Gabriella Cohen is back with her third record, Blue No More.
It's been a minute.
You've been patient, but it's been well worth the wait…
It doesn't matter which way you listen to it- upside down, sideways, in the bathtub, at the laundromat, driving down the highway, putting your face on before a big night… Whatever blows your hair back….you're gonna love it.
Living in a shotgun house in New Orleans, to slinging hot dogs on Elwood beach, Cohen has done it again, whipped up the best record she's written to date.
In the sea of flash-in-the-pan artists, Gabriella Cohen's music is timeless, not bound to any genre or trend.
Pitchfork hailed her as a 'Clever and wise-cracking songwriter', and Rolling Stone claims she's on the 'Cusp of becoming a household name'. She's been nominated for the prestigious Australian Music Prize, not to mention an AIR nominee for Best Blues and Roots Album (Pink is The Colour Of Unconditional Love).
From the depths of the rainforest in country Queensland, Cohen self-produced and recorded the majority of her third record. Then, fed up with being a one-woman show, she gathered her nearest and dearest and recorded songs with Pop Maestro Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), folk troubadour JB Paterson, and with Matthew Malone and Xavier Butler from Chaos Magick Studios.
She's toured the world and shared stages with Devendra Banhart, Foxygen, and Brian Jones town Massacre.
What can't this woman do? Word on the street is that she's an actress now, starring in a feature film, Paris Funeral 1972, shot in Europe, daarling.
Whilst keeping true to her laidback, tongue-in-cheek demeanour, peppered with throwbacks to 60's girl groups and a Lou Reed-esque drawl, Cohen has transcended the borders of her own musical limitations, presenting to us a new and evolved musical landscape.
You'll just have to hear it to believe it.
Introducing, BLUE NO MORE.
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released January 21, 2022
Frangelico Dreams Recorded and co-produced by Gabriella Cohen and Sam Cromack *
Gtr and vocals - Gabriella Cohen
Guitar, bass & drums- Sam Cromack
I Just Got So High Recorded and co-produced by Gabriella Cohen & Sam Cromack at Prawn Records *
Just For The Summer Recorded and co-produced by Gabriella Cohen and Sam Cromack at Prawn Records *
Guitar and Vocals- Gabriella Cohen
Guitar, bass & BV’s- Sam Cromack
But I Wanted To - Recorded by Gabriella Cohen, Matthew Malone, Xavier Butler at Chaos Magic Studios
Guitar & vocals- Gabriella Cohen
Bass & guitar - Jess Ferronato
Drums- Luke Hanson
BV Girls - Billie Star, Grace Cuell, Kate Dillon
Organ - Matthew Malone
Claps and clicks- Xavier Butler
Son Of A Gun - Produced by Gabriella Cohen.
Recorded at Easy Machine Records
Piano & vocals - Gabriella Cohen
Bass- JB Paterson
BV’s- JB Paterson, Rob Longstaff, Sara Yael, Kate Dillon, Lisa Raquel, Gabriella Cohen
Water-
Produced by Gabriella Cohen and Recorded at Easy Machine Recordings.
Guitar & piano & vocals- Gabriella Cohen
Bass & piano- JB Paterson
Seagull-
Recorded and played and produced by Gabriella Cohen at Crystal Waters.
Featuring Gecko, Cicada, and big long breath.
24 Sexton Street
Recorded and played and produced by Gabriella Cohen at Crystal Waters.
Blue No More
Recorded and played and produced by Gabriella Cohen at Crystal Waters.
‘Childrens’ Party’ - Balaclava Library, 2019
‘Party Scene’- Gideon’s Birthday, The Westbury Hotel, 2019
Guest appearance by whales and ambulances.
Rewind-
Recorded and played and produced by Gabriella Cohen at Crystal Waters.
Bass interlude by Arun Roberts in Seymour, 2017.
Trombone by Ben Young.
All songs except for the ones with * were mixed by Gabriella Cohen & Marly Lüske of Alchemix Studios
All songs mastered by Marly Lüske of Alchemix Studios.
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