Hard love

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New cathartic album from the American folk-rock singerIn Hard Love, Strand Of Oaks - Tim Showalter's real name - explores the balance between over-indulgence and responsibility. Retracing Showalter's decadent experiences on tour, his difficult marriage, his brother's coma, Hard Love, the singer's fifth album, overflows with raw, cheeky energy, embodied by the songs as much as by their singer.With the help of producer Nicolas Vernhes (The War On Drugs, Spoon), and guitarist Jason Anderson, Hard Love harnesses Showalter's relentless energy to distribute it across 9 of the most ambitious and incendiary tracks in Strand Of Oaks' discography. Together, they manage to capture the hedonistic vibe Showalter was seeking."Radio Kids", the first single, driven by keyboards, is an ode to youth and to the time when music was pure and simple. But if there is a sun in Hard Love, it is "On The Hill", a psychedelic tribute to three days of excess at the Boogie Festival. Then "Cry", a heartbreaking ballad, arrives, like a moment of sober and intense clarity."I want this album to be burned in celebration of the limited time we have on this earth." Like an eternal catharsis.For fans of: The War On Drugs, Phosphorescent, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, Smog, Sharon Van Etten...