Tony Reed "Funeral Suit" (06.11 - Ripple Music)

Seattle multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer TONY REED (also Mos Generator frontman) for review. With 'Funeral Suit', Tony Reed delivers his most personal work to date, laying himself bare and pushing the experience further than the standard "man with a guitar" approach. Whether it's the delicate arrangements, soulful vocal harmonies or piano-based escapades, the wide array of emotions will resonate with any listener. This is stirring folk rock with a progressive edge, a dense and multi-faceted record that can be put on the same shelf as Cat Stevens, CSN or even King Crimson.

'Funeral Suit' is out November 6th on Ripple Music as part of their 'Blood And Strings

TRACK LISTING:

1. Waterbirth

2. Moonlighting

3. Funeral Suit

4. Along The Way

5. Lonely One

6. Wicked Willow

7. Might Just...

8. Who Goes There

TONY REED belongs to a rare echelon of relentless creativity. A rock and roll lifer since his days self-recording tape demos as a teenager, he has spent the last three decades in an increasingly progressive pursuit of his art. In bands like Treepeople, Twelve-Thirty Dreamtime, Constance Tomb, Stone Axe, and his steadiest and most influential, Mos Generator, he has refined a songwriting, performance and recording process that is unmatched, and amassed a lifetime discography broad enough to make the rest of the universe seem outright lazy.

Tony Reed has toured on multiple continents and especially since revitalizing Mos Generator as a stage act in the early 2010s, earned a reputation for bringing the same ferocity to the stage as to the studio. As a frontman, Reed harnesses a classic rocker’s energy, but is only ever forward-thinking in his execution and engagement with his audience. At dive bars or huge festivals, his name is synonymous with a level of mastery that is no less his own than the songs he writes.

Headquartered in Port Orchard, Washington, his HeavyHead Studio is home to a fully-stocked production facility, and though Reed most often uses it for his own ends, the words “Mixed and Mastered by Tony Reed” have become a staple of heavy underground releases. His collaborations with artists, whether through split releases or actually sitting in with other bands, are rousing endorsements for listeners in the know, and his exploration continues unabated.

Whether it’s incorporating new elements of space and prog into Mos Generator, reviving the goth-tinged Constance Tomb, or beginning the entirely new pursuit of an acoustic/piano-based solo incarnation under his own name, TONY REED is a treasure of American rock and roll and someone whose soul bleeds into everything he crafts. It is time to start including his name among rock’s truest ambassadors.

TONY REED - Solo acoustic album 'Funeral Suit' out November 6th on Ripple Music