The album is an intimate, 11-song diary that transcends genres with its ingenuous lyrics and deceptively unassuming style - just Paleface on acoustic guitar and harmonica and his girlfriend Monica "Mo" Samalot on drums and backing vocals, along with the occasional piano overdub. Paleface is the sort of artist who brings you into his world. His voice is sweetly ravaged and effortlessly expressive, as intimate as a friend whispering in your ear. The album is a farewell love letter to his longtime home, New York City, and an embrace of his new life in the South.

It's also a celebration of finding yourself on the road, as on the title track's sing-along chorus, "let's pack it up and go, this is the life we know," with its easy rolling tempo, upbeat optimism and musical hall piano overdub, and the wistful ode to his former home, "New York, New York." Performing live and touring has inspired Paleface to become "more and more obsessed" with songwriting. "I have this desire to write one of those songs like 'Hallelujah' or 'Wild is the Wind' or 'This Land is Your Land' - a song that transcends an artist or the image of the person singing the song."

He even flirts � comfortably � with country clich�s, but with an urban twist, as on the groove-heavy, hip-hop flavored folk of "the Cheatin' Song." These days, Paleface calls the small town of Concord, NC home. His friends, collaborators and current labelmates the Avett Brothers talked him into moving away from the city. In North Carolina, he's found peace, an artistic community and a fresh outlook. In "Pondering the Night Sky," Paleface turns his first view of the rural night sky into something magical.

"I'd been living in Brooklyn so long, and you don't get much opportunity to see what's in the sky - just that baleful, reddish-yellowish glare. Then we got down to North Carolina and we looked up and saw the night sky exploding with stars. It's just a song about looking at that night sky and the silly way your mind can wander and how small you feel under it."
If you're wondering where Paleface has been, he's been to the bottom and back - nearly dying from years of alcohol abuse - since making a name for himself in the bars and open mic stages of NYC's Lower East Side in the early 90s. He was "doing this weird thing with folk music and putting it to hip hop lyrics, putting it to punk rock beats" when he was discovered by legendary music maven Danny Fields (The Stooges, The Ramones, MC5) and was soon the first "anti-folk" artist signed to a major label. He was also hanging out with and influencing future musical innovator Beck. The two frequently shared open mic nights and shared their favorite songs and influences. ("He was a great songwriter, a generous friend, and a big influence on my early stuff' - Beck on Paleface.)

Yadda, yadda, yadda. Here are some tour dates.
FR Jan 23 Atlanta, GA @ Star Bar 9:00P
WE Jan 28 Athens, GA @ Tasty World, 10:00P
TH Jan 29 Tallahassee, FL tba 8:00P
FR Jan 30 Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic w/ Lauris Vidal, and Dish
WE Feb 4 Daytona Beach, FL Bank and Blues Club w/ Lauris Vidal 8:00P
TH Feb 5 Orlando, FL @ Will'9:00P
FR Feb 6 Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery 9:00P
SU Feb 8 Jacksonville, FL W jack Rabbit's 8:00P
SA Feb 14 Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox 8:00P
FR Feb 20 New York, NY @ The Living Room 11:00P
SA Apr 25 Charlotte, NC RECORD RELEASE PARTY @ The Evening Muse!!! 10:30P

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