In an apparent sense, Sean McConnell’s newest single, “By no means Sufficient,” is autobiographical. “There’s part of me that’s at all times after the following excessive—chasing the following dopamine hit,” says the Massachusetts-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter. “My chemical make-up appears to at all times remind me that if a bit little bit of one thing is sweet, then all of it might be even higher. Whether or not it’s cigarettes, espresso, alcohol and even music, I get a style, and I lose management. I study a chord, I write a tune, I promote my soul to rock ’n’ roll.”
For some time there, it additionally appeared as if McConnell had bought his soul to Music Metropolis. Six years after self-releasing his debut LP at simply 15, he signed a publishing take care of Warner Chappell Music, writing songs for everybody from Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and the creators of the TV sequence Nashville to Meatloaf, Plan White T’s and Finest Coast’s Bethany Cosentino. Now simply north of 40 and a fortunately married household man, McConnell is ready to launch his tenth solo album, Pores and skin, on February 28 by way of Metropolitan Groove Retailers. McConnell recorded its textured confessional people rock at his personal Silent Desert Studio with assist from longtime buddy Justin Tocket and members of his touring band.
One in every of 11 bracingly private tunes on Pores and skin, “By no means Sufficient” is usually about previous vices. “I gave up alcohol a couple of years in the past, and that’s been the most effective selections I’ve ever made,” says McConnell. “Additionally gone are the times of smoking cigarettes and mindlessly pounding coffees—just about, a minimum of. I bob and weave, ever conscious of my urge for food.”
“By no means Sufficient” can also be autobiographical in a much less direct approach. “Beneath all of it, the true soul of the tune is my love for—and from—my soulmate and spouse, Mary Susan,” says McConnell. “If there’s something we don’t want sparsely, certainly it’s love.”
We’re proud to premiere Sean McConnell’s “By no means Sufficient.”
—Hobart Rowland
