SHADWICK WILDE RELEASES “WITHOUT YOU” FROM HIS FOREVER HOME ALBUM OUT
ON SEPTEMBER 22 VIA SOFABURN RECORDS
Listen to “Without You” : HERE
Louisville based artist Shadwick Wilde has released “Without You,” the second single from his first proper solo album in 12 years Forever Home due out September 22 on SofaBurn Records, produced by renowned Nashville drummer Ken Coomer (Billy Bragg, Will Hoge, Margo Price, Vance Joy, Al Green, Wilco and Uncle Tupelo). The limited edition colored vinyl versions of the album are available for pre–order HERE.
“Without You” is an existentialist love ballad… examining the frailty of memory, the truth of impermanence, and our clinging to one another. Wilde, who lives with major depressive disorder, is a self-described Buddhist-Nihilist, but credits meditation, therapy and a focus on compassion and presence to saving his life. The recording of this album was a practice in surrender for Shadwick… Coomer pushed for live recording and minimal takes to preserve the spontaneity of the creative process, and to let the songs unfold on their own. “Without You” was the first song recorded live as a group with Shadwick on guitar, Coomer on Drums, and Ted Pecchio on Bass. Sam Wilson was brought in to add some beautifully tasteful guitar work, and Shadwick overdubbed piano and synthesizer parts, resulting in a beautiful rich orchestration to juxtapose the song’s darker subject matter.
“Without You” follows the release of the single “Easy Rider” that Glide Magazine said “though the instrumentation and songwriting feel heavily drawn from a more traditional approach to Americana, the production and vocal styling feels more akin to more modern pop sensible acts like Bahamas. Wilde’s voice is smooth and personable with a natural warble and an effortless ability to take to falsetto notes to great effect.”
After passing through San Francisco, Havana, and Amsterdam in his itinerant youth, a relatively stable homebase in Louisville, Kentucky, only spurred the singer-songwriter to fill his time with creative projects. Cutting his teeth as a guitarist for a series of punk and hardcore bands, Shadwick began writing his own songs, debuting his work with the now-out-of-print album Unforgivable Things (2010) and forming the first iteration of Quiet Hollers.
After their first album, 2013’s midwestern-rootsy I Am the Morning, Quiet Hollers worked at a staggering pace, releasing a record every two years, producing charming videos, generating effusive press, and tenaciously touring the U.S. and Europe. This whirlwind of activity resulted in their breakthrough self-titled sophomore album; the sprawling and ambitious follow-up, Amen Breaks; and swelling ranks of converts won over by the band’s transcendent live shows. This period of breakneck activity is perhaps best represented by the group’s video for “Pressure,” which features the five Hollers being summarily flattened by the professional wrestler Kongo Kong, an apt metaphor for a remorseless music industry. After a decade of this relentless cycle, Shadwick decided to get off the album release tour cycle merry go round, and ushered in the most prolific writing period of his career. The result was the Quiet Hollers’ 2022 release Forever Chemicals and the stunning ten songs that comprise Forever Home recorded at Coomer’s Cartoon Moon studio in Nashville.
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TOUR DATES
July 29 – The 5 Spot – Nashville, TN ** (with Chris Crofton)
Aug 4 – Seven Sense Festival – Louisville, KY**
Aug 5 – The Redmoor – Cincinnati, OH **
Aug 17 – Gman Tavern – Chicago, IL**^ (with Nathan Graham )
Aug 18 – The Blind Pig – Ann Arbor, MI**^(with Annie Bacon)
Aug 19 – Orbit Room – Bloomington, IN**^
Aug 24 – Preservation Pub – Knoxville, TN**
Aug 25 – Static Age – Asheville, NC**^ (with Gold Light, The Floral Hygienists)
Aug 26 – Big Lick Brewing – Roanoke, VA**
Aug 27 – The Pie Shop – Washington, DC**
(with GXB, Ammonite)
Aug 28 – Tellus 360 – Lancaster, PA**
Aug 29 – Pianos – New York, NY**^ (with Colebrook, J WOLF)
Aug 30 – Old Major – Baltimore, MD**^
Aug 31 – Rambling House – Columbus, OH**^
Sept 15 – Mom’s Basement – Birmingham, AL**
Sept 16 – Carrollton Station – New Orleans, LA**
Sept 15 – Mom’s Basement – Birmingham, AL**
Sept 20 – The 13th Floor – Austin, TX**
Sept 21 – Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX**
Sept 23 – Guestroom Records – Oklahoma City, OK
Sept 23 – The Colony – Tulsa, OK**
Sept 24 – Replay Lounge – Lawrence, KS**
** w/ Quiet Hollers
^ w/ Lacey Guthrie