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All Kindsa Worry
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All Kindsa Worry
Released: Aug 13, 2008
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    All Kindsa Worry

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    Taboo

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    Wirey Frame

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General Info

  • Genre: Alternative / Americana / Rock

    Location San Diego, California, US

    Profile Views: 77476

    Last Login: 3/15/2013

    Member Since 12/24/2005

    Website www.mikepress.com

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  • Bio

    My new CD " KEEP YOUR HEAD" is complete and now available for sale on CD baby and itunes ( itunes In Oct.). Also up and running is my new website www.mikepress.com you can go ahead and jut click the link on this page to get there....The Cd features 12 songs and was recorded in two parts. The first half was recorded in Cambridge at High and Dry ( Mark Sandman's old digs) and features Boston greats such as Steve Mayonne, Jeremy Moses Curtis, Jabe Beyer and the unique drum stylings of Billy Conway (Morphine/Twinemen). The second half was recorded in San diego with local engineer, guitarist /bassist Kyle Thompson, myself on the drums and some lap steel from TX. guitar hero Joe Amato. All this with a brand new baby on my lap! Thanks to those who helped out and thanks to youz about to buy..."KEEP YOUR HEAD" Reviews of "Keep Your Head" !!!!!! JUST IN 11/24/07 http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=5174 http://www.shotgunreviews.com Mike Press .... ..You should create your own ..MySpace Layouts.. like me by using ..nUCLEArcENTURy...COM's ..MySpace Profile Editor..!.. .... - Genre: 'Alt/Country' - Release Date: '2007' Our Rating: "Our love was a train wreck in the stars," sings Mike Press (http://www.mikepress.com) on "Tears of Goodbye (Wayward People's Hearts)." After hearing that, I was convinced that Press' music was rooted in something else besides Americana. Sure enough, Press' site categorizes him as indie rock as well, and the result is a record with enough lap-steel guitar and country jangle to appeal to the American South but lyrically can reel in introspective college kids on the East and West Coasts. It's a juggling act that's not easy to handle, but Press executes it with a wry sense of humour, enigmatic yet catchy songwriting, and toe-tapping melodies. Fans of Wilco's three-headed monster of country, alternative rock, and folk should dive in and enjoy the waters immediately. But credit must be given to Press for pushing the boundaries of Americana. "Taboo," for example, opens with a moody, throaty baritone a la Leonard Cohen. While I would've loved to keep hearing Press sing in that range, the moment that the track picks up, shedding its pleasant opening acoustic strumming for a rootsy jam, is invigorating. "Barista" and the aforementioned "Tears of Goodbye (Wayward People's Hearts)" are probably the slowest tunes on the record yet they're also among the most emotionally involving. You might not always understand what Press is singing about; however, his lyrics are always interesting and are never dull. You actually want to spend your whole evening trying to decipher their whole meanings. .......... ..........

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  • Sounds Like

    REVIEW FROM WHISPERIN' and a Hollerin' 11/23/07 Listen to the lyrics of Mike Press quite carefully. What may seem like an innocuous roots-rock or acoustic-pop track have hidden gems of sly wit. This may be obvious from the opener, “Teams,” wherein Press laments, “I have a history of bad credit obligations.” Because of his soft-spoken, warm singing, you might not notice those barbed confessions slipping through his ringing guitar riffs. And Press’ clever wordplay and sense of humor is probably what entertained me the most about his CD, Keep Your Head. Expecting a straightforward Americana record, what I heard instead was a singer/songwriter with a poet’s hand. It makes me wish that Press had included a lyric sheet on his album because there is some terrific writing here, an alternative-rock spirit seeping through the country-flavored arrangements. “I got no money, but I’m buying people drinks,” Press sings on “Taboo.” It’s that kind of real-life dialogue that music, no matter what genre, needs more of these days. More than half of the cuts on this CD will be spinning on the player for a while with prime choices being the slow, melancholy, and piano-driven “Tears of Goodbye (Wayward People’s Hearts)” and “Katie Baton Rouge,” with its smoking groove. Official Website: http://www.mikepress

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