Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet Greg Laswell

• 1 Dodged A Bullet 03:29
• 2 Lifetime Ago 03:42
• 3 Out Of Line 03:52
• 4 And So I Tried To Sleep 03:34
• 5 Watch You Burn 04:28
• 6 Not The Same Man 03:59
• 7 Birthday Wish 05:27
• 8 Take It Easy 05:00
• 9 Play That One Again 04:12
• 10 Not Surprised 03:55
• Total Runtime 41:38

Info for Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet

Greg Laswell returns with „Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet“, his first album of all new material since 2012's Landline. The ten-song album was entirely written, performed, produced and mixed by Laswell, with the exception of cello performed by Colette Alexander (Jens Lekman, Rilo Kiley) and the mastering by Grammy-winner Evren Göknar (Iggy Pop).

His most personal release, „Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet“ is a soul-bearing experience that is cathartic, atmospheric and haunting, and at times, channels Leonard Cohen, Elbow and Sigur Ros.

“I wanted to keep this one very simple. There are no odd time signatures or complex chord progressions. I also flipped my production style a bit; rather than sampling strings and orchestras alongside real live drums, I switched it. Real strings are on nearly every track (with the aid of cellist Colette Alexander), and the drums are straight ahead electronic construction kits. It’s another sad one, which always makes ME happy; I find writing a selfish enterprise, up until it’s released. I hope my listeners can make it their own.” (Greg Laswell)

„While 'breakup' songs are littered far and wide across the pop landscape, only a precious few can genuinely bond author and listener through a viscerally shared sense of that particularly tortured experience.“ (BlackBook Magazine)

Greg Laswell
Originally from Long Beach, California, producer/singer/songwriter Greg Laswell moved to San Diego in the early '90s to attend college. He became involved in the city's music scene by fronting a local band, Shillglen, and founding All the Rest Records. Shillglen broke up in 2001, leaving Laswell free to write his own pop/rock material and devote more time to studio work. He made his solo debut with the release of 2003's Good Movie, which he financed himself and released on his own label. When All the Rest Records went out of business one year later, he started a new company — 20 Inch Records — and began working as a producer.

Good Movie became a local success, earning Laswell a contract with Vanguard Records in the process. He signed with the label and released a sophomore album, Through Toledo, in 2006. The album had been written and recorded during Laswell's divorce from his first wife, and its promising sound — wistful, somber, but tuneful nonetheless — earned him a spot on the Hotel Cafe's European tour. While touring in early 2008, he released an EP titled How the Day Sounds and readied himself for the arrival of his third album, Three Flights from Alto Nido, which appeared that summer. Around this time Laswell's songs began appearing in films (Friends with Benefits, My Sister's Keeper) and television series (Parenthood, Grey's Anatomy). A Covers EP arrived in 2009, followed by the full-length Take a Bow in May 2010. Laswell issued his fourth outing, Landline, in 2012. Recorded in an old church/home studio in eastern Maine, Landline featured guest vocals from Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Sia, and Elizabeth Ziman. For 2014's I Was Going to Be an Astronaut, he re-recorded ten songs from his catalog and included a cover of "It's a Wonderful Life" in memory of its composer, Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous.

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