A dance between pedal steel and synths, Lilly Hiatt’s sophomore
album, Royal Blue, will be released March 3 on Normaltown Records.
Recorded with her band - Beth Finney on lead guitar, Jake Bradley on
bass, Luke Schneider on pedal steel guitar and Jon Radford on drums
– the record was produced by Adam Landry (Deer Tick, Diamond Rugs,
T. Hardy Morris) at his Playground Sound studio in Nashville. Royal
Blue is equal parts romantic autopsy and acid kiss-off to a dismissive
lover and doesn’t sit squarely in one genre. The 12-track collection
reaches out boldly and playfully into many different sounds and
styles: Pacific Northwest indie, Austin folk rock, pre-Oasis Britpop,
New York punk ca. 1977. There are ‘90s alt guitars and ’00 indie
synths, some twang and some Neko Case and Kim Deal.
