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Once Again​.​.​.

by The Academy Blues Project

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Mirepoix 02:29
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Christoph's Waltz 02:21
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Move Closer to Your World 01:58
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Don't Ya Just Wanna Cry Sometimes? 02:06
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Don't ya just wanna cry sometimes?
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The Tuna Club 02:31
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Sparky 03:15
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Part of Your World 04:31
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M'jawn 02:54
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Once Again 03:33
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The Wrong Thing 05:23
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Sometimes I say the wrong thing Though I try to blame anyone else Not one among them can help When I should be blaming myself I can't pass it along I must explain That I'm ashamed For causing you pain Sometimes I say the wrong thing When I think I'm making my case Soon I can't wipe the fear from your face And the tears taking its place Can't be unsaid How was I so blind For speaking my mind With words so unkind Sometimes, I know, at the end of the day I'll be okay But this time It's too little, too late Sometimes saying the wrong thing Is saying everything but I'm sorry And hopefully making back up But this time you've gone From my empty bed Each wrong thing I said Rings in my head And sometimes, I know, at the end of the day We'll be okay, yes we will But this time It's too little, too late

about

The Academy Blues Project’s new summertime studio LP is ONCE AGAIN…, released on 23 July. The album is the second of three records that ABP will share in 2021.

ONCE AGAIN… is a bright and social record for a post pandemic world. The band set out to make a collection of vintage instrumental pop singles that could provide a jukebox “soundtrack” for the mercurial present moment: a time when friends and nations alike are phasing back toward the joys of reconnecting in person in the Summer of 2021.

As its title suggests, ONCE AGAIN… was recorded on the occasion of ABP’s own reunion as a band. The quartet got together for the first time in over a year on 14 June 2021 and captured the album in a single daylong session at the band’s 232 Studios. ABP sought to keep the new material feeling novel and instinctive through all junctures of making the record. The basic tracks were recorded in full, live takes, with mixing and mastering taking place in a span of eighteen days — all in an attempt to share the camaraderie of the recording session in the most direct way possible.

The record features ten brand new songs from The Academy Blues Project. Among them are seven original instrumentals, including “Don’t Ya Just Wanna Cry Sometimes?,” a revved-up, timely modern blues cut; “Sparky,” an organ-led ballad and invocation for the start of Side B; and “Mirepoix,” a soulful strut with big Car Wash Energy. In a first for ABP, ONCE AGAIN… also includes two covers, each aligned with the record’s communal instincts: “Move Closer To Your World,” the legendary local news theme of WPVI TV in Philadelphia (drummer Jim Bloom’s hometown); and an offbeat take on the Disney classic “Part of Your World,” which was released just in time for 4th of July BBQs as the album’s lead single. The record culminates with “The Wrong Thing,” the album’s sole track to feature vocals and a stirring final statement from the band.

Mixed and produced by ABP, mastered by Dan Millice and illustrated by Meera Dugal, The Academy Blues Project’s ONCE AGAIN… LP is available on listening platforms worldwide on 23 July 2021.

credits

released July 23, 2021

produced by The Academy Blues Project
mixed by Jim Bloom (1, 2, 9), Trevor Brown (4, 8, 10) & Ben Easton (3, 5, 6, 7)

Jim Bloom — engineering
ABP — add’l engineering
Dan Millice — mastering
Meera Dugal — artwork

performed & arranged by The Academy Blues Project:
Mark Levy — guitar, theremin, handclaps, vocals
Ben Easton — organ, upright piano, keyboards, add’l arrangements, handclaps, vox
Trevor Brown — electric bass, vox
Jim Bloom — drums, percussion, handclaps, vox

recorded at 232 Studios on June 14th, 2021 and at various homes/apartments.

tracks 1, 2, 4, 8
written by Mark Levy
published by What On Earth Music (ASCAP)

track 5, 6
written by Ben Easton
published by Jamino & Sons Music (ASCAP)

track 10
written by Ben Easton & Mark Levy
published by Jamino & Sons Music (ASCAP) and What On Earth Music (ASCAP)

track 9
written by Jim Bloom, Ben Easton & Mark Levy
published by J Alvin Publishing House (ASCAP), Jamino & Sons Music (ASCAP) and What On Earth Music (ASCAP)

track 3
written by Al Ham & Walter Liss
arranged by The Academy Blues Project
published by Haferhouse Music (ASCAP) and Mayoham Music (ASCAP)

track 7
music by Alan Menken
lyrics by Howard Ashman
arranged by The Academy Blues Project
published by Wonderland Music Company Inc. (BMI) and the Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP)

special thanks to our 2021 Summer Pledge Drive contributors, to the Golums for use of the Up-Upright Piano, to the boys of the St. Mellotron Chamberlin Choir for their dulcet tones, and to Lark Street Music for the Harvard Education.

xx,
ABP

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The Academy Blues Project (ABP) is a band from New York City. The group’s music—including three albums from 2021—blends electric storytelling with elements of rock, the namesake blues, power pop and classic soul.

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