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Been Meaning to Tell You by Ernest Gonzales
Out Feb. 9th on Friends of Friends Records
Available as Artbook, Vinyl, Digital
Cover Art by Archan Nair
Ernest Gonzales on MySpace, Facebook & Twitter
The Friends of Friends label ventures into the world of Exponential Records boss Ernest Gonzales with a full-length album and art project that speaks louder than the music alone. Been Meaning to Tell You hopes to be more than merely a foray into the LP format for the label and Gonzales’ second album but rather a glimpse into eyes and ears of EG and his friends…
Been Meaning To Tell You is an album of raw emotion interpreted into sound and stands as a testament to Ernest’s wife, Devyn. From the unlikely joy of wintry bells speed-skating alongside beatboxing (”Dancing In the Snow”) to a bleeps-and-blips shuffle (”Falling Asleep to the Glow of the Television”), Gonzales’ musical vocabulary is right on, while psychedelic riffs and acoustic guitars alike haunt the album’s thirteen tracks; the songs are all linked by a well of innovative sincerity. His unique sound has received accolades from places like Pitchfork, XLR8R, RCRD LBL and he has remixed artists such as Sunny Day in Glasgow, AM Architect, and others.
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