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| You don't really need to be a Stone Roses fan to enjoy "Reni's Car" by Kelley Stoltz... but it couldn't hurt. |
Here's the scoop from Kelley...
"For your pleasure here is a new song "Reni's Car" about the time I found myself in Reni from the Stone Roses car driving around Manchester a few years ago… it's a blur of fact and fiction… it did happen but I wasn't driving. This song was written with my jangle master pal Fred Barnes! This will be on the new album "La Fleur" which will be released June 7th, 2024 by Agitated Records in UK/Europe and Dandy Boy Records in North America!
"A record release show is June 13th at The Chapel in SF and some UK and Norway tour dates to follow… plus a BBC6 session for Marc Riley BBC 6 music and Gideon Coe." - KS
You can pre-order a copy of Kelley Stoltz's new album La Fleur via Bandcamp right here.
Watch the video for "Reni's Car" below.
La Fleur by Kelley Stoltz
Between outside musical projects, pushing past 50 years old and becoming a father for the first time, San Francisco psych-pop legend Kelley Stoltz has spent the past two years steadily writing and recording his 18th album, “La Fleur”. The dazzling 12 song collection will be released in June by Agitated in Europe/UK and Dandy Boy Records in the USA.
“La Fleur'' finds Stoltz once again playing nearly all of the instruments on the album- though a new friendship with pop guru Jason Falkner has led to Falkner appearing on two songs, “Hide In A Song” and “Make Believer” respectively. There’s the requisite 60’s meets 80’s pop rock confections that Stoltz favors with a new focus on out front vocals and perhaps a bit shinier production. Pandemic era blues, politics and fatherhood are lyrical touchstones throughout.
The album’s first single “Reni’s Car” is the jangle rock lead single based on an actual event of Kelley riding around Manchester in the Stone Roses drummer's car. The accompanying music video was shot (partially) on location. “About Time” marries Twin Peaks synths to Fleetwood Mac and Avalon era Roxy Music in a cautionary tale to Stoltz's young daughter. “Human Events” puts revolutionary prose to a Moody Blues strum that floats off into Osees territory …and do I hear a nod to Gershwin in there?
During the 2010’s Kelley played live as a sideman with Rodriguez and Echo & the Bunnymen, as the 2020’s dawned he was invited to support Pavement on their big reunion tour. He’s also been heard playing drums live with Robyn Hitchcock as well as adding sitar to Hitchcock's last two albums. In 2022, Stoltz was championed with a live appearance on Marc Riley’s BBC6 show. As producer, he has recorded the new album by Brigid Dawson formerly of the Ohsees.
In my ears, Stoltz rarely does any wrong, and these comparisons are only just that little fruit to get you curious- he is still one of a kind. An under the radar hero to a few, and still after all these great songs, deserving of more. Climb on the bandwagon - as ever it’s quite pleasing here.
- GEORGE CLOUD San Francisco, CA 2024
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