PATRICK DENNIS premieres “Burn and Shine” with ARTIST DIRECT; New album–‘FÜRST IN THE DIRT’–out 6/19

DT: JUNE 4, 2015

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MIKE GOWEN, MSO PR

PATRICK DENNIS

PARTERS WITH ARTISTDIRECT.COM

TO PREMIERE

“BURN AND SHINE”

LISTEN HERE: http://tiny.cc/BurnandShine

DEBUT SOLO ALBUM

‘FÜRST IN THE DIRT’

OUT FRIDAY, JUNE 19

Above: PATRICK DENNIS (credit: Art Brewer)

Los Angeles-based indie rock artist PATRICK DENNIS partnered yesterday (6/3) with ARTISTDIRECT.COM to premiere “Burn and Shine” off his debut full-length solo album FÜRST IN THE DIRT, due out Friday, June 19 via Wharfechild Recording Co. Listen to “Burn and Shine” and read an in-depth Q&A with DENNIS HERE. FÜRST IN THE DIRT is available for pre-order HERE. DENNIS will be performing Saturday, June 27 in San Diego, CA at Casbah. Others on the bill that night are John Doe (of the band X) and Jesse Dayton. Tickets are now available HERE.

FÜRST IN THE DIRT-which will be available on iTunes (and similar digital retailers) in addition to a special limited pink vinyl pressing-was recorded at Nashville, TN‘s Playground Sound directly to analog tape and engineered/produced by Adam Landry and Justin Collins (collectively known as Cosmic Thug) who have also worked with the likes of T. Hardy Morris, Deer Tick, Nikki Lane, k.d. langand Diamond Rugs.

“Patrick wasn’t afraid to push boundaries. He placed importance on creating something all his own over fitting into genre pitfalls,” says Adam Landry of Cosmic Thug.”The goal was always clear; to make an album that expressed the true nature of each contributor’s authentic self. Rock and Roll isn’t a bad byproduct.”

Rob Crowell of Deer Tick, who plays Keyboards and Sax on FÜRST IN THE DIRT, reflects that “working on this album was a pleasure. Patrick’s music combines a raw punk ethos with a strong sense of craft, resulting in songs that are well constructed but still nasty in the best sort of way.”

DENNIS decided to take his career in a new direction following the dismantlement of his previous bands (Wirepony and Truckee Brothers). During a party in Las Cruces, New Mexico on his way home from the last tour, he met painter Carlos Estrada Vega. “We ended up huddled over a bottle of wine in the corner while the party went on around us having a long and deep discussion about art, life, and our responsibility to the passions that drove each of us,” says DENNIS. “He challenged me to accept that the passions that drove me to create, to make music, and even to live our lives were actually gifts-real gifts.”

When asked about what he hopes listeners will take away from FÜRST IN THE DIRT, DENNIS says,“Some joy, some hip shaking, as well as something to sing along to, and something to blast while driving down the highway.”

Above: cover art for FÜRST IN THE DIRT