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"Daughn Gibson is quite unlike anyone you will ever have heard" - THE GUARDIAN For those new to DAUGHN GIBSON, the first name rhymes with the Vaughn's Robert and Stevie Ray. He was born in the village of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, (ironic given the title of his debut album "All Hell") and currently resides in the sleepy college town of Carlisle, Pennsylvania,, where he frequents local watering holes like The Cave and Alibis. He's 6'5", hovers at 200 pounds and has a head of jet black hair thicker than a porcupine. He played drums in PEARLS & BRASS for a number of years, touring the US to small but enthusiastic crowds. For some time in between, Daughn was a trucker, but he's also been packing boxes in an un-airconditioned warehouse, climbing up commercial broadcast towers with untested levels of radiation, working the register at an adult bookstore, doing sound at dive bars and collecting unemployment checks to earn a living. Daughn's been around. Daughn Gibson's second album "Me Moan" is his Sub Pop debut. The album kicks-off with the lead track "The Sound Of Law" and features highlights "Kissing On The Blacktop", "Mad Ocean", "You Don't Fade", and "The Pisgee Nest". "Me Moan" was produced by Daughn Gibson and Benjamin Balcom and recorded at MINBAL in Chicago and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. "Me Moan" follows 2012's breakthrough debut, "All Hell", released on Matthew K of PISSED JEANS' label White Denim. At once both foreign and familiar, Daughn's music is immediately striking, through the use of dusty thrift store records and baptized them as fierce, future Americana. His songs as frequently tender as they are prurient, as hopeful as they are brimming with despair. He treats the past with respectful reverence while still appreciating what is happening at the forefront of electronic production. The follow up and Sub Pop debut "Me Moan" has taken "All Hell"'s willful lead, grabbed the rule book, laughed in its face and driven it to the tip. The woozy baritone remains intact but what surrounds it is utterly unique. Like SCOTT WALKER's 1-4 sharing a drink with WAYLON JENNINGS, neon lit and glowing with the hazily blue-ish light of a computer screen. Daughn was also going through a big FLEETWOOD MAC phase during the album's gestation, endlessly submerged in "Mirage" and "Tango In The Night", resulting in a record that bubbles with melodic invention, taking in the classics and re-tooling them to create an entirely new musical landscape. He also has a penchant for the likes of DEMDIKE STARE and is smitten with all things hip hop. Daughn really likes to get around. While the roots of sample-based music remain, these songs and every piece of music on them is performed live, lushly detailed and richly orchestrated. While taking in everything from live drums, pedal steel and horns, to house strings, organs and even bagpipes, it never feels over stuffed, with every instrument or melody in its rightful place. Elsewhere, guitarists John Baizley (BARONESS) and Jim Elkington (BROKEBACK) provide stunning performances. "Me Moan" takes the listener on a journey as seen through Daughn's eyes, with stories and characters that are distinctively Noir-ish. Daughn is a uniquely American and modern artist who throw's his romantic soul into his work, free of compromise, possessed by a singular vision. 

TRACKLISTING:  01. THE SOUND OF LAW 02. PHANTOM RIDER 03. MAD OCEAN 04. THE PISGEE NEST 05. YOU DON'T FADE 06. FRANCO 07. WON'T YOU CLIMB 08. THE RIGHT SIGNS 09. KISSIN' ON THE BLACKTOP 10. ALL MY DAYS OFF 11. INTO THE SEA