Dent
May & His Magnificent Ukulele
The
Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
PAW
24 CD/LP Paw Tracks
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You may have heard of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, a new pop musician from Oxford, Mississippi. If not, you’ll be hearing a lot from him in the coming year.
Dent’s unique vocal style, part crooner, part falsetto, and 101 percent showman reflects the influences of some of his favorite singers (Prince, Serge Gainsbourg, and Lee Hazlewood to name a few). His love of various song styles results in a unique combination of ukulele, drums, pedal steel, violin, horns and bass. One second his songs hint at Brazilian Tropicalia, the next a ‘50s barbershop quartet or an early 20th century country swing.
By integrating his favorite pop music from around the world and writing about what is in front of him (his town, his friends, and pretty girls), Dent takes the “think global, buy local” motto to heart. He may just be one of the 21st century’s first sustainable pop singers.
Animal Collective first heard Dent May when they were recording their new record in Oxford Mississippi in early 2008. They quickly signed him to their Paw Tracks imprint and now we present his incredibly impressive debut full length, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele.
With excitement reaching a fever pitch a new term has been coined: Dent Maynia. Catch it.
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Points That Will Help You Understand Dent May A Little More:
-Dent May will be touring the world all of 2009 including SXSW
- Publicity by Force Field PR
- Radio Promotion by Terror Bird
- Dent’s album was recorded in his double-wide trailer in Taylor, MS by Rusty Santos (who also recorded Panda Bear, Animal Collective, White Magic et al.)
- Visit Dent May on the internet at www.myspace.com/dentmay and www.dentmay.com
- Promo cds and posters available upon request
Tracklisting: 1. Welcome 2. Meet Me In The Garden 3. College Town Boy 4. Oh Paris! 5. Howard 6. Girls On The Square 7. You Can’t Force A Dance Party 8. God Loves You, Michael Chang 9. At The Academic Conference 10. 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) 11. I’m An Alcoholic 12. Love Song 2009
Release Date: February 3rd, 2009
Jackson, Mississippi native Dent May grew up singing in local church groups, acting in school plays, and performing at nursing home gigs with a recorder choir. In high school, he wrote synthy power-pop with his band The Rockwells while recording erotically charged novelty tracks with friends on the side. After three unsuccessful semesters at NYU's film school, May moved to North Mississippi where he helped found the Cats Purring arts collective and formed a country-rock band called Cowboy Maloney's Electric City. In late 2007, inspired by Serge Gainsbourg and Lee Hazlewood, he began performing as Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele and released a digital E.P. of cheeky lo-fi tunes, A Brush With Velvet. The title is a reference to The Partridge Family, episodes of which May obsessively collected and organized on VHS tapes as a teen. His debut album, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, was recorded with Rusty Santos in May's home, a double-wide trailer in Taylor, Mississippi (population: 300). He continues to perform with Cowboy Maloney's Electric City, and recently began recording dance music under the moniker Dent Sweat.