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Bio Patchwork is the rotating lineup of musicians surrounding songwriter, Jeremiah Nelson. The long awaited Work and Worry EP, out March 1st, showcases the group’s finest tunes to date Patchwork combines poignant folk insight, catchy grooves and indie braininess to form an affecting portrait of the human condition. You can catch Patchwork on tour in solo and duo form throughout 2007. Nelson will be assuming guitar and vocal duties and will doing select dates with violinist, Shawn Drake. The live show is an impressively dynamic experience as songs are reworked and rearranged live with deft precision and focus. Adventurous songwriting and jazz tinged arrangements compliment Nelson's point-blank vocals and Shawn Drake's classical-meets-country wizardry. Always one to play the room, Nelson draws from an expansive catalogue of original tunes and grade-A covers running from Tin Pan Alley blues to obscure indie rocker detritus to tailor-make the night’s set. You can expect to hear an original set that explores nearly every nook and cranny in the emotional spectrum with ambient loops and jazzy segues. . . . In addition to Patchwork, Nelson has been active in other projects as a studio musician and recording engineer, flexing multi-instrumentalist chops on They the Down Low’s 2006 release Americana Bauxdivine (Pastoral Records) and engineering several records from Restless Recording, a small recording collective in Oshkosh, WI. The Inkwell Collective’s beautifully orchestrated “National Bellwether” Ep and Paul Otteson’s intimate collection, “Watchman” were tracked and mixed at Restless by Nelson as well as the legendary Jazz Orgy with their swampy full length, “Do It Tour”. Press Release The past 12 months have added up to an impressive year for Patchwork. As a follow up to the challenging and epic "Dancing on a Fallen Sky" (2005 self release) Nelson has reinvented himself and company as the world's most versatile rock band on their new "Work and Worry" Ep, out March 1st 2007. "The last one was real mellow and sad. I wanted to do something completely different this time. ‘Dancing’ is rainy day music; this [Work & Worry] is driving music” says, Nelson. The EP, clocking in at just under 30 minutes, poses itself like a challenge, with 6 tracks covering immense stylistic territory from the gritty dance rock "Blue, Black and Green" to the Beatle-esque jangle of "Laura Lee" to the symphonic entropy of "Chasing Down the Sun” Nelson's songwriting imprint is unmistakable. Adam Cargin (Blueheels, New Kentucky Quarter) steps into the ever augmenting cast of Patchwork to lend a masterful flair for arranging and an outright abusive drumming approach on the rowdier tracks. “IT’S JUST WORK AND WORRY KEEPIN’ US WARM” sings Nelson over a torrent of distorted guitars and pounding drums. Catchy grooves and a tasteful indie production are at the forefront of this Ep but once stripped away there is nothing but well written songs. |
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