Simone Felice Announces Self-Titled Solo Debut! Out April 2nd, 2012 - Stream First Single!

[Chloe Walsh]

Simone Felice
Simone Felice
(Team-Love; April 2nd, 2012)
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“We are in the presence of a rare, fiery brilliance.” – The Guardian

"There is a boldness to Simone's writing, the fierceness and fearlessness of complete honesty that pushes into places that simply take the breath away…some of his songs are so perfectly formed they sound like they might have been around forever... the best I have heard in a while, touching the hem of Dylan by way of Gordon Lightfoot…These songs are good enough to be sung by the whole world" – The Telegraph

"Dylan and Leonard Cohen are brought to mind, such is the depth of emotion wrought by Felice's careful approach." – BBC Radio

“Simone Felice wrote the most heart-wrenching ballad of 2009." – Esquire

When you sit in a room with Simone Felice you can hear a subtle metallic ticking noise. If you hunt for the source of the sound you'll find a scar bisecting the entire length of his chest, a visceral reminder of the open-heart surgery he was forced to undergo in the summer of 2010 after a childhood congenital defect brought him to the brink of death. Felice’s heart is his metronome, his divining rod, and the life source of his self-titled solo debut, set for release on April 2nd, 2012 via Team-Love.

Former drummer, writer and vocalist of Catskill Mountain troubadours The Felice Brothers, and the creator of folk-soul outfit The Duke & The King, Simone Felice steps into the spotlight to begin his journey as a lone artist, bearing the fruits of a lifetime of song-writing. Largely self-produced with help from Ben Lovett (Mumford & Sons), the album was recorded in deeply resonant places, settings that were as haunted in their rafters as Felice felt in his bones: a barn near his home in the woods, an old church in London, an abandoned high school building by the Hudson River. What he created in these hushed, hallowed places is music that could be called folk but that has running through it a ghostly gospel-like feel, something otherworldly. Simone Felice is strikingly simple in its arrangements while extravagant in its emotional impact. Each track is rife with intricate imagery and captivating storytelling, not surprisingly, as Simone is an acclaimed wordsmith, published poet and novelist.

As with his prose, Felice conveys his often mournful tales of star-crossed lovers and beautiful losers with remarkable empathy, giving each a deeply personal feeling. “Courtney Love” is less recriminationthan rumination on the loneliness in all of us that can lead to reckless, desperate behavior. Lead single "You & I Belong" (with friends from Mumford & Sons) finds Felice praising each new morning, an increasingly difficult chore in today's pixilated world of seven billion distractions. The darkly exquisite “New York Times” presents a commanding lyrical onslaught about the dire state of the front page news. The track can be heard today streaming exclusively at the Paste Magazine website: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/12/song-premiere-simone-felice---new-york-times.html

The album is available for pre-order now via the Team-Love website and comes in two unique packages both including instant downloads of the album's first song “Hey Bobby Ray”, a stunning choral track featuring The Felice Brothers and a girls’ choir from Simone’s hometown, the Catskill High School Trebleaires. For more information please visit www.team-love.com<http://www.team-love.com/>.

Tracklisting:
1. Hey Bobby Ray                   6. Charade
2. You & I Belong                   7. Dawn Brady’s Song
3. New York Times                8. Gimme All You Got
4. Courtney Love                   9. Sharon Tate
5. Stormy-Eyed Sarah           10. Splendor in the Grass

To celebrate the release of his self-titled debut, Felice will be appearing at The Bowery Ballroom on March 30, 2012, accompanied this one night only by a few very special guests, as well as his core band, the hauntingly harmonious Simone Felice Group. Tickets are available now:http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0000478FE18DAF94

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For more information on Simone Felice contact Chloe Walsh at Press Here – 212 246 2640. Chloe(at)PressHerePublicity.com<http://PressHerePublicity.com>




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