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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Harper Simon Releases New LP
<i>Division Street</i></span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Sophomore Album Out March 26<sup>th</sup>, 2013</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Free Download, “Bonnie Brae” Available TODAY from Harper's Facebook
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Los Angeles, CA—December 6<sup>th</sup>, 2012</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">-- We’re excited to announce the return of
<b>Harper Simon</b>, who has announced the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut with new album
<b><i>Division Street</i></b>, produced by <b>Tom Rothrock</b> (Elliott Smith, Beck) via Tulsi Records / [PIAS] America, out
<b>March 26<sup>th</sup>, 2013</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Harper’s</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> self-titled album saw the relative newcomer recording in Nashville with legendary producer
<b>Bob</b> <b>Johnston</b> (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen). The album was a critical success, with
<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b> calling it “a gorgeous collection of vintage-sounding country-folk tunes,” and
<b><i>American Songwriter</i></b> called Harper “a real star in the making.” In the US, Harper performed on Late Night TV shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live. With
<b><i>Division Street</i></b>, Harper dives into new musical territory accompanied by new stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">“I see the character in the song ‘Division Street’ as being at a moment where life can go a couple different ways,” says Simon of the title track from the new record. “I think these songs tend
to be like a snapshot of a character at a pivotal moment. They could go this way or that way on the metaphorical Division Street: up or down, negative or positive, to the light or to self-destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">“Or they’re looking back at a moment they didn’t recognize as pivotal,” he says, “because we rarely do.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Division Street</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> is a departure for Simon: it features a sound that’s much more driven by electric guitars than his alt country-flavored debut. “The mission was
to make the kind of Rock ‘n’ Roll record I would want to listen to myself,” he says. “Which sounds simple but is, in fact, incredibly difficult.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB">Simon co-produced
<b><i>Division Street</i></b> with Tom Rothrock, who produced three albums for Elliott Smith (<i>Either/Or</i>,
<i>XO </i>and <i>Figure 8</i>) and Beck’s first album <i>Mellow Gold, </i>among others.<i>
</i>As the team worked, the album’s sound grew rougher around the edges. “I felt challenged and inspired by the idea of making a modern psychedelic folk-rock album, a Tom Rothrock production like
<i>XO</i>, but then the Velvet Underground and the Stones kept entering in,” says Simon. “Elliott Smith was very influenced by the Beatles but my guitar playing is more influenced by Keith Richards. And I kept wanting to emphasize more lo-fi elements.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Division Street</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> was recorded with a small coterie of guest musicians—including Pete Thomas from Elvis Costello’s Attractions on drums, Nikolai Fraiture from the
Strokes on bass, vocals by Inara George, Feist’s musical director Brian LeBarton playing synths, as well as Nate Walcott from Bright Eyes and Wilco’s Mikael Jorgensen. “I’m very lucky,” says Simon. “Everybody that we asked to come and guest on the record showed
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The first taste of the album is available to hear now in the shape of
<b>“Bonnie Brae</b>,<b>”</b> as a free download and available from </span><b><u>Harper Simon's
</u></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harper-Simon/110852223604"><b>Facebook</b></a><b><u> or via Soundcloud
</u></b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/pias/harper-simon-bonnie-brae/s-uJnb4"><b>HERE</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b>.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB"> See you on <b><i>Division Street</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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