The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Ben Folds
The Church
Coldplay
Ray Davies
Death Cab For Cutie
Peter Gabriel
Robert Lamm
The Left Banke
Graham Nash
The Posies
Radiohead
R.E.M.
Sigur Rós
Yann Tiersen
Tom Waits
Yes
The Zombies
WE SHOULD HANG IN THE MUSEUM - (Single 4) Released August 25, 2009
LISTENING IN (From "My Mom's New Boyfriend") - (Single 3) Released July 28, 2009
I TOOK AN OATH - (Single 2) Released June 23, 2009
NOWHERE - (Single 1) Released May 26, 2009
Ian's album title is certainly a bold declaration, and one listen to the delicate swoon of the lullaby-like track that bears its name will convince listeners that it's also an invitation. Ian's latest studio album is full of warmth, waltz, and his patented soaring chorus.
Ian has fashioned an album of 11 distinct sounding songs that somehow seem like they were always destined to exist on the same slab of plastic together. From the hyper-nostalgic pop hooks of "Memorial Day Parade" to the quiet hush of "Small Town, Big Hearts," "This Is The Sound" indeed sounds like little else out there.
It's full of Ian's signature piano sounds, not to mention lush organs, quirky synths, chiming guitars, and glockenspiel.
It also marks Ian's first time producing. Alongside John Mosloskie of Holler, Wild Rose! Fame (who not only co-produces but plays, sings and presumably dances on the record), Ian was determined to create something organic, cinematic and, well, catchy. That was the vision behind "This Is The Sound" when it was being written by Ian and his songwriting partner, Chris Newkirk.
Ian's songs have appeared in the indie film "Off The Black" starring Nick Nolte, the Meg Ryan/Antonio Banderas feature "My Mom's New Boyfriend," the extreme ski flick "One," as well as on an internationally released compilation that included Duncan Sheik among others and a Posies tribute album.
Piano man Ian McGlynn gives a taste of what's to come with the first single from his forthcoming album. Coming across like Death Cab For Cutie masquerading as an eighties band, "Memorial Day Parade" features quirky synth leads, chiming guitars and an aching falsetto. The b-sides include a gorgeously sparse take on The National's "Mistaken For Strangers" and a wistful, cinematic instrumental.
Coming off like the lovechild of Ben Folds and Badly Drawn Boy, Ian shows his fun, sweet side on his latest EP.
Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited (The Posies Tribute Album Project, courtesy Burning Sky Records)
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