{"id":27497,"date":"2016-04-20T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T16:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=27497"},"modified":"2016-04-20T15:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T13:38:22","slug":"premiere-josiah-bonnevilles-cold-blood-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/premiere-josiah-bonnevilles-cold-blood-2\/","title":{"rendered":"[Premiere] Josiah & The Bonnevilles – Cold Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the\u00a0singer\/songwriter market may be one of the most oversaturated of all genres, it’s safe to say that we’ve come across a handful of\u00a0new releases that have modernized this space with lush arrangements (Father John Misty), electric guitars (Julien Baker), and DIY bedroom aesthetics (Alex G).\u00a0So while the singer\/songwriter realm\u00a0has\u00a0become forward-thinking, it’s still always exciting when a new artist emerges, harkening back to mid-1960’s Bob Dylan. Lucky for us,\u00a0Tennessee’s Josiah Leming’s newest project, Josiah & The Bonnevilles<\/strong>, which also features Stephen Johnson on guitar and Josh Nyback on bass & kick, does just that with debut\u00a0single “Cold Blood”, which we’re excited\u00a0to be premiering on these very pages.<\/p>\n

Here, Josiah<\/strong>‘s authenticity and top-notch songwriting shine through, as it’s quite obvious that the emotion\u00a0comes from a very real place. “I wrote Cold Blood when I was living between Vegas on my own and in LA with my ex, it was not an easy song to write”, he explains, “I’m not sure if it’s a break up song, or a song about being a failure, or a fraud, I guess it’s a mix of all of those things”.<\/p>\n

Their\u00a0genuine 60’s-folk throwback sound is obvious and comes from a number of things: “at the time I was listening heavily to Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt whose music played a big role in the\u00a0production approach… That, and having to be resourceful budget-wise, for instance, the background singer on “Cold Blood” and “Can You Hear It”, Elizabeth Hopkinson, was someone I found on Craigslist”.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out Josiah & The Bonnevilles’ upcoming tour<\/a> and\u00a0Cold Blood\u00a0<\/em>EP, which will be released this Friday through\u00a0Vagrant Records.<\/h4>\n