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Lady, Tell Me Straight

by Mike Uva

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Bank Job 03:41
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Mean Ol' Red 03:21
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California 03:39
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Work Blues 02:44
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released July 24, 2012

“Mike Uva makes smart, understated pop, couching wry observations in offhandedly catchy melodies. His songs stick around like old friends, their warmth, accessibility and unshowy intelligence always welcome, never overbearing. . . .

“Pedal steel wreathes the melancholy shuffle of the title track, while ‘Bank Job’ rambles through a Band-like daydream of American country rock. Lovely ‘California,’ masses the band's voices in ghostly folk harmonies, and equally gorgeous ‘Boat Behind the Trees’ finds a transcendence in simplicity and natural imagery. ‘Work Blues,’ follows a spectral blues lick through shimmering mirages of piano.

“In ‘Drank Too Much Last Night,’ the album's rough-riding, minor-key highlight, Uva starts the night with $5 and manages to make it last through a night that touches on love, friendship, and a love of music. . . . Uva scrounges borrowed bills and cadged drinks, as his guitar drives on and on, the song just about perfect in the way it celebrates small triumphs of creation and connection in a flawed world.

“Write about music long enough and you'll develop a short lists of artists that should be better known, that, for whatever reason, have never made the impact that their skill, by rights, should entitle them to. Mike Uva is somewhere very close to the top of my list, and Lady, Tell Me Straight only confirms his position as one of the best songwriters you never heard of.” —Jennifer Kelly, blurtonline.com

Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP) BEST OF 2012 :: "Mike Uva fuses elements of outlaw country and Americana with a warm pop sensibility, reminiscent of artists ranging from the Band to the Byrds to Damien Jurado. Supporting players The Bad Eyes add solid harmonies and fitting instrumentation, particularly in the subtle trumpet parts and piano work. . . . A real underappreciated gem." —Shawn Campbell, chirpradio.org

"You know that scene in Heartworn Highways, when all those guys are sitting around at Christmas drinking and playing songs and having a good time? 'Lady Tell Me Straight' . . . is like the summer barbeque version of that scene. Wise and witty lyrics with the low-fi acoustic pop accompaniment. Mike recorded this with a handful of musicians, two microphones and an 8-track recorder. With songs this good you don't need much else." —Clocktower Nine

featuring
MATT CHARBONEAU / MIKE LYFORD / JON NIEFELD / RYAN FOLTZ / BEAU LISY / TONY CROSS / DAVE MOLNAR / AL MOSS / and MIKE UVA

songs written by MIKE UVA
arranged by MIKE UVA & THE BAD EYES
engineered & mixed by MIKE UVA
mastered by ADAM BOOSE (Cauliflower Audio)
vinyl pressing by GOTTA GROOVE RECORDS (Cleveland, OH)

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