CANADIAN SONGWRITER RETURNS WITH HIS HYBRID, UNCLASSIFIABLE COUNTRY SOUNDDaniel Romano is an artist, poet, musician, and performer based in Ontario. A brilliant multi-instrumentalist who defies all musical experimentation, Romano has an unparalleled ability to make the languages of melody, form, lyrical construction, and sonic arrangements speak. Relevant, the album *Modern Pressure* will almost certainly prove to be Romano's most exploratory album to date. The twelve tracks pick up where the acclaimed *Mosey* from 2016 left off. With the eye of an outside observer, Daniel Romano addresses serious and current topics. He wishes to communicate a message of empathy and solidarity.The recording phase of *Modern Pressure* took place in a small studio in the isolated town of Finnsas, Sweden, during August 2016 (with strings and brass added at Baldwin Street Sound in Toronto in October 2016). Recorded by long-time collaborator Kenneth Meehan, this album required a frantic pace of work that lends itself to the nature of the songs themselves. For fans of: Gram Parsons, Hazlewood, Johnny Cash, The Cowboy Junkies...