This SUNDAY! April 28th at 5pm PDT. I’ll be doing a 35-45 minute set of music on YouTube for people who can’t make it out to shows. THIS WEEK, I’ll be doing songs from my upcoming release, The Nails Are Low, which is currently in production. Will be mixing in a few older things as well. I may also be joined by some special guests. Tune in!
Online Show
5PT/8ET
$15.00
Or pay with Zelle – kevinsandbloom@protonmail.com
CashApp $RedLlamaMusic
Venmo @KevinSandbloom
Shout out to Jeremy Sole @jeremysole for giving Bettin’ On The Sun a spin last weekend (2/25). If you want to check out the show it’s up on the KCRW archives.
This is the first song from my forthcoming album The Nails Are Low and you can support the creation process through the fundraiser here:
https://kevinsandbloom.com/3-albums-in-2024-fundraiser/ (link in bio)
I’m furiously trying to get this album out very, very soon!
We’ve gotten $800 so far for the fundraiser! Thank you to all who have contributed Working away and hope to be giving some sneak peeks soon. Right now, I’m writing like crazy and have added a few songs to the project. If you would like to find out about the fundraiser you can do so here: https://kevinsandbloom.com/3-albums-in-2024-fundraiser/
#newthangs #goodthings #february #fundraiser
#thenailsarelow #kevinsandbloom #redllamamusic
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I was recently informed about a mention I received in this very cool book about how we hear and interpret music by Susan Rogers; This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You. As some might know, Susan was head engineer at Paisley Park for many years and I had the opportunity to work with her on several demos back when I was cutting my teeth in the musical world. This work (as well as a demo with Mike Morgan) eventually got me a deal with Virgin Records.
To quote:
“Listen to SAY YES from his 2005 EP Delta. You will hear a vocal timbre that I find so personally swoon-worthy, it makes me forget my own name. To my ear he sounds like a close-mic’ed and very expensive cello, with the bow dragging slowly yet intently across the strings. An uncommon privilege to hear.”
Fine praise indeed. Susan has always been a champion for my music and
I’m extremely flattered by this mention in such a ground breaking work.
Pick up this fantastic book by Susan Rogers anywhere on the internet.
Hey hey people. I’m raising some funds to go towards recording and pressing a few records this year. I am super lucky to be a person who gets an overflow of musical and song ideas. The opposite of writer’s block, I guess. But it presents another problem in that I have to get these songs recorded and out there before they get pushed aside for newer ideas. I have quite a few things I’ve written in the last few years that I think are worthy of exploration and I’m inspired to start recording at a fairly quick pace so I can make space for even more music.
If you want to know more about the fundraiser and what I’m working on, go here: https://kevinsandbloom.com/3-albums-in-2024-fundraiser/
Hello! Very excited to announce the release of my latest album, Swerve. For now, the album is available for pre-order on Bandcamp.com. You can hear the first 2 singles, Elevator and Funny Things there and if you pre-order, you can download the full album on August 18th. The full album will not be on streaming platforms until November 10th, so Swerve will be exclusively available on Bandcamp until then. You can pre-order here: https://sandbloom.bandcamp.com/album/swerve
Hello! After a bit of a hiatus and a long spell in the woodshed (studio), I’ve decided to come out of the cocoon and let ya’ll know what I’ve been working on.
Firstly, I’ve got a new record coming out soon, titled Swerve. Details to come on a release date but for now I’m busy putting the final touches on it. It’s been another epically long and winding road to get this record together, being part of a larger group of songs I’ve written over the last few years that I thought was going to be one record, but had to break up into 2 to 3 records to be released in the next year. Excited to be releasing something new on Color Red, which has only republished my older catalogue to date. Stay tuned.
Also, I’ve decided to restart my weekly Instagram series, Tres, where I showcase 3 songs, old, new, covers, whatever. I’m now going to be streaming to my YouTube channel as well. Will be (mostly) airing on Mondays @ 7PM Pacific. You can tune at these links:
https://www.youtube.com/kevinsandbloom
https://www.instagram.com/kevinsandbloom
Lastly, shows on the horizon! If you’re in the LA area, you can check me out here:
Hey People,
So…aside from my appearance on the Night Owls single, Me And Baby Brother, and Ed Mabrey’s Black Pearl Sessions, I’ve been laying pretty musically low in 2021, if anyone has noticed. After putting out two projects last year, a pretty great thing happened in the middle of the strangest of times…
In January of this year I was asked to join the roster of record label, Color Red Music. (Thanks for the connect Josh Hoyer!)
After meeting the team and deciding it was a good fit, I agreed and have already done most of the behind the scenes logistics of getting my music into their system. In fact, all of my music that is currently available for streaming on various platforms has been republished through the company already. I have really wanted to share this publicly, but felt it wouldn’t be appropriate until everything was super-official-official. So yeah, I’ve been sitting on this for almost a whole year and it’s taken all I could muster not to just blurt it out on a random Wednesday in August.
The official kick off of the partnership begins with a re-release of my latest EP,
SO u r. December 17 will see the release of the first single and formal
introduction by the label with the song, NOBODYe.
You can add the song on all major streaming platform here:
https://add.colorredmusic.com/nobodye
You can find me on the Color Red website here:
https://color-red.com/pages/kevin-sandbloom
Stayed tuned for more music in 2022!
ABOUT:
A collaboration between singer-songwriter Kevin Sandbloom and producer/engineer Michael Morgan, this is a sonically fresh melding of blues, rock, soul, jazz, bossa and electronica straight from the foothills of Altadena, CA. Lyrically forlorn and lovesick, the songs have a dark swagger that undercuts complex emotional terrain.
The EP revisits an earlier work produced by the duo that garnered a demo deal with Virgin Records but has yet to see the light of day. On this record, Sandbloom mans the drums for the first time with an emphasis on getting the right feel underneath his guitar and vocal work. Morgan deftly creates a unique soundscape that evokes an off-world eeriness and lends a dystopian cinematic backdrop to the proceedings. Described as lush, rich and funky, we hope you enjoy this latest offering by the folks at Red Llama Music.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SAYING:
“Nice. I love it.
It’s beautifully complex…… With it still being emotionally available.”
-Chris Kirby
“!!Love the layered sounds, the music works great with Kevin’s vocals the songs have depth and inner light, with an innovative and thoughtful presence.
Clap clap clap!”
-Riquelle Small
“A work of art/madness/genius! I love it!”
-Iyapo Moyende Ngina
“This sounds fucking great. Funky and thoughtful and a little challenging”
-Pat Griffin
released November 25, 2020
all music & lyrics by Kevin Sandbloom © Red Llama Music 2020
all instruments: Sandbloom
mix/sound engineering (& piano on aLONELY): Michael Morgan
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