The release of the PURSES album went without a mention in late April, because I was a little bit sick at the time. Actually Obsess Much by PURSES was the only proper medication I had for this severe case of man flu and eventually it did the trick and kicked the flu out of my system and replaced it with a high dose of marvellous indie rock. PURSES is an Athens, GA based collective that is build around the songs of Drew Beskin. His earlier groups The District Attorneys and Party Dolls are wonderful and the new band follow their lead by being nothing short of brilliant. This is a great tune called In And Over My Head from the album that is out and available on a new label called Laser Brains.

PURSES at Facebook

Canadian songwriter Matt Paxton might not be a household name (not yet anyway), but we love him here at the onechord.net headquarters. I’ve been eagerly waiting this new Aaron Goldstein produced material for a year or two and therefore this is major news for me. The new 5-song Matt Paxton release Let Me Rock N’ Roll Tonight came out on 3rd of June on the forever lovely label Other Songs Music Co. I set the bar unfairly high for this release, but still Matt and his songs easily go over it and land gently into my heart. You can listen to/buy the whole thing over at Bandcamp. This is the ending song Can’t Say Your Name of this beautiful treasure.

Matt Paxton at Facebook

It’s well past 3am, but there’s enough time for one more tonight. It’s Ethan Crump from Hartwell, GA and his debut EP Hellfire and Amazing Grace that also came out last Friday 3rd of June. I don’t know too much about this 19-year old folk/country singer-songwriter, but the kid is definitely very talented. I like each and every song on this 5 song EP, but let’s go with the excellent title track. Hellfire and Amazing Grace is a song inspired by his grandparents. It’s a well-crafted song and a story beautifully told. I love it. You can listen/buy the whole thing on his Bandcamp page.

Ethan Crump Website