Alternative country star Ryan Adams has wasted no time delivering on his promises for new music as eager fans await his return after a year long drought from his music in 2018. Today the singer songwriter released the new “Doylestown Girl,” girl which is set to be released off his new album Big Colors, which is set to be released on Aprile 19th.
This new track sees the songwriter picking up with a new intimate and interpersonal songwriting style which takes off from his last release Prisoner. Taking its name from the Pennsylvania town of the same name Adams laments about love and heartbreak over acoustic guitars and synthesizers reminiscent of early Bruce Springsteen.
Earlier this week Adams announced that he would be releasing a series of three albums on social media stating “Remember that year when I released 3 records.Let’s do it again.” This was in reference to 2005 when the singer-songwriter released three albums in the span of seven months which included Cold Roses in May 2005, Jacksonville City Nights in September 2005 and 29 which was released in December 2005.
This announcement contradicted the claims that he made earlier in 2018, when he stated that he had four records “on the shelf,” including a project entitled Blackhole. One project was not officially announced while other two were titled Prisoner 2 and Prisoner 3, which were direct sequels to his 2017 album Prisoner. In a since deleted tweet the singer stated “I have amazing fans. I want them to be able to hear my songs while I’m here. Released my way. To play them for you live.”
Adams Prisoner, was highly acclaimed receiving praise from mxdwn’s own staff for its confessional style and for sounding as “classic and resilient as ever.” This project discussed Adam’s recent divorce and trauma affected by the death of someone close to him.
“For me, the big shadow illuminating things for fans will be that this record is directly related to my divorce [from Mandy Moore], and to what was going on inside me – how I endured it and where I was in my emotions at that time – and they wouldn’t be wrong,” Adams explained in an interview with NME. ” I didn’t want to make a mistake and avoid it…I believe in art, and it sounds so stupid – but I think it’s more stupid to pretend that things aren’t happening to you and write some bland fucking useless bullshit.”
Adams also stated that the process was therapeutic and meant to be enjoyed with fans on a personal level. This album was meant to be more than simply “background noise,” in his opinion.
“I don’t wanna be that. I don’t wanna write music for people on fucking boats – you know? That’s not who I am. So I chose to honestly say: I’m going through this,” Adams further elaborated in the interview. “I chose to extract and evaluate and find out what part of this pain and seduction and mistrust are worthy of being extracted and then re-romanticise it in some way. Because ultimately, however bad a situation is for people, especially if it’s a condition of love or some internal dialogue, I think most people would agree that when you look back on it, those times are well remembered.”
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