Jeff Giles of Popdose fell in love with Julian Velard’s new album Mr. Saturday Night and caught up for an hour to discuss the project.
The advent of affordable home recording technology and the rise of digital distribution have led to a massive explosion of music at the indie level. It’s a subject I’ve discussed at length, but I think it bears mentioning here again, because it framed my experience of Julian Velard‘s new album, Mr. Saturday Night, pretty cleanly. The overwhelming influx of music to my mailbox meant that I let it sit for weeks in the teetering stack of to-be-ripped CDs on my desk, but — and more importantly — in the old days, an independently released record never would have sounded like this.
Mr. Saturday Night is a brilliant record — not only in terms of the songs, which are, yes, very well-written, but also in terms of the sound. Hell, even major-label albums don’t really sound like this anymore: bright and warm, with clever, intricate arrangements, thematic depth, and lyrics that toe the line between smart, funny, and emotionally affecting. It’s one of the best albums I’ve listened to all year, and I had to steal half an hour of Julian’s time to talk about it.
Read the entire interview here: http://popdose.com/the-popdose-interview-julian-velard/
