{"id":1319,"date":"2016-11-26T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T20:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2016-11-26T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T20:28:30","slug":"new-release-roundup-a-sparkling-ep-from-sam-phillips-a-lost-classic-from-terry-dolan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/11\/26\/new-release-roundup-a-sparkling-ep-from-sam-phillips-a-lost-classic-from-terry-dolan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release Roundup: A Sparkling EP from Sam Phillips, a Lost Classic from Terry Dolan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/samphillips.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Phillips<\/a> \u2013 <em>Human Contact Is Never Easy<\/em><br \/>\nSam Phillips\u2019s new EP, <em>Human Contact Is Never Easy<\/em>, is a gorgeous bridge between old and new. There are four songs from her upcoming album, World On Sticks, due in 2017, a couple of classic tunes performed live, and two tracks from 2013\u2019s Push Any Button. Her fans have probably been a bit hungry while Phillips has been recording the new one and working on new songs for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5435008\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gilmore Girls<\/em><\/a> reunion (the interstitial \u201cLa La\u201d songs, as the fans call them). But this is not a hodgepodge dashed together to toss to fans. These eight songs work well together to show the breadth of Phillips\u2019s palette and the depths of her abilities as a songwriter and performer. She shimmers on the live tracks, \u201cReflecting Light\u201d and \u201cIf I Could Write,\u201d her voice and acoustic guitar supplemented with spare piano and swelling strings. The two songs from the last album are tirelessly catchy, worth another look. And the new stuff is cut from the same cloth. \u201cWorld On Sticks\u201d is a slinky, Tom Waits-like stomper, drums up front and Phillips\u2019s sly vocals. There is quiet strength in \u201cCandles and Stars,\u201d which stands up well on the same album with a more classic tune like \u201cReflecting Light.\u201d \u201cIf only with candles and stars,\u201d she sings, \u201cBroken light from dreams like ours\/We will still find our way to love.\u201d The short and sweet \u201cWalk Don\u2019t Drive\u201d is a kind of \u201cLa La\u201d song \u2013 sounds like it could be cut right from the <em>Gilmore Girls<\/em> soundtrack. Phillips is distributing this one on her own, and you can buy it directly from her for a bit cheaper than other outlets. And I\u2019m betting she gets more of the profit, too, so <a href=\"http:\/\/samphillips.spinshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to support the artist.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/293429478&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/11\/26\/new-release-roundup-a-sparkling-ep-from-sam-phillips-a-lost-classic-from-terry-dolan\/terrydolan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/terrydolan.gif\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"terrydolan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/terrydolan.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/terrydolan.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/terrydolan.gif\" alt=\"terrydolan\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1321\" \/>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highmoonrecords.com\/shop\/terry-dolan\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Dolan<\/a> \u2013 <em>Terry Dolan<\/em><br \/>\nThere are times when I think I might have a reasonable grasp of some portion of the great music floating around out there. But it\u2019s not the norm. Usually I feel hopelessly, maybe happily, behind. Albums like Terry Dolan\u2019s 1972 self-titled work reinforce that notion. And albums like this are also why I never want to stop writing about music. There is always something more out there, whether it\u2019s brand new or something that\u2019s been buried for decades. This is tasty stuff, and I had no idea it existed until about a month ago, when I started getting press releases. These songs should have been all over the radio with contemporaries like Elton John, The Band, and the Rolling Stones in \u201972. Dolan had regional success in San Francisco with his demo for \u201cInlaws and Outlaws,\u201d and this album surely would have capitalized on that nationwide. But Warner Brothers shelved it, so this is the first chance the public has to really dig into it. \u201cSee What Your Love Can Do\u201d and \u201cAngie\u201d would have made fine additions to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The organ and horns flavor \u201cMagnolia\u201d with a touch of Garth Hudson and Allen Toussaint. It\u2019s soulful, rootsy pop, ornate and well-produced \u2013 exactly the kind of thing that people seemed to be craving around the time it was made. It boggles the mind why we\u2019re just hearing this in 2016, especially sad since Dolan passed in 2012. But at least it\u2019s not lost anymore.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fkdkI4ZRBR4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 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