Kirin J. Callinan: Double A-Side Single Release - 'Living Each Day' feat. Connan Mockasin, and 'Down 2 Hang' feat. James Chance - On EMI NZ

KIRIN J. CALLINAN RELEASES NEW SINGLES
‘LIVING EACH DAY’ FEAT. CONNAN MOCKASIN
&
‘DOWN 2 HANG’ FEAT. JAMES CHANCE
OUT NOW
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NEW ALBUM
BRAVADO
OUT JUNE 9
PRE ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
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NZ TOUR DATES JUST ANNOUNCED
DETAILS IN PRESS RELEASE

TRACK DESCRIPTIONS (BY KIRIN J. CALLINAN):


‘Living Each Day’ feat. Connan Mockasin
“A pop gem, fingers crossed. The seed of the song developed one
casual stroll down Regents Canal in the north o London, a casual canal
conversation between Al Cameron, Az Cupples & I being the genesis o the main
lyrical idea, the idea of Living Each Day (Like It’s Your Last). The reason the
recording sounds so damn expensive is because of Mark Ronson’s generosity,
granting us access gratis to his London studio, tracking the drums, guitars
& vox with his grammy award winning in-house Italian Ricardo Damian. Back
south of the hemisphere, I then popped in to visit Connan Mockasin one heady
evening in New Zealand, in a shack at the time, and coerced him into laying down
a cheeky vocal refrain + inspired flashes of soulful, ad-lib
genius.”

‘Down 2 Hang’ feat. James Chance
“Written on the road, between NYC and Montreal, it started simply as a
list of things that can hang. Recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor, whom
introduced himself after seein’ me open up for Kid Congo Powers, we tracked it
the following day; the instrumental growing from a live jam, yours true on gat n
noise & Damian on modular synth. The lead vocal was performed just once,
live take, first take, only take, much of the lyric improvised, but once in the
can we knew it was what it was & it was it. Master musicians & luminary
legends Donny Benét, Laurence Pike & NYC institution James Chance then
brought their supreme musicality to the performance, and yer, it still was, and
is, what is it.”