Since two Dallas greats, Old 97's and Shibboleth, are releasing albums this week, we thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to try to preview as much of the new and unreleased music of the local scene as possible.
So welcome, my friends, to Hot and Fresh Week. At least that's what I'm calling it.
You might want to keep this blog up on your desktop all week, because from now until Friday afternoon, I'll be streaming a bunch of new tracks from locals you love and some you might not know about just yet. I'm not gonna spill what's to come just yet. Just trust that it'll be good.
To kick things off in style, we've got a spankin' new track from the Old 97's' Blame It On Gravity, which hits stores tomorrow. It's called "My Two Feet," and to gain some insight into the track, I called album producer Salim Nourallah, who recorded the 97's at his Pleasantry Lane studio in Vickery Place.
"'My Two Feet' is the collision of a song Rhett [Miller] had, and Murry [Hammond] had this bridge and these words that he was always throwing out but never got used. So it really is a true co-write between Rhett and Murray, which is unusual," Salim said.
"From the beginning, that song represented the pop side of the Old 97's, but also it's grounded in rock 'n' roll. ... This is one we wanted to be natural and straight-ahead, and they pulled it off."
The Old 97's, "My Two Feet":
The 97's will host a listening party for the new album tomorrow night at the Granada.
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