Bill DeMain’s first-ever solo EP is now out on iTunes US. Here’s the link:
On February 20th, it will be released in the UK & Europe by the Lojinx label, home to such artists as
Fountains of Wayne, Brendan Benson and Bleu.
Please spread the word!
Extended Stay EP!!
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Ahn yung ha sayo, Konnichiwa, Sbydee mai and Hello to all my Swan Dive friends and fans! Next month, I’m releasing my first-ever solo EP. Don’t worry, Swan Dive is still alive and well, and planning a new record for later this year. In the meantime, if you’re interested in Liking me . . . here’s the link:
Instant December
Tired of the same ole Christmas songs about snowmen, sleigh bells and Santas? David Mead’s Instant December EP serves up five fresh and festive new tunes to add to the classic holiday songbook. With subjects ranging from annual office parties to Black Friday madness to romantic Manhattan memories, it’s a collection with a warm heart and a wicked sense of humor. All songs are co-written by David Mead & Bill DeMain. So if you’d like to help two hard-working songwriters get some presents for their families this year, please make a small contribution of $5 and download your Instant December EP
instantly at:
No One Roxx This Town No More
After writing songs for twenty years, I’ve received my first Explicit warning. The song is called “No One Roxx This Town No More,” and it’s featured on my friend David Mead’s excellent new album, Dudes (out November 15th on iTunes, Amazon and so on).
David and I didn’t set out to write an explicit song. Here’s what happened. Two years ago, after he recorded Almost & Always (a record which I had a hand in writing), we collaborated on a follow-up, a concept album, called 1908 Division. It’s about an apartment building in Nashville where David lived after he and his wife divorced. David’s idea was to make each song about and from the point of view of a particular person who lived in this complex. A college exchange student from Zimbabwe, a hairdresser, a girl who worked at a record store, an exotic dancer, a gay couple. It was really an interesting bunch of people, and from a songwriting perspective, a fun challenge to have the music and lyrics reflect their different personalities. The album may still get recorded and released at some point (I hope it does, as they are some of my favorite songs I’ve ever been involved in), but for now, “No One Roxx” provides a titillating sneak preview. The clever spelling in the title should tip you off that the apartment dweller singing this song is an ‘80s hair metal guy. He’s looking back at a vanished rock (rok?) scene in Nashville, lamenting the glory days of the Scorchers and when he was pounding brews at all-night parties on the roof of 1908. It’s not just one objectionable word that earns us the Explicit warning. It’s pretty much the whole song, which by the way, David knocks out of the park, as usual.
One friend who heard it said she couldn’t believe that I’d co-written it. Of course she only knows me as the soft-spoken, mild-mannered songwriter of Swan Dive. She has no idea I can swear like a fucking champ. I did grow up in New Jersey, after all.
Sample lyric:
I balled the ladies down on Elliston Place
High heels came off deep in the dawn
They looked so bitchin’ with their tits in your face
Tattoos inside a Lycra thong
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Upcoming Shows!
We’re taking our round on the road! Swan Dive, David Mead, Mindy Smith and Jason White will be performing together -
October 14, 8pm – Magnolia Room, Decatur, AL
October 15, 8pm & 10pm – Eddie’s Attic, Atlanta, GA
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