So Long, by Paul & The Tall Trees

So Long

by Paul & The Tall Trees

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JML damn, really? only 29 other people on the planet have bought this absolute gem of an album? this is going to be one of those albums that someone is going to wake up one day and tell the world about, all the while apologizing for sleeping on it for so long. Favorite track: Over The Echoes.

Mubla Na Thguob This is great! Just found this band today, but listened straight through twice. Favorite track: Although We Cry.

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1.	Although We Cry 02:40	buy track
2.	Then We'll Wave (So Long) 03:01	buy track
3.	Shining 04:19	buy track
4.	Someone To Someone 03:49	buy track
5.	Over The Echoes 05:56	buy track
6.	Beware 03:34	buy track
7.	My God (I Remember '98) 02:29	buy track
8.	Ask Me 02:33	buy track
9.	Patiently Awaiting 02:34	buy track
10.	Numerous Times 04:42	buy track

about

Paul Schalda is a poet, perhaps a bit of a tortured soul, a hopeless romantic, and a guy from Staten Island. That last bit might not make sense to people who aren’t from New York. Let’s say that it puts the blue in his collar and sticks his feet to the ground. Paul’s music seems to embody the unexpected overlap of The Band’s Americana, Ian MacKaye's unhinged emotion, Otis Redding’s raw soul, and the doo-wop melodies his father, Bill Schalda Sr. (a member of Brooklyn vocal group, The Montereys) raised him on. His sophomore album is produced by long time collaborator and old friend Tommy Brenneck and Big Crown’s own Leon Michels. For the people who are already fans of Paul’s debut Our Love In Light, the growth and maturity will be impossible to miss.
So Long reads and feels like you snuck in his room and read his journal. Deeply personal and heartfelt, he takes on a variety of topics in the songs, the common thread being the vulnerability and passion he delivers them with. The opener “Although We Cry” is perhaps a perfect example what makes Paul’s music so unique. He finds a way to cut right to the bone, entirely emotional and simultaneously emotionless...“Although we cry, we are not meant to be”. The title track “Then We’ll Wave (So Long)” puts Paul amongst the great storytellers of song; tension, misdirection, and irony all play a part in taking one of the most sung about topics in life; love, and putting a brand new twist on it. Paul spent some years out on the road playing guitar in The Extraordinaires backing the late great Charles Bradley where they became close friends. During that time he penned a few songs for Charles, one of which he wound up recording himself. That song, “Beware” showcases another side of P&TTT’s range, a gritty, driving, warning tune where the band has a chance to get funky. One thing you hear in Schalda’s music, no matter which song, is that the road hasn’t been easy. His voice can be hauntingly harsh, yet hopeful and tender, raucous and gravelly one moment, smooth and intimate the next.
Even though he is being compared to the famous groups and musicians mentioned above, he can only call it Rock and Roll and be humbled. “I’m very lucky to be able to do this,” Schalda says. “And I’m extremely happy. Especially for my father. He worked hard for his sons and this record.”

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released September 6, 2019

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Paul & The Tall Trees New York, New York

Paul Schalda – one part of a crazily talented musical family from Staten Island, NY– seems to embody the unexpected overlap of Buffalo Springfield’s rock, The Band’s Americana, John Lennon’s appeal and activism, and Otis Redding’s raw, warm soul.

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