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Delicate Steve - Sings LP (Black Vinyl)

Track Listing:

1. CHERRY
2. BABY
3. I'LL BE THERE
4. EASY FOR YOU
5. YESTERDAY
6. MEDIEVAL EYES
7. WIND WON'T BLOW
8. STAY WITH ME
9. WALKIN'
10. THESE ARMS OF MINE

Steve Marion, the critically acclaimed–and completely

wordless–songwriter and guitarist known as Delicate Steve,

has unveiled a new album called Delicate Steve Sings. Is

the album title a reference to the instantly recognizable “voice”

of his guitar? Does he actually sing this time? Has he not

been singing all along? That’s the crux of Sings—Marion is the

rare guitarist where you can put on any of his records and

know exactly who’s playing. In an indie rock landscape stuffed

end-to-end with guitars and amplifiers, nobody else sounds

like this.

That unique voice has kept Steve busy in an unpredictable

variety of settings. The sheer spread of his work outside

his own records—collaborating with Miley Cyrus and

Paul Simon, playing in Amen Dunes and the

Black Keys, and being sampled by Kanye —

doesn’t mean Steve’s a chameleon.

It means he’s singular.

Delicate Steve Sings is a record centered on channeling iconic

voices with his guitar. In doing so, Marion is casting himself

in the role of iconic singers like Willie who make standards their

own. In the process, he reveals just how singular (dare we say

iconic) that voice is. The guitar sings these songs—smoothly,

sweetly, boldly, and on its own terms. Recorded with Jonathan

Rado on bass, Kosta Galanopolous on drums, Renata Zeiguer

providing strings, and co-writer Elliot Bergman, the album

features both original songs with titles that suggest they might

be new recordings of classics. “I’ll Be There” is smooth like a

lost Bill Withers track; “Easy for You” isn’t the Elvis song of the

same name, but there’s a hint of the king in there, in addition

to Marion’s own takes onclassics such as the Emersons’ “Baby,”

The Beatles’ “Yesterday” and Otis Redding’s “These Arms

of Mine.”

“You’re tapping into something universal and in the consciousness

of pop music,” Steve says—tacit permission for his guitar

to drift into vocal expressions he’s internalized through years of

close, repeated listening. Just like all the great singers.