Post by nightingale on Nov 12, 2008 22:48:57 GMT -5
Rocco Deluca:
New Album ‘Mercy’ Captures Inventive Dobro Player’s Live Energy
With Help From Daniel Lanois
Release Set for March 10th (Ironworks Music)
New Album ‘Mercy’ Captures Inventive Dobro Player’s Live Energy
With Help From Daniel Lanois
Release Set for March 10th (Ironworks Music)
L.A. based acclaimed performer and songwriter Rocco DeLuca has completed
work on his latest recording ‘Mercy,’ produced by Daniel Lanois and slated
for release March 10, 2009 on Ironworks Music. Already noted for his highly
praised debut -- "this man is a star" raved Billboard -- on the new album
Rocco delivers eleven emotionally charged, soulful songs built upon the
foundation of his utterly inventive dobro playing and visceral, emotional
songwriting.
Highlights on ‘Mercy’ include the title track – a slow burning ballad that
highlights Deluca’s delicate and flawless falsetto and is backed by UK based
band Keane, “I Trust You To Kill Me” -- a driving dobro and piano centered
plea and the hard rocking “Save Yourself,” latter recently added to VH1 and
Fuse slated to be featured on the DVD for Fox’s feature length ‘24 –
Redemption’ on November 25th. The album is centered on Deluca’s innovative
playing of the resonator guitar and his multi-octave vocals -- moving
seamlessly from dark and haunted to light and crystalline.
Deluca and Lanois approached the recording of ‘Mercy’ much like the singer
approaches playing the dobro – without neither pretension nor precondition.
The duo would record one song live during the day, mix it at night, with
minimal live overdubbing of additional tracks and quickly move to the next
song the following day. From this process, the album and the songs dictated
themselves.
Lanois wanted to capture the live feel of Deluca, and the artist and
producer settled in to their efficient recording style, keeping the album,
as Deluca says, “as pure as they could.” They recorded this way for seven
days completing work on half the record before they took a quick hiatus
while Lanois worked with U2. Upon his return, they maintained their
record-during-the-day-and-mix-at-night studio structure and finished the
album.
‘Mercy’ builds upon the success Deluca found with his debut album ‘I Trust
You To Kill Me’ and subsequent documentary film featuring Kiefer Sutherland
and the band playing their way through Europe winning fans and finding their
sound along the way. Rolling Stone raved: “The echoes of Neil Young, Robert
Plant, Jeff Buckley and Pearl Jam blend into something unique, especially
when performed live. Using the Dobro steel guitar to cut deep on tracks such
as “Soul,” “Dope” and the title song, the group packs the heat and rocks
aggression to work its way into your head and stay there.” Deluca plans to
tour North America following the release of ‘Mercy’ in 2009.
‘Mercy’ track listing:
1. Mercy
2. I Trust You to Kill Me
3. The Painting
4. Open Pages
5. Nightingale
6. Save Yourself
7. Any Man
8. Lilja
9. Bright Lights (Losing Control)
10. Junky Valentine
11. When You Learn to Sing