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“Audibly inspired by rock’n’roll’s classics, but making them his own… he’s one to watch” Classic Rock
“A 21st Century rock star in the making…” Kerrang!
With the release of his album Can’t Keep Wanting You today & tour dates being finalised for a UK visit this autumn, Illinois born, Nashville based alt rocker James Bruner shares the track SMS – alt rock in sound & punk in attitude, it’s a ‘message to self‘ about reaching out for help rather than suffering in silence.
Produced by Nashville’s Shane Weisman & co-written by both James & Shane, SMS is a shot of guitar-fuelled adrenalin in which James sings about losing sight of ambition & personal goals.
James explains: “I think it’s safe to say that this is the album’s unconscious ‘save me’ song. It’s about feeling afraid or silently struggling. In the writing process for this one, I felt like I was losing sight of my dreams! You can hear the callback to this in both verses when I sing ‘remember the time, remember the time, the man with the dream.’ The only way I could ask for help or be free of the struggling thoughts was to put pen to paper. The thoughts of me losing sight of something so important terrified me & so I had to scream them out. The title itself has a fun double meaning as well. On one hand SMS is a text message, on the other hand it’s an abbreviation for me screaming ‘save my soul’”!
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