black swan lane - blind             (Wanderland/Eden) Atlanta guitarist/singer/leader Jack Sobel has metamorphosized from a talented songwriter into something of a simmering solo genius. This is his/their 10th LP the public has way too little awareness of, and recent efforts have proved particularly remarkable excursions into his deep end of the moody/broody-yet-beautiful post-punk pool. BSL’s bearings don’t change, as they spin another decidedly gray but not gloomy, glistening-guitar-centric, atmospheric...

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© rené dissel Helloooo! Apologies for my absence. This is my first day off in a year and our new album is currently being manufactured. I have been secluded in a music studio for a year recording and mixing the 10th BLACK SWAN LANE album, Blind. After the ninth album, I remember telling a good friend that I can’t top the last one and I’m completely out of ideas after 9 BSL albums, 3 Messenger albums and countless other projects that I have been associated with. And, what is further insane is that our 5th album, The Last Time In Your Light, was intended to be the very end of it all....

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Album number 9 by BLACK SWAN LANE. Eighteen months of non stop work and listening to nothing other than the recordings, edits and mixes. The finality of the completed art and release is hard to describe. It is hard to let it go. Are the levels mixed correctly? Did I cut the right songs off the album and keep the right ones? Listening to the final songs at bedtime every night for months and making notes on what needs to change and what needs to be added... Did I make them better or worse? Did I keep in mind the average listener or simply do what I wanted on the album? I'm pretty sure a lot of songwriters...

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  [Atlanta, Ga] - Wanderland Music Publishing and Black Swan Lane are excited to announce the release of their new digital single, Scream For Me. On April 26th, the release will be available everywhere in the world.  Scream For Me was written over a period of two years. The track was intended to be on our November, 2019 full length album, Vita Eterna, but we felt the mastered track needed some more work and we are happy we held it back. It is now ready for the world. The song is seductive, melancholic, powerful and atypical but has all the elements of a Black Swan Lane song you would...

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Habitually Early... If you know me, I am never late and I'm never on time. I am typically very early to any engagement. I hate waiting, I'm impatient and I hate to be kept waiting for no reason. Surprise! Our original full release date was November 26th, however, we finished early (due to some help from some incredibly talented individuals) and I am happy to say Vita Eterna is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, etc... We are still packaging the physical cds which are being mailed around the planet and are available at:  https://blackswanlane.com/store/ (CDS purchased on our official...

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Contact: Wanderland Music Publishing / BMI wanderlandmusicpublishing@gmail.com blackswanlane.com Introducing Black Swan Lane’s New Album, Vita Eterna Official Release Everywhere On November 26, 2019 [Atlanta, GA – October 9, 2019] Wanderland Music Publishing is excited to announce the release of Black Swan Lane’s much-anticipated eighth album, Vita Eterna, available everywhere on November 26, 2019. Vita Eterna is composed of thirteen deeply moving tracks written over a two-year period. Lead vocalist, musician, and primary songwriter Jack Richard Sobel and lyricist Alessandro...

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Dear Swans - We are very happy to announce that we have secured our Fall 2019 album cover and name. In addition to recording the album, we have been looking through thousands of photos for the perfect picture and it all came together this week. There is a huge Italian influence that runs throughout the album and it made sense to go back to our great friend in Italy, Andrea Gottardi, who also contributed the cover for a moment of happiness, our 6th release and my personal favorite. Alessandro Dematteis, a co-writer on the album is contributing the back cover which is still in progress. We were...

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Click below for The Re-Mix Semi Acoustic version of Below The Sound   As a request from my friend, Alessandro, who is sitting beside me in the studio, I have remixed one of our more popular songs to give you all as a gift this month. He has made the trek from Italy across the ocean to America and has been a source of inspiration to get back up and write new songs again. I'm not ready to share the new songs because. first, they aren't fully finished and second, they are great enough to start a possible new album. God, eight albums? I'm still digesting the seventh.  Alessandro,...

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Here's yet another track that was eliminated from our album, even though there was some popular demand for it to stay. Sorry, Marco and Kitty! And, get well Mad Max. I've completely remixed this one with an extended hard ending after an acoustic start. I've added some additional acoustics, one being our trademark Nashville Tuning acoustic that John turned me on to during Things You Know And Love. Rush To Find, in actuality, has been now cut from 7 records. The sad part is... I really like this version. Ha!  CRANK UP YOUR HEADPHONES AT THE END. If you are playing this through your phone...

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02 14 18 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!  A recent request was made for another acoustic version of one of our tracks. We found the original demo with an alternate ending and made the track half acoustic with a full on ending. To all of our friends and fans - you are all our valentine!  Click below and enjoy xx FOR ALESSANDRO IN ITALY. (when you get a BLACK SWAN LANE tattoo, we will of course remix a track for you!)   BLACK SWAN LANE, Lost For You / ©2014 / wanderland music publishing, inc. / BMI / all rights reserved / used by permission only. written by / jack richard...

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