singles “Rainy Day,” “I’m Just A Lover Now,” “Life Is Sweet”—which debuted via Paste who praised it as “a groovy pop track coated in a candy folk gloss” that “lives up to its own title, with an earworm melody and a sharp modernity”—and “Morgana,” the video for which was directed by Jo Garrity (Alvvays, Crumb) and was named Northern Transmission’s Video of the Day.
Much of Tails came to fruition whilst May was wandering the streets of Los Angeles, spending time with friends and absorbing even the smallest of details around him. “I put my antennae up pretty high for this one,” he details. May and his good friend and collaborator Patrick Taylor were able to experiment together in May’s home studio. “I intentionally set out to make a pop record with intricate arrangements and was thinking of this as a playlist more so than a narrative album,” May notes.
Tails followed his debut album, One More Taste of the Good Stuff, which was released in 2021 to critical praise:
“Both introspective and observational of the world’s absurdity, May’s songwriting
paints a vivid world while letting us into the crevices of his psyche.”
paints a vivid world while letting us into the crevices of his psyche.”
“dark humor, quirky melodies, and [an] observational style”
“With his premier album, One More Taste of the Good Stuff, Hank May offers an
open wound, a blunt diary entry, of the transformative world that has colored his work.”
open wound, a blunt diary entry, of the transformative world that has colored his work.”
“May proves himself to be a contender on his debut, bringing to mind visionaries
like David Berman and Conor Oberst, in his ability to bring us right into the room where
the song is taking place.”
like David Berman and Conor Oberst, in his ability to bring us right into the room where
the song is taking place.”
“Introspective and folksy, rarely simple and always riveting.”
HANK MAY—TAILS AND TRAILS
1. Rainy Day
2. Life Is Sweet
3. Aliens R US
4. (Don’t Fear) The Narcissist
5. Pot of Beans
6. Can’t Let A Damn Thing Go
7. Morgana
8. Wild West
9. Safe for Church
10. I’m Just A Lover Now
11. Silver Saucepan
2. Life Is Sweet
3. Aliens R US
4. (Don’t Fear) The Narcissist
5. Pot of Beans
6. Can’t Let A Damn Thing Go
7. Morgana
8. Wild West
9. Safe for Church
10. I’m Just A Lover Now
11. Silver Saucepan
12. I’m Just A Lover Now (Acoustic Version)
13. Pot of Beans (Acoustic Version)
14. Peach, Plum, Pear
15. Couch
Bold = new song
Ralph Greco, Jr. is the devilishly clever nom de plume of professional writer/musician Ralph Greco who lives in the wilds of suburban New Jersey. He is also a podcast co-host, but as everyone has a podcast these days, this fact is of very little consequence.Ralph can be reached by writing [email protected]
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