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The man inspires devotion. The turnaround fromcasual listener to evangelist is nearly instantaneous. Play his music during a road trip withfriends and inevitably someone will ask, "Who is this?" And a lifelong fan is born. Suchis the unaffected power of these songs, of this voice. Chris Staples fandom is rewardingand lasting (despite his understated approach to promoting his own work, which - as itshould be with all artists - seems secondary to the effort he puts into the making of it).We follow where he leads, and our numbers are growing.A phenomenally dexterous guitarist, Staples has spent much of his career so far as abacking musician for other artists. Over the years he's played with J. Tillman, laterknown as Father John Misty, and toured the world as a member of Telekinesis. Nevercontent for long, Staples also travels on his own, never settling, never staid. A seasonedcarpenter, he sustains his journeyman lifestyle by working construction jobs wherever hefinds himself living. In the spring of 2014, having recently decamped to the Northwest,Chris Staples happened to do some work on the home of Josh Rosenfeld, co-founder andhead of Seattle's renowned Barsuk Records.One night, Rosenfeld sat down to dinner with Matthew Caws and Michael BenjaminLerner, members of Nada Surf and Telekinesis respectively. Rosenfeld recalls, "I knewChris from his days in Telekinesis and told Michael that he was installing a screen door atmy house. He and Matthew both told me that I had to hear Chris's new record, which,thankfully, I did." The two songwriters raved about the album, and insisted that Barsukhad to release it. Rosenfeld - and the entire staff of the label - agreed heartily, andAmerican Soft became Staples' debut Barsuk release. Continues Rosenfeld, "The hooksare great - subtle and elegant - and his voice has a soft raspy ease to it that I could listento all day."American Soft is a bicoastal record, written partly in Washington State, the hardworkingtimberland home to grizzled locals and Midwestern expatriates, and also in Florida, thewild and weird American outland known as much for strange crime and cutting- edgenightclubs as for family theme parks and extravagant retirement communities. Stapleswrote portions of American Soft while squatting in his abandoned childhood home, aPensacola bungalow empty save for an old piano. "I slept on a Coleman cot for twomonths. The yard was overgrown up to my waist," Staples remembers. "The neighborlady across the street used to babysit me. I ran into her one day and she didn't evenrecognize me. I hadn't seen her in 15 years."American Soft's musical ideas are at once diverse and cohesive, the lyrics both direct andlushly impressionistic. The sunny "Black Tornado," built around a spritely ukulelestrummed to a looped handclap-and-kickdrum beat, stands as the record's poppiest trackeven as the foreboding cyclone shows up in the chorus. Upon first listen, the soft andsublime "Dark Side of the Moon" plays as a simple and strong declaration of a desire tolove. On that level it works beautifully and completely satisfies. However, the titlesuggests something more, some deeper connection to the classic album with which it's shared. Indeed, Staples' gorgeous "Dark Side of the Moon" is more than the sweet, gentlelove song it seems on first listen; it is a dream of a dream of a dream."The Pink Floyd album of the same name is pretty vague in its meaning," Staplesexplains. "It's the second-best selling album of all time. There are message boardsdedicated to interpretations of Dark Side of the Moon. I've read hundreds ofinterpretations of what this album means exactly. My song is based on someone's idea ofwhat that album is about. It's really a song about people who obsess about hiddenmessages or meanings. Maybe the album meant nothing and that's why it resonated withso many people. It was vague enough for people to construct these visions within thealbum Pink Floyd made."Staples' songs are, in the tradition of the best songwriters, fantastically economical. Nomoment is wasted, no idea indulged beyond necessity. Instrumental breaks occur butdon't linger, serving their purpose and slipping quickly back into verses. American Softfeatures only a single traditional bridge, on the straight-ahead almost-rocker "NeedlePark," which finishes with a short dual-guitar explosion, an explosion which endssuddenly, as suddenly as it began, a fleeting moment leaves us wanting more, alwaysmore, in the best way. Chris Staples has devoted the whole of his life to fostering thatillusive magic, to passing it on, to giving and giving 'til it's all gone. Fortunately for us,he's only just begun.Barsuk Records will release Chris Staples' American Soft on August 12th, 2014. ░ ░ ▒░ ░▒ ▓▒ ▒▓ █▓▄ ▄▓█ ▀█▄█ █▄█▀ ▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄ ██▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓██ █▄▀ ▀▄█ █ · ·< GREETINGS >· · █ ▄% %▄ █▀ ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ Shout out to all of those who keep the dream of the scene alive. ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ Special thanks to those who have paved the way and parted. ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ We miss you! ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ ▀█ ▄% %▄ █▀ ▀█ █% ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ %█ █▀▄ ▄▄▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▄▄ ▄▀█ ██▓▄ ▀ ▄▄█▄█▄█▄▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄ ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄█▄█▄█▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▓██ ▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▓▀ ▀▀█▀█▀█▀▀▀▀▄▄▄ ▀▀█▀▀ ▄▄▄▀▀▀▀█▀█▀█ ▀▀▓▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▄█▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀█▄█▀▀ █▄▄▄▄ ▀▀█ █ █▀▀ ▄▄▄▄██ ▀▀█▄█▀▀ ▄▄▄█▀█▄ █▓▀ ▀▀▀▄██▄▄ ▀ ▄▄██▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ █ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀██▄▄ ▀ ▄██▄▀▀▀ ▀▓█ ▓▒ ▀▀██▄▄▄█▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀ ▒▓ ▒░ ▀▀ + ▄ + ▀▀ ░▒ ░ ▀▄▄▄ o ▄▄▄▄▀ ░ ▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀ ░ ░ ▓ https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bnn7zasfppjvq2hc4dqck2rfeou ▓ ▀▀▄ ▄▀▀ ▄ █ █ ▄ █ █ █ █ ▀▄▄▀ ▀▄▄▀