Ripe For Anarchy, by Business Of Dreams

Ripe For Anarchy

by Business Of Dreams

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agutterfan Reverbed vocals & guitars, synths, with a nod to great singer/songwriters like Grant McLennan. More hopeful in tone and lyrics than his debut, but same delightful melodies, check out the stunning "Don't Let Our Time Expire". Lesser talents would kill to write a song like that. Favorite track: Chasing That Feeling.

Emmerich This is some of the most moving pop music I've heard in years—unsparing realism encased in buoyant, perfect sounds.

Calle Falksten One of 2019´s more pleasant surprises so far. Grant Mclennan meets Field Mice meets REM in 11 quite sparkling songs Favorite track: Ripe For Anarchy.

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1.	Chasing That Feeling 03:54	buy track
2.	My Old Town 03:06	buy track
3.	Ripe For Anarchy 03:03	buy track
4.	N.R.E.A.M. 03:00	buy track
5.	Don’t Let Our Time Expire 03:25	buy track
6.	I Never Could Tell You 01:51	buy track
7.	The Hatchet Song 02:55	buy track
8.	Naive Scenes 04:22	buy track
9.	La La La La 02:49	buy track
10.	I Feel Dread 02:47	buy track
11.	Keep The Blues Away 03:56	buy track

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Corey Cunningham's Business of Dreams is all about emotional catharsis. When his father passed away a few years ago, Cunningham took leave from his long-running Bay Area/LA musical partnerships Magic Bullets and Terry Malts to return to his home state of Tennessee to grieve and confront his past.

Making music to cope with this loss resulted in Business of Dreams' lovely eponymous debut album, an unexpected pop pleasure that wound up on Bandcamp's and Raven Sings The Blues' year-end lists for 2017. Soon the live version of Business Of Dreams took shape as Cunningham opened for Rogue Wave on a national tour and played scores of local shows with Frankie Rose, Real Estate and many others.

With his new album "Ripe For Anarchy," Cunningham has honed the songwriting with an eye towards regret, existence, and perseverance. "When I’m gone you won’t cry for me, focus on the moment, be free," he sings on "Chasing That Feeling." And that’s the mantra here: it’s time to let go. "The album is about living in the moment, shedding neurosis, and the desire to discard the general societal malaise we’ve been roped into."

"Ripe For Anarchy" is a through-and-through ode to indie pop, in the historic definition of the genre. "My Old Town" and "N.R.E.A.M." could be album cuts on a Grant McLennan solo album, "Don’t Let Our Time Expire" and "Naive Scenes" could be The Smiths, the Sparklehorse cover "The Hatchet Song" bears an uncanny resemblance to Australian pop pioneers Even As We Speak, and "I Feel Dread" has the unmistakable earmarks of The Field Mice.

And while he may be more noted for playing guitar in Terry Malts, Smokescreens, and Merge Records' Mike Krol's backing band, Cunningham is most at home making soft sounds extolling the wounded and mournful. "I think music is the most personal of mediums. You can work and listen, you can run and listen, you can drive and listen. And I think I’m a misfit. If I can make the most personal music for misfits, then I’m satisfied."

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released February 1, 2019

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Business Of Dreams Los Angeles, California

Former nobody, current nothing.

The one thing I’ve learned in life: if you’ve got trauma and pain, nobody really cares. Nobody wants to know about it and even less people want to understand it.

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Bottom of the Hill

San Francisco, CA

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