TRACY MCNEIL & THE GOODLIFE DELIVER NEW SINGLE STARS
TRACY MCNEIL & THE GOODLIFE DELIVER NEW SINGLE STARS
STARS IS THE 1st SINGLE FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM YOU BE THE LIGHTNING, DUE FOR RELEASE IN 2019.
SINGLE LAUNCH DATES ANNOUNCED FOR SYDNEY, NEWCASTLE & MELBOURNE
Stars is the sparkling new single from Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife – the first from the 5-piece outfit’s upcoming full length album, You Be The Lightning, scheduled for release in 2019. Picking up at full speed from where they left off with Thieves, their 2016 award-winning release, this new material continues to draw from classic rock, pop and alt country influences, whilst simultaneously broadening their sonic palette to produce a shimmering style of Indie Americana.
In May, the band set up shop in Melbourne’s Aviary Recording Studio with engineers Fraser Montgomery and Nick Edin to begin work on the album. Co-produced by Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil, Stars became a flagship for the shinier, more contemporary pop sound the band were striving for, whilst still retaining the emotional depth and intelligence fans of McNeil’s music have come to love.
After recording lead vocals with engineer Jake Rush at Madeline Studio, Stars was then sent across the Pacific to ‘The Duck’ in East Nashville, where it was mixed by Jordan Lehning (Rodney Crowell, Caitlin Rose, Jordie Lane, Robert Ellis, Henry Wagons and Willie Nelson), who added his own brand of cosmic stardust.
To mark the release of the single Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife have booked a short but sweet run of dates for November:
TRACY MCNEIL & THE GOOD LIFE – stars LAUNCH dates
Wed November 7 & Thursday November 8
Australian Music Week
https://australianmusicweek.com
Fri November 9
Grand Junction Hotel – The Junkyard
88 Church St, Maitland NSW
8pm, free entry.
Sun November 11
Northcote Social Club
With special guest Jim Lawrie
301 High St, Northcote VIC
Doors 1.30pm
Pre-order STARS here
https://TracyMcNeil.lnk.to/Stars
STARS WRITTEN BY TRACY MCNEIL
CO-PRODUCED BY DAN PARSONS & TRACY MCNEIL
PERFORMED BY TRACY MCNEIL & THE GOOD LIFE: TRACY MCNEIL (VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR), DAN PARSONS (ELECTRIC GUITARS, BACKING VOCALS), BRENDAN MCMAHON (KEYBOARDS), TRENT MCKENZIE (BASS), BREE HARTLEY (DRUMS, PERCUSSION)
I watch you through a telescope
To get the details right
But you’re moving too fast
You blur then you’re out of sight
So I check in with the cosmos
To see what they have to say
“If you’re holding onto something that isn’t yours
It’ll only slip away”
They say it’s written in the stars
(left to right) Bree Hartley, Trent McKenzie, Tracy McNeil, Brendan McMahon & Dan Parsons
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