The artists of contemporary folk rock
known as Freelancer have released their new EP album, “Embryo.”
The record contains seven original Freelancer tracks and an
outstanding cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers' “Don't Forget Me” for
an approximate total listening time of half an hour. It has been
proudly published as an independent release without the direction of
the corporate music industry. Evocative, sonorous, and often
beautiful to hear, “Embryo” by Freelancer proves that an acoustic
band can summon enough power to compete with the most titanic
heavyweights of rock music.
Freelancer cite as main artistic
influences John Frusciante, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Radiohead.
Their own style blends the moods and tones of Frusciante with those
of Radiohead, then perform this invocation using only acoustic
instruments, vocal harmonies and some pedals. Particularly worth
mentioning is their startling cover of “Don't Forget Me” by the
Chili Peppers, Track 6 on the EP.
“When I had no friends as a teenager
I spent about three hours every night listening to John Frusciante's
music,” writes Freelancer's Fabian Moor. “The emotional intensity
I was given by it made me stay alive and awoke my desire to give that
same intensity to other people.”
Freelancer themselves describe their
new EP as containing “raw emotional intensity.”
“The lyrics and the way they are sung
trigger pictures of life and death in the head of the listener,”
they write. “Sometimes melancholic, sometimes desperate, but always
intense.”
Freelancer's current official bio
likens the band to “a penguin flying elegantly to the zoo. In a
Plane. Dazed by the trance of their self-created sound-waves.”
Their new record has brought plenty of
attention. One source says of their lyrics and vocals, “They sing
about mashed potatoes, fertilized handkerchiefs and flying penguins.
Sometimes they sing desperately. Sometimes they sing freely.
Sometimes they don’t sing at all and create sounds you wouldn’t
expect from acoustic instruments.”
“Embryo” from Freelancer becomes
available at over 600 quality digital music retailers online
worldwide beginning 29 December 2017, or order it directly from the
band now (link provided below). Get in early, contemporary folk-rock
fans.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
“Embryo” from Freelancer –
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