Marc Carroll - (It Was) Lust Not Love
Irish Songwriter, Marc Carroll returns with a new single ‘(It Was) Lust Not Love’ on 22nd October. This 3 minute adrenalin pop song is a precursor for his diverse and eclectic new studio album, ‘Stone Beads & Silver’ which is slated for a 28th January release.
Relocated for many years to Los Angeles , his 3 studio albums released over the last decade have been hugely acclaimed and last year saw a career retrospective ‘In Silence’.
The new single and its forthcoming parent album were recorded in Los Angeles and Woodstock and whereas previously he played all instruments on his solo recordings, for the new record he opted to draft in a host of high ranking musicians to play on the songs.
"I didn’t want to play it all myself this time," explains Carroll. "I wanted to bring a different feel to some of the songs. These weren’t a bunch of 3-minute guitar songs. I knew who I wanted to play on the songs as I was writing them and the record benefits from that approach.
"These people are all great at what they do, have an ethos, a way of life that puts music first or makes music an intimate part of their lives. They come from different musical environments but the ethic is the same, they understand the depth and variety and history of American music in particular, which is important to me."
For the first time Marc drafted in a defacto producer - Grammy Award winner Chris Testa (Jimmy Eat World, Band Of Horses, Dixie Chicks) to work alongside him on the sessions in Los Angeles. "I liked Chris when I met him and I think we worked well together. I thought it would be interesting to let someone else in on the act."
And the people filling the ranks of Marc’s studio band are amongst the best working in American music today, including Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), Nelson Bragg & Probyn Gregory (Brian Wilson), McKenzie Smith (Midlake) as well as former Bob Dylan sideman and Levon Helm band leader, Larry Campbell - the album is yet another turning point in his long and often varied career.
Consistently refusing to be moulded into one particular genre, the new album underlines what one critic said about his previous work "He evokes widescreen Americana with a flourish that many contemporaries can only dream of".