The Stephen Stanley Band - Jimmy & The Moon (2019)

As a founding father of the Canadian band The Lowest of the Low, Stephen Stanley gave his guitar, voice, heart, soul, and yes, butt, to Shakespeare My Butt, a "17-song opus about life, love, loss, literature and labour politics [which] occupies hallowed ground for music fans and musicians alike"(Chart Attack) and was "one of the biggest-selling independent albums ever released in Canada" (All Music Guide).

Roots-rock-pop singer-songwriter Stephen Stanley now returns with a new record Jimmy & The Moon, joined by a fine new band duly committed to keeping the bar raised high, whether a song sets foot beneath a legendary defunct nightclub or a title track that zooms a crane up to the moon.
While recording these songs on Wolfe Island at the old Post Office studio with his
producer and multi-instrumentalist Hugh Christopher Brown, an unofficialtheme emerged "quite naturally as we whittled down the songs for this collection," Stephen says. As fans of "LOTL" can attest, one's own backyard or alleyway still hold endless unexpected rewards, twists and turns and Stanley's new tunes pay tribute to the people and city where he has spent his life.

Stanley and Brown put all sorts of beautiful and jangly spins onto his musical past and frame his present in a burst of rock-pop-soaked energy. The spotlight easily shines on Stephen's formidable guitar playing and his honest, emotionally connected vocals and songs but this pair also shines the light on all of the stellar musicians and guest vocalists on this record, including the stunning newcomer Hadley McCall Thackston who sings with Stephen on the disarmingly sweet and mysterious Pogues-like love song, "Next to Me."

Tracklist:
01. The Stephen Stanley Band - Talkin' Bout It (2:49)
02. The Stephen Stanley Band - The Troubadour's Song (5:08)
03. The Stephen Stanley Band - Jimmy & The Moon (6:00)
04. The Stephen Stanley Band - Under the Mynah Bird (4:28)
05. The Stephen Stanley Band - 40 Endings (4:15)
06. The Stephen Stanley Band - Things I Wish I'd Never Seen (4:02)
07. The Stephen Stanley Band - Melinda (4:33)
08. The Stephen Stanley Band - Next to Me (3:31)
09. The Stephen Stanley Band - Birthday Clown (4:35)
10. The Stephen Stanley Band - By Her Side (6:06)
11. The Stephen Stanley Band - California (6:40)