SALVADORE ROSS



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Salvadore Ross 2024

 
The Transfiguration of Salvadore Ross 2019

The Transfiguration of Salvadore Ross 2019

Mystery Head 2017

Mystery Head 2017

The highly anticipated eponymous third album by Dayton, Ohio psych rockers Salvadore Ross will be released digitally, on vinyl and CD via Magnaphone Records on May 11, 2024.

The self-described “pandemic record” pushed guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter Kyle Byrum to hunker down and hone his production chops to perfection. Salvadore Ross used their band as a social bubble to track the album on their own and it sounds superb. The isolation and uncertainty of the time lingers in the lyrical content, while the music itself provides a beautifully trippy escape, very representative of the band’s live performances before and since lockdown.

Byrum describes the album as “a voyage of empathetic sadness, sanity questioning, and disgruntlement with a polarized society amidst the socio-political chaos of the 2020's. Fortunately, listeners are able to escape to a kinder, safer realm with the closing track, as earthlings say goodbye to this ‘Greenhouse’ in search of a new vessel for the spirit.”

The band continues expansive psych-rock exploration that fans will find familiar but this record also sees chill, fuzzy jazz, nuanced bluesy soloing, and heavy-hitting riffs referencing influences from the 60's and 70's. The recordings are essentially live trio studio takes subtly embellished by Byrum in post, and this approach allows the emotion in the songs to shine through. Byrum adds “we hope you enjoy the journey. Travel until you're born.”