The Perlich Post: Noelle & The Deserters preview debut LP with "Watching Billboards Change"

Monday, May 13, 2024

Noelle & The Deserters preview debut LP with "Watching Billboards Change"

Noelle & The Deserters put the "western" back in C&W on High Desert Daydream out May 31 via Speakeasy Studios SF.

Here's the scoop...

"High Desert Daydream" is Noelle & The Deserters debut album, out May 31, 2024 on Speakeasy Studios SF. The songs on the album, written by singer-songwriter Noelle Fiore, touch on life in the west, growing up in Taos, living in California, songs of love, memory, marriage, work, good times, and bad times. Like all classic country music, the songs are infused with a sense of real-life struggles and living life in the everyday. Noelle’s voice and stories carry the album, and her songs are at once moving, powerful, tender, humorous, and intimately relatable.

The Deserters include seasoned players Graham Norwood (Bryan Scary, Graham Norwood) on lead guitar and backup vocals, Alicia Vanden Heuvel (The Aislers Set) on bass, David Cuetter (Tarnation) on pedal steel, and Jerry Fiore (Sonic Love Affair) on drums, all based in the Bay Area and Sacramento. With guest appearances by Anna Hillburg on Trumpet, Joel Robinow on organ, piano and accordian, Jacob Aranda on mandolin and violin, and Russell Tillitt on organ. Plus dogs Levi and Delta on Barks.

Produced by Noelle Fiore and Alicia Vanden Heuvel (The Aislers Set), “High Desert Daydream” feels country, yet of the west, of California and New Mexico, of experimental fronts in country music, and is truly a work of beauty. The album was engineered and mixed by Peter Craft at Boxer Lodge in Angwin, California in late 2023, during a five day recording session.

Pre-order a copy of Noelle & The Deserters' "High Desert Daydream" via Bandcamp right here.

Check out the videos for "Watching Billboards Change," "Canyon" and "Born In The Morning" along with a performance of "Canyon" shot at the El Cortez Theatre following the track listing below.