Grackles Release Second Album Grackles Deux: The Grackling
ALBUM RELEASE SHOW ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER 20 AT THE CONTINENTAL CLUB
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Austin’s own “supergroup” of sorts, Grackles, led by vocalist/guitarist Noah Lit alongside drummer Jimmy Paxson (Keith Urban, The Chicks), keyboardist/producer Kyle Crusham (Paul Simon) and GRAMMY Award winning blues artist Jason Mozersky today released Grackles Deux: The Grackling.
The group will celebrate the album in an album release show announced today at the Continental Club on Saturday, September 20. Tickets will be available that day.
The Austin Chronicle said of the new music, “Their sound is polished and self-assured, basking in the confidence of the core musicians and their collaborators. It’s fitting, given that the band is primarily a passion project for a group of seasoned friends and musicians.”
Yesterday, Amplify Music Magazine premiered the song “Baja,” saying the song is a “breath of fresh air filled with rich lyrics and melodies that transport you away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.”
Recently Lit performed live on Austin’s Sun Radio, and KUTX will feature the single “There Will Be Time” as a Song of the Day.
In an “only in Austin” story, Lit, who co-owns the Austin East Side hot spot Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches, gathered his fellow studio musicians during their off time to create a second album following last year’s Grackles. Huddled together at Austin’s iconic Arlyn Studios, the group–consisting of vocalist/guitarist Noah Lit, drummer Jimmy Paxson (Keith Urban, The Chicks), keyboardist/producer Kyle Crusham (Paul Simon) and GRAMMY Award winning blues artist Jason Mozersky–camped out with tequila and fajitas and jammed, eventually inviting more of the Austin music community to join as guest artists. The result is 12 tracks with lush instrumentations including everything from strings to horns to a Hammond B3 organ.
“Austin is creativity – in music, in food, in culture,” said Lit. “It’s only fitting that we tapped into the spirits at Arlyn with a group of off duty Austin musicians.”
ABOUT GRACKLES
What began as a session without any expectation transformed into a creative wellspring that would take the form of their second full-length album. The earnest lyrics in songwriter and singer Noah Lit’s trademark baritone voice paired with vintage guitars, pedal steel, Hammond B3, string arrangements and dense background vocals combines rock, Americana and blues and brings to mind artists like Bruce Springsteen, Orville Peck, The Magnetic Fields, and The Mountain Goats.
Helmed by Lit, Grackles began as a side project of sorts for collaborators Jimmy Paxson, Kyle Crusham and GRAMMY Award winning blues artist Jason Mozersky. The outing’s first album emerged, last year’s Grackles, during a rare window of downtime—Jimmy on break from touring with The Chicks, Kyle between sessions with Paul Simon.
The follow up to Grackles, Grackles Deux: The Grackling, emerged from a break in a series of uncomfortable obligations. In their off time, Grackles found the inspiration they didn’t know they were looking for, and the result is 12 genre-spanning tracks of expertly performed arrangements and songs delving beyond the mundane of day to day life into a deeper beauty.
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