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Rock & roll eats its young. Coax most musicians with a few cocktails and they just might show you the scars. Marshall Tully tattoos around his. Instead of exorcising his demons, the Toronto-based singer/songwriter puts them into four-minute boxes and drags them out for a sixty-minute routine. These are not your typical flavor-of-the-week neophyte musings... Growing up in various locales throughout western Canada, most of Tully's formative years were unashamedly spent in the basement, lost in the blissful world of LPs and headphones. Avidly digesting virtually every style of music imaginable, his love of the electric guitar soon followed, as did ventures into songwriting, home recording, and eventually, the bizarre world of fronting a rock band. Through a lengthy tour-of-duty with countless club gigs and an indie CD release (1996's Everything Must Go), he steadily developed a fine reputation as a world-wisened songwriter and compelling performer, drawing flattering comparisons to artists such as Frank Black, Elvis Costello, and Cracker. Fast-forward to 1998. Tully uproots from the prairies to peddle his musical wares in Toronto. After a handful of local club dates, Tully and his new band enter the studio to record the follow-up to his debut disc. The planets align beautifully- bright young Los-Angeles based producer and longtime friend Marek happens to be in town for a pal's wedding, and Tully snags him for the sessions on a moment's notice. Fresh from engineering duties with Queens of the Stone Age, Marek swiftly captures the raw vibe of the band with a minimum of flash. Tully and mix engineer Eric Ratz (Big Sugar) then spend the next year painstakingly embellishing the tracks in local studios, adding tape echoes & loops, Mellotrons, and anything else that hurls a sonic curveball into the classic pop songwriting template. The winter of 2000 will bring the release of this extraordinary new self-titled Marshall Tully disc, an ambitious collection of three years' worth of songwriting self-autopsy. He'll also be back hitting the clubs in full swing with an all-new lineup, promising a live show more intense and dynamic than ever. Check out the artist's website: http://www.marshalltully.com Track List: 1. Pandora's Box 2. Bail 3. Chocolate and Honey 4. Class Clown 5. Blue-eyed Troublemaker 6. Frail 7. Running With the Hunted 8. Paint By Numbers 9. Too Perfect Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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