NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW
There was a point in high school when I probably would have told you my favorite band was Guadalcanal Diary. TENSE MUSIC PLAYS is a quieter affair (but) Attaway can still turn the volume up, particularly on the album’s bookends “Breath” and “You Were There,” my favorite track and one that reminds me what I loved about Attaway’s old band.
Josh Jackson, Paste
Attaway slipped out the back door some 30 years ago and pulled a rock ‘n roll disappearing act. Unexpectedly, he’s returned, no worse for wear… the tension’s been lifted, meaning Attaway should stick around longer.
Peter Lindblad, INK19
Tense Music Plays may not be a Guadalcanal Diary album, but Attaway made sure to uphold the influential legacy of the jangle pop group.
Margaret Farrell, Stereogum
Tense Music Plays is the exact album fans of Attaway, and his earlier output have been waiting for. There are enough songs here that sound like his old band to satisfy that infinite wait for one more Guadalcanal Diary album and plenty of tracks that build on that foundation while adding in plenty of new elements, to sound unique enough for a solo effort.
John Moore, Glide Magazine
The stark, acoustic-based pieces bristle with the immediacy of a live performance. The mature sound of the new album should please genre-addled radio and content programmers who tend to lump older singer-songwriters into the ever-widening Americana market.
Lee Valentine Smith, ArtsATL, AJC
Murray Attaway is riding tall in the saddle with the release of a new album, Tense Music Plays, his first in three decades, and a new video, “Breath,” for the LP’s first single.
Tony Paris, Creative Loafing
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NEW ALBUM
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– signed first pressing colored vinyl lp
– digital download with bonus track
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There was a point in high school when I probably would have told you my favorite band was Guadalcanal Diary. TENSE MUSIC PLAYS is a quieter affair (but) Attaway can still turn the volume up, particularly on the album’s bookends “Breath” and “You Were There,” my favorite track and one that reminds me what I loved about Attaway’s old band.
Josh Jackson, Paste
Attaway slipped out the back door some 30 years ago and pulled a rock ‘n roll disappearing act. Unexpectedly, he’s returned, no worse for wear… the tension’s been lifted, meaning Attaway should stick around longer.
Peter Lindblad, INK19
Tense Music Plays may not be a Guadalcanal Diary album, but Attaway made sure to uphold the influential legacy of the jangle pop group.
Margaret Farrell, Stereogum
Tense Music Plays is the exact album fans of Attaway, and his earlier output have been waiting for. There are enough songs here that sound like his old band to satisfy that infinite wait for one more Guadalcanal Diary album and plenty of tracks that build on that foundation while adding in plenty of new elements, to sound unique enough for a solo effort.
John Moore, Glide Magazine
The stark, acoustic-based pieces bristle with the immediacy of a live performance. The mature sound of the new album should please genre-addled radio and content programmers who tend to lump older singer-songwriters into the ever-widening Americana market.
Lee Valentine Smith, ArtsATL, AJC
Murray Attaway is riding tall in the saddle with the release of a new album, Tense Music Plays, his first in three decades, and a new video, “Breath,” for the LP’s first single.
Tony Paris, Creative Loafing