Waxsimile Productions is thrilled to announce the official release of Briget Boyle’s Album The Next Line

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joseph Timmons in news // 0 Comments

Available on March 8 at stores nationwide and online outlets.

Songwriter Briget Boyle’s sophomore album, The Next Line, is slated for national release on vinyl, March 8, 2019. The record is a bold step forward from Briget’s 2014 debut, The Parts Interior. Throughout The Next Line Briget explores new genres and instrumentation which build upon the acoustic folk template laid down throughout her debut outing. The vinyl was pressed through Oakland’s own Second Line Vinyl, and features some of the Bay Area’s finest talent.

The Next Line was premiered via Substream Magazine, who enthused over the diverse arrangements, saying that “each of the 11 tracks [on] The Next Line holds a new sound or idea that serves to surprise and entrance listeners.” The outlet continued to heap praise on Briget, concluding that The Next Line is “a thoroughly fascinating and gripping listen.”

A defining feature of Briget’s work is the attention she pays to the subtle elements of her arrangements. Her poetic lyrical imagery is complemented by melodic guitar lines, rich layering of voices, and powerful textural shifts that accompany the movements from verse, to chorus, to instrumental break.

Briget’s solo work is a notable departure from the traditional folk vocal ensembles that she cut her musical teeth in. As a member of the Bay Area’s legendary group Kitka, and more recently with her own True Life Trio, Briget mastered the complex harmonic and rhythmic world of Eastern European folk music. In her solo work Briget is able to eschew the necessary restraints that are imposed on singers who aim to present authentic versions of traditional songs. With The Next Line, Briget molds her folk, acoustic, and indie rock influences to create a music that is truly her own.

Listen to The Next Line now: https://lnk.to/TheNextLinePR

Order your CD or pre-order vinyl: https://brigetboyle.bandcamp.com/album/the-next-line

About The Artist Briget Boyle

Briget Boyle is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitar player based in Oakland, California. Her second album, The Next Line, has just been released by Waxsimile Productions. Briget’s first solo record, The Parts Interior, came out in 2014 and was hailed as “emotionally resonant” and “sorrowful and redeeming.”

The Next Line is the culmination of three years of songwriting and self-exploration. At the end of 2017, Briget left her day job as the production manager of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir to pursue her music career and to record and release this album. She teamed up with producer Michael Shiono, and Michael and Briget were able to take her songs, full of potential but not yet complete, and open them up to find their new sound. The Next Line, full of energetic and vibey tunes, features some of the Bay Area’s finest players, including Kyle Caprista, Geneva Harrison, Kimiko Joy, Ben Misterka, Jon Monahan, and James DePrato. Full credits are available here: http://www.brigetboyle.com/albums

Briget has a rich and diverse musical history. Growing up in Los Angeles, Briget sang backup for her mother, recording artist Karen Tobin, and worked with her father in Hollywood’s film scoring studios. She began writing songs as a teenager and played guitar in rock and jazz ensembles. She then attended the College of Santa Fe as a Music Performance and Composition major. After college, Briget sang for eight years with Kitka Eastern European Women’s Vocal Ensemble, one of the most respected American groups performing Balkan folk music today. After leaving Kitka, Briget co-founded True Life Trio, an innovative ensemble that explores music from the Balkans and the Americas.

Briget was also the lead singer and percussionist for the Balkan ensemble Brass Menažeri, which collaborated with hip-hop artist Mr. Lif on 2017’s Resilient. The album was released to great acclaim, also on the Waxsimile Productions label.