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Bret Koontz & Truancy Club (ft. members of Fran, Famous Laughs) recently announced a brand new LP, A Sparkle Road Cult, out November 18 via Earth Libraries.
Today, the band shares their forthcoming record’s second single, “Gloaming, Nightshade,” along with an accompanying music video described via the following synopsis:
“This music video for ‘Gloaming, Nightshade’ explores a day in the life of a metaphysical grief counselor (Ariel Mejia) and her chauffeur (Zach Hebert) as they help clients deal with loss through unorthodox methods.”
The sound at the center of A Sparkle Road Cult is Bret’s voice. It’s an idiosyncratic writer and composer’s voice that has shades of the outsider sounds of Robert Wyatt, Syd Barrett, and Arthur Russell. The accompanying arrangements bring to mind the songcraft of the Carpenters and Prefab Sprout-esque Sophisti-Pop shaken up/down by a touch of the large format boogie of Wings and raw Power Pop of Big Star.
The forthcoming LP will be printed as an Art Book Album + CD, which is available to pre-order via Earth Libraries now.
BRET KOONTZ & TRUANCY CLUB LIVE
Thur 10/27 – Chicago, IL – California Clipper
Thur 11/3 – Nashville, TN (with Quichenight)
Fri 11/4 – Birmingham, AL – Firehouse (with Janet Simpson)
Sat 11/5 – Athens, GA (with the Curls)
Sun 11/6 Richmond, VA – (with Hearts In Exile)
Mon 11/7 – Philadelphia, PA at Launderette Records (with Zinske)
Tues 11/8 New York, NY – C’mon Everybody (with Fielded)
Wed 11/9 – Athens, OH
Fri 11/11 – Chicago, IL – Constellation *Release Show* (with Margaret McCarthy of Moontype)
