The longer I keep joking that Rum Bar Records will eventually work with every great artist from the Boston garage/punk scene, the less it seems like a joke and the more it seems like an inevitability! The latest feather in Malibu Lou's cap is the addition of Kevin Stevenson to the Rum Bar family. Longtime leader of Lowell-based greats The Shods, Stevenson will be releasing his first-ever solo album, Reality Alley, on Rum Bar this fall. Stevenson, one of the finest songwriters of his generation and one of the world's greatest ambassadors of the "Boston sound," has not released new music in quite some time. The worldwide rock and roll community is blessed to have him back in the game! Reality Alley was recorded with producer George Priniotakis while Stevenson was living in the Exarchia neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It was completed at Wonka Sound in Lowell. In advance of the forthcoming CD release, Rum Bar has issued the digital single "Saturday Morning Coming Down." Malibu Lou emailed me this track this morning, and since then I've been playing it over and over and over. In classic Kevin Stevenson style, "Saturday Morning Coming Down" is a gritty anthemic rocker with amazing lyrics and melodies to die for. And I love the way the horns add so much to this track. My god, this is like a lost song off London Calling! The full album is already available digitally from Stevenson's Bandcamp (spoiler alert: it's amazing!). The CD will be out in September and feature all-new cover art by Glenn Robinson. "Saturday Morning Coming Down" is a name-your-price download from Rum Bar's Bandcamp and a mandatory add to your summer playlist. Go grab it!
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