Marcellus Hall of Railroad Jerk and White Hassle will release a new solo album, I Will Never Let You Down, on February 9 via Gutfeeling. It’s his first solo album in 10 years and features regular collaborators Damon Smith on bass and Mike Shapiro on drums.
We’ve got the premiere of the album’s first single, “One Night,” a bouncy and joyous song with a big, hooky chorus. It also comes with a fun video by Andrew Hooper. “The video for One Night fell together magically” Hall tells us. “Having filmed with an iPhone several takes of me lip-synching at the magic hour on the Lower East Side of New York at Corlears Hook. I sent the footage, with a batch of band photos and drawings, to filmographer, Andrew Hooper, who had just relocated to Chiang Mai, Thailand, but despite the distance and our having never met in person, we were on the same page. Andrew’s frenetic cutting and beautiful graphic sense perfectly complement the song whose talk-sing, collage lyricism has antecedents in Railroad Jerk’s Ballad of Railroad Jerk (1994), White Hassle’s Vodka Talking (2004), and my solo release Wait A Minute (2013). And much credit goes to accompanists Damon Smith, Mike Shapiro, and Joachim Kearns, who make this song rock.”
Watch that below.
Among Marcellus’ fans are Bob Odenkirk, who calls him, “A great songwriter, a great singing man, and a powerful, heart-wrenching, spirited front man for a tight rock and roll band. A troubadour for sure! I Will Never Let You Down is his most musical, energetic, album yet, and the band comes together like gangbusters!” Are you going to argue with Saul Goodman?
I Will Never Let You Down:
Behind The Stadium
I Will Never Let You Down
So Over It
Ten Thousand Heroes
Kitchen Sink Blues
Our Devices
One Night
Who Could Have Imagined?
A Little Rain
Stoop Song
I Wouldn’t Mind
You’ve Got A Friend