Acclaimed modern Americana duo Beta Radio release their brand new album Year Of Love on vinyl for the first time via Icons Creating Evil Art. The new album written and recorded over the course of 2020 sees the Wilmington, NC-based duo – Benjamin “Ben” Mabry and Brent Holloman – taking a moment to breathe in life’s simplest inspiration and, ultimately, urging everyone else to do the same. The album collects songs first featured on Beta Radio’s recently released Way of Love and Afraid of Love EPs alongside four brand new tracks.
VINYL - pressed on black 180g vinyl - 6mm spined Gatefold, reverse board print - Ltd.ed. 500 first pressing
Rooted in vocal harmonies, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, banjo, and an eclectic range of additional instrumentation and soulful arrangements, Beta Radio have crafted a catalog of anthems steeped in folk tradition and galvanized by sonic adventurism. Over the course of three albums and a lifetime of friendship, Mabry and Holloman have generated more than 150M streams for such standout tracks as “On The Frame,” “Tongue Tied,” and “Our Remains,” the latter two songs featured on the duo’s widely acclaimed third album and Nettwerk debut, 2018’s Ancient Transitions.
Beta Radio began writing what would become Year Of Love at the onset of 2020. The world shut down and though chaos and sadness ensued, Ben and Brent remained steadfast in their Wilmington studio. The duo broke from their traditional structure by releasing music as it came together rather than waiting to finish a full project. Tracks such as “Destined To Pretend“ were met by immediate applause, with Glide Magazine hailing “the duo’s shimmering folksy Americana,” noting, “(Beta Radio) craft a warm sonic backdrop from arpeggiated synth and strings as delicately plucked acoustic guitar upholds lilting vocals while meditating simultaneously on themes of hope and pain.” “It Doesn’t Really Feel Like Spring“ followed and received equivalent acclaim, with American Songwriter praising it as “tranquil and layered, opening with a meditative synth part around which Mabry and Holloman built the rest of the arrangement.”
Tracklisting:
A1. There's Something I Want To Say
A2. Afraid Of Love
A3. Don't Leave Me Behind
A4. It Doesn't Really Feel Like Spring
A5. Way Of Love
B1. Destined To Pretend
B2. The Lowlands
B3. I Need My Prayers
B4. Inside A Wave
B5. Year Of Love
