Michael James Keane – Inside: New Song Of The Day

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Michael James Keane gets the working week underway with this brooding little ditty…Inside.

What better tune to accompany a grey, rainy day in Auckland than this new song from Wellington’s Michael James Keane. Here’s the blurb with more:

Michael James KeaneKiwi MICHAEL JAMES KEANE has just dropped ‘Inside’, the beautifully dark and reflective
video & single out today, October 1st via Meow. It’s the lead single to the new album ‘Wandering Bull’, which is due for release early 2022.

The Pōneke-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and stonemason has earnt critical acclaim and a growing cult following from the personal nature of his rich, brooding and emotionally engaging music, with Keane’s truly remarkable deep baritone vocal resulting in media drawing favourable comparisons to Nick Cave, Stuart Staples and Ian Curtis.

Through playing in previous group So Laid Back Country China and touring as a solo artist, he’s shared stages with like-minded artists Aldous Harding, Kirin J Callinan, Steve Gunn and Jack Ladder, but it’s the quality and maturity of Keane’s latest material that truly puts him on course for a long, distinguished and celebrated career.

A deeply personal track about being trapped in yourself and your ways, ‘Inside’ is the first single from the much-anticipated album ‘Wandering Bull’. A bulk of the album was written whilst Keane worked as a trainee stonemason in the Wairarapa. The songs reflect on memories of Wellington City and the challenges of interpersonal relationships when engrossed in depression and a reckless lifestyle.

“The words in the songs came mostly from short pieces of writing I had compiled over a year or so. It was a rough year by my standards; getting into trouble with my mental health and drinking, living a bit recklessly… I know The Wandering Bull is me, and I forgive him.” – Michael James Keane

The ‘Wandering Bull’ album was recorded, mixed and produced by James Goldsmith in sessions at The Surgery in Wellington, New Zealand. Arrangements were developed by James Goldsmith and Keane. Notable contributors on the album include Harriet Ferry (So Laid Back Country China) and Julia Catherine-Parr (Black City Lights) performing vocals, Callum Gay (Spook the Horses) on drums, and Daniel Cuzens (Spook the Horses) playing lap steel. ‘Wandering Bull’ is Keane’s sophomore album release, following up on the critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Cascade’ in 2018.

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