Marshall Crenshaw Returns With Jaggedland

Songwriter Readies 429 Records Debut Jaggedland In Stores June 2nd

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterful singer/songwriter
Marshall Crenshaw has signed with 429 Records and is gearing up for the
release of his long-awaited album of new recordings, Jaggedland. Crenshaw has
penned and played on twelve sublime new tracks that shimmer and glow with the
inimitable musical warmth and sly humor that the musician's musician is known
for. Touching on a variety of subjects both intimate and wide-ranging,
Crenshaw sings of love, mortality, the state of the world and the human
condition. Recorded partly in his hometown of Dutchess County, New York and
partly in Los Angeles, the artist collaborated with a hand-picked circle of
producers and musicians. Producer Stewart Lerman began the process by
recording a few of the tracks in Crenshaw's home studio while Jerry Boys
(Buena Vista Social Club) worked on the project with Marshall Crenshaw at Los
Angeles' Sage and Sound studio. Also in the mix were top-notch musicians
drummer Jim Keltner (a player with notables such as The Beatles, Rolling
Stones and Bob Dylan); bassist Sebastian Steinberg, guitarists Greg Leisz and
Wayne Kramer (of MC5 fame); and legendary vibraphonist/percussionist Emil
Richards (known for his stellar work on the Beach Boys' tour de force, Pet
Sounds). 429 Records will release Jaggedland on June 2nd.

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The album title is a term that Crenshaw uses to describe the state of his
brain and consciousness. The 12 songs are musical observations of the
multi-faceted range of human experience as seen through the filter of the
artist. All of Marshall Crenshaw's talents are on vivid display on
Jaggedland--his trademark melodicism, humor and emotional honesty shine
through on the vibrant recording, as well as his prodigious guitar playing.
Pointed and incisive as ever, the album resonates with an energy and immediacy
of a fine-tuned ensemble, often captured in a single take.

Jaggedland track listing:

1. Right On Time
2. Passing Through
3. Someone Told Me
4. Stormy River
5. Gasoline Baby
6. Never Coming Down
7. Long Hard Road
8. Jaggedland
9. Sunday Blues
10. Just Snap Your Fingers
11. Eventually

12. Live And Learn

Jaggedland is a career-defining record from one of America's greatest
songwriters and performers. Says Marshall Crenshaw in a recent interview: "I
worked with some of my heroes on this record. We banged it out in three days.
The music is really nice and the songs are off the dial--the best ones I've
done."

429 Records is a unit of the Savoy Label Group (SLG). SLG is the North
American unit of CME (Columbia Music Entertainment), the oldest music company
in Japan. The Savoy Label Group has evolved into a leading independent
company consistently outperforming competitors in key music categories as
monitored by Billboard Magazine. SLG is lead by Steve Vining and CME is headed
by Chairman Strauss Zelnick, founder of Zelnick Media which owns interests in
and manages an array of media companies.
www.429records.com

SOURCE 429 Records

Kurt Nishimura of SILVERLAKE MEDIA, +1-323-663-6303,
kurtnishimura@earthlink.net, for 429 Records