Dodd Ferrelle is a songwriter from Athens who started playing guitar and writing songs at 12 years old in Savannah, Georgia. He has spent the past two years reclaiming a personal life; getting married, having babies and writing the songs that became Lonely Parades. The droll, dark lyrics of love lost and life challenges that always populate Dodd's songs are present on his new record, but Dodd offers more optimism this time best personified with the hopeful roots pop of "I Can't Wait".
Taking a break from touring and recording with the Tinfoil Stars has allowed Dodd more time to work on the instrumentation and sonic pallet of Lonely Parades. Instead of being a stripped down affair with just bass, guitar and drums, his latest effort breathes with all kinds of instrumentation including bells, pedal steel, trumpet and even a saw played by Claire Campbell from Hope for A Golden Summer. Kyle Spence who has played with J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr. and The Tom Collins was brought in by producer David Barbe along with bassist Jon Mills to for most of the songs on Lonely Parades. Revered roots rocker Jim White adds banjo and other instrumentation to the radio ready "Miss Bliss." After listening to Lonely Parades it is quite clear this is the most complete representation of Dodd's vision for his songs to date.
Download: Dodd Ferrell -- "Miss Bliss"
Download: Dodd Ferrelle -- "I Can't Wait"
"Athens musician and songsmith Dodd Ferrelle charges up his dark Americana with a generous influx of rock and power-pop electricity on his new platter, Lonely Parades. [Coming out] on Atlanta label Two Sheds, the album stands as Ferrelle's strongest batch of songs to date." -- Jeff Clark, Stomp & Stammer
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