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Today, Nashville’s favorite shapeshifting singularity Aaron Lee Tasjan announced the release of his landmark new album, Stellar Evolution, landing on earth April 12 via Blue Élan. A celestial collection of sonically expansive anthems, connecting the far away universes of slacker indie rock, hyper-pop and new wave. Produced by Tasjan and Gregory Lattimer, the album showcases an innovative array of shimmering synth, club ready drums and angular guitar, and is undeniably his most realized sonic vision to date.
Best new music picks include potential breakout star Aaron Lee Tasjan, a potential breakout star, leads new picks that also include Rich Mattson and the Northstars, Hounds, Pleasure Device and Devil Love.
Whether it’s as a solo artist, forming bands (
Semi Precious Weapons,
New York Dolls,
Everest),
Aaron Lee Tasjan’s never been one who can be easily pigeonholed. While his earliest solo work was in the singer/songwriter vein with Americana-flavor, since signing with
New West Records in 2016, Tasjan’s released some infectious pop records with ’70s glam rock overtones and a style to match. You’ll hear as much Jeff Lynne as Tom Petty, as much John Lennon as Cheap Trick in Tasjan’s perfectly-crafted songs.
Like so many other artists, Tasjan released his lastest album,
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, in the midst of a global pandemic and is anxiously awaiting the day where he can get back to doing what he loves, playing live shows in front of people whether he’s standing by himself on a stage with a guitar plugged into an amp or rocking out with a full band.
Aaron Lee Tasjan Hates Technological Alienation, Loves Versatile Pop-Rock Songcraft on Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
The East Nashville singer-songwriter delivers a tour-de-force
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In the Blazes and 2016’s
Silver Tears (see that LP’s “12 Bar Blues”), Aaron Lee Tasjan, like many of his East Nashville contemporaries, has in recent years moved away from country-roots music and toward a more expansive pop-rock. 2018’s
Karma For Cheap was a transitional record, swapping in electric guitars for acoustic, and folkie stoner wisdom for a more open-hearted curiosity.
Enter
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!, the singer-songwriter’s latest album, and his most compelling to date. His sonic reinvention here marked by stammering synths and swirling glam-rock feels both effortless and inevitable. Tasjan delivers songs like “Sunday Women,” with its chorus storming the song in its opening seconds, and “Don’t Overthink It,” wi