On Sunset

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On Sunset is the new record from songwriter Nicholas Krgovich, and it stands as a rich, widescreen paean to a lost Los Angele. A smog-smudged dreamscape filled with loner, washed-up movie star, dreamer, drifter, blooming jasmine and glowing courtyard pool, all twinkling and haunting the Hollywood Hill. A place where the light in late afternoon is bright and smooth, where the Santa Ana winds blow, where anything goe. For over a decade, Krgovich has revealed himself to be a true pop polymath, building up an idiosyncratic and creatively restless discography. With projects such as No Kid, Gigi and P:ano—and collaborations with artists like Mount Eerie, Nite Jewel and Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors—it's fitting that his most fully realized and focused work yet bears his face on the cover and his full name on the spine. In some way, On Sunset is like a debut from someone who's long been in the game, darting around in shadow, now descending a spiral staircase, ready for his close-up. Produced and mixed by John Collins (Destroyer, New Pornographers) and recorded by Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Cave Singers), the album is a sweeping Technicolor extravaganza. Its cinematic arrangement, penned by composer Stefan Udell, nod to Mahler as often as Quincey Jone, and are performed by an impressive list of guest musicians and singer. In the tradition of experimental music masquerading as pop (Avalon, Cupid & Psyche '85, Steve McQueen), On Sunset is a lonely, glamorou, late-night answer to a city's seductive and endless sprawl; the long shadows of palm trees on the red carpet; being lost in a place where everything is happening, where people are dreaming and making things that capture the world’s attention. It's the childhood memory of staying up late with blankets on the couch, watching Jack Palance do pushups on the Academy Award. It's the sound of an artist wanting to share their world but paradoxically building it out of the land of artifice and make-believe. A hat flying off into the ocean. Get in. released October 7, 2014 Songs by Nicholas Krgovich (SOCAN 2014) Arranged by Stefan Udell Produced and Mixed by John Collins (June 2011-March 2012) Recorded by Colin Stewart (February 2008-November 2010) Mastered by Masaki Tada Published by Shopping Music/NW1 Cover Photo by Peter J. Brant Design by Jan Lankisch PERFORMED BY: Nicholas Krgovich - singing, piano, rhode, key, synth, vibraphone, drum programming, percussion with: Tyler Belluz - double bass Jeremy Berkman - trombone Karl Blau - ba, guitar, saxophone, singing Hazel Brown - singing Martha Brown - singing Charlotte-Amelia Burbrook de Vere - viola Kathryn Calder - singing J.P. Carter - trumpet John Collins - synth, drum programming, kaoss pad Erin Donovan - vibraphone Katie Eastburn - singing Christopher Ellis - bass Thomas Filardo - guitar Benedikt Henkel - saxophone Andy Herfst - drum kit, percussion Ellen Holck - singing Marissa Johnson - singing Justin Kellam - drum kit Peggy Lee - cello Jen Reimer - french horn Charlotte-Josephine Roberts - cello Rebecca Seymour - violin Russell Sholberg - double bass Marcus Takizawa - viola Stefan Udell - key, drum programming Jesse Zubot - violin "The Backlot" & "The Mansion" were recorded in part at The Banff Centre with Tony Berg & Shawn Everett Katie Eastburn's vocals recorded by Jeff Cook Hazel & Martha Brown's vocals recorded by Oscar Vincente Slorach-Thorn .

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