BRIAN WILSON RETURNS TO CAPITOL RECORDS / EMI, HIS ORIGINAL LABEL HOME
NEW STUDIO ALBUM, THAT LUCKY OLD SUN, TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2
"You don't have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if there's a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul..." (lyrics from That Lucky Old Sun's "California Role")
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He is one of popular music's most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger and performer of some of the most cherished music in rock history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most gifted and influential pop composers of the last 50 years. Yesterday (5/19), Wilson announces his return to Capitol Records / EMI, his original label home. Wilson's new studio recording, That Lucky Old Sun, will be released by Capitol/EMI on CD, CD/DVD, limited edition vinyl and digitally on September 2 (September 1 internationally).
Brian Wilson's return to Capitol Records / EMI, where The Beach Boys caught their first hit wave with the 1962 classic, "Surfin' Safari/409," is a triumphant homecoming for one of the world's most gifted and beloved musical talents.
"I'm thrilled to be back home with Capitol, and I'm looking forward to sharing That Lucky Old Sun with everyone," says Brian Wilson. "This music is really special to me."
A musical love letter from Southern California, That Lucky Old Sun shimmers with sun-dappled choruses and arrangements that swell and swirl as if carried by the Pacific tides. One of the songs, "Midnight's Another Day," has been described by MOJO magazine as "glorious." The album is narrated in transitional interludes spoken by Wilson as 'That Lucky Old Sun,' the storyteller. The narratives, cameos on life and the heartbeat of Los Angeles, propel the album's musical story.
Brian Wilson and his band will perform a number of his classic hits and compositions at select North American and UK concerts this summer.
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Morning Beat
3. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
4. Good Kind Of Love
5. Forever My Surfer Girl
6. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
7. Live Let Live
8. Mexican Girl
9. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
10. California Role
11. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
12. Oxygen
13. Can't Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
14. Midnight's Another Day
15. Going Home
16. Southern California
Brian Wilson: Confirmed Concert Dates
06.28 London (UK) English Heritage Picnic Concerts
06.29 Ipswich (UK) Regent Theatre
07.01 London (UK) Royal Albert Hall
07.08 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino (Avalon Ballroom)
07.09 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
07.12 Highmount, NY Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
07.13 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
09.12/13/14 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
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