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August 2, 2021

Folk artist JEREMY SQUIRES Shares Emotional Video “Burst” Alongside Release of 11th Album ‘UNRAVEL’

DT: AUGUST 2, 2021

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH / SRO PR

FOLK ARTIST
JEREMY SQUIRES
RELEASES EMOTIONAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR
“BURST”
ALONGSIDE RELEASE OF 11^th ALBUM
‘UNRAVEL’
OUT NOW VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

WATCH HERE
STREAM/DOWNLOAD ALBUM HERE

UNRAVEL Cover Artwork

North Carolina-based dream-folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES released his 11^th studio album UNRAVEL last Friday, July 30 via the California-based Blackbird Record Label featuring 10 tracks that aims for the head and heart with its distinctive songcraft and intimate vocals and musical performances. Stream/download UNRAVEL now at https://smithmusic.ffm.to/jeremysquires_unravel. CD’s and merch bundles can be found exclusively at https://jeremysquires.bandcamp.com/merch.

In conjunction with the album’s release, SQUIRES also shared a deeply emotional music video for the single, “Burst,” which was written right after the loss of his grandmother who raised him and later recorded at the home he grew up in with childhood friends/former bandmates. The video was described by Vents Magazine via an exclusive premiere on July 29 as “a rather minimalistic but very experimental clip that captures perfectly all the feelings and emotional states, especially those of grief and depression through especially a series of nature footage and much more.”

“I struggle everyday with my mental health, but this song goes deeper than that, shares SQUIRES. “I was struggling with my faith–not necessarily in a religious sense but faith in everything in general. A lot was going on in my life at the time. There were ups and downs and struggles I was dealing with. I was a caregiver and I needed to be strong, but I was falling apart (unraveling) on the inside.”

“It’s a song about finding strength and balance. It was hard to find stable ground. Writing music helps with that. It gives me an inner peace and helps me sort everything out and zone out. It was important for me to be able to record this song in the house where I grew up and learned to play music. I can’t express enough how much I needed to have Carlos and Sammy come over and play this song with me. Everything comes full circle. We all grew up there and we all got to say goodbye.”

Watch “Burst” on Vevo HERE or streaming directly below.

JEREMY SQUIRES – “Burst” Music Video

Credit: Shelley Ann Squires

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July 8, 2021

JEREMY SQUIRES Debuts Haunting New Single + Music Video “DIMINISH” Taken From Upcoming Album ‘UNRAVEL’

DT: JULY 8, 2021

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH / SRO PR

FOLK SINGER/SONGWRITER & MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
JEREMY SQUIRES
DEBUTS HAUNTING NEW SINGLE + MUSIC VIDEO
“DIMINISH”

FIRST LOOK HERE

TRACK FEATURED ON UPCOMING JULY 30^th ALBUM
‘UNRAVEL’
VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

Credit: Shelley Ann Squires

As dream-folk singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES prepares to release his 11^th studio album UNRAVEL—due out July 30 via the California-based Blackbird Record Label—he today (July 8) has unveiled the stirring video for new single “Diminish” which taps into his varied influences (including The Cure). Watch the atmospheric video featuring locations he frequents in his hometown of New Bern, North Carolina here. The single will be available tomorrow (July 9) at all streaming platforms.

“For me ‘Diminish’ represents change and finding beauty in unlikely places both literally and metaphorically,” shares SQUIRES.

He goes on to explain how the video came about and relates to the song, stating: “Photography is a passion for me, and I was photographing abandoned houses and structures around NC. While photographing I felt inspired to film these places. I found beauty and sadness in what some people might see as ugly or decrepit. Most of these places are hidden from plain view and I found peace and solace filming this video while some places I drive past every day, and I wanted them to be seen the way I see them… as hauntingly beautiful.”

Pre-save/add UNRAVEL across all digital platforms here:

https://smithmusic.ffm.to/jeremysquires_unravel.

CD’s and merch bundles will be offered exclusively via Bandcamp here: https://jeremysquires.bandcamp.com/merch.

Marking his most intimate and personal material to date, UNRAVEL’s 10 tracks merge distinctive songcraft with deeply felt vocals and musical performances that aim for the head and the heart. Written following the loss of his grandmother (who raised him), SQUIRES experiments with new instruments—writing his first-ever song on bass—and influences by building tracks with friends such as Erin Tate (ex-Minus The Bear) while somehow maintaining to effortlessly weave each track into a cohesive statement.

“When I listened back to this album, it seems like you can really see and feel what I was talking or singing about…it’s like a story,” he shares. “Lyrically it seems more in-depth. There’s something about this album that is more dreamy. I can see where it’s definitely different than anything that I’ve released.”

On the album’s artwork—illustrated by Kelley Wills/Brain Flower Designs—which can be seen featured below, SQUIRES explains, “For me swans are extremely significant as they are a symbol of grace, beauty and loyalty. Two swans (a pair) represent soulmates to me and the depth of a soul in general.”

UNRAVEL Track Listing
1. My Last Song
2. Fade (Watch)
3. Only In My Dreams (Watch)
4. Aurora
5. Unravel
6. Dream Walking
7. Burst
8. Crosses
9. Diminish (Watch)
10. Borderline

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June 14, 2021

JEREMY SQUIRES Reveals Touching Music Video For Second Single “FADE”

DT: JUNE 14, 2021

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH / SRO PR

JEREMY SQUIRES
REVEALS TOUCHING MUSIC VIDEO FOR SECOND SINGLE
“FADE”
RECORDED AT FOLK ARTIST’S LATE GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE

WATCH HERE

TRACK FEATURED ON 11^th STUDIO ALBUM
‘UNRAVEL’
OUT JULY 30 VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

“There’s something about this album that is more dreamy. I can see where it’s definitely different than anything that I’ve released.” –JEREMY SQUIRES, 2021

Music and family have always been central to dream-folk artist/multi-instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES’ story. On his 11^th studio album UNRAVEL—due out July 30 via Blackbird Record Label—SQUIRES merges distinctive songcraft with deeply felt vocals and musical performances. With his second single, “Fade,” released last Friday (June 11), SQUIRES tackles the emotions he dealt with as he experienced the loss of his grandmother who raised him.

“‘Fade’ is about facing yourself and revisiting memories and/or demons and coming to terms with them,” shares SQUIRES. “There were so many things going through my head when I wrote this song. My grandmother had passed, my life was changing and the people around me were changing and spiraling. I was faced with difficult life choices I had to make, and this song was an outlet.”

The track is accompanied by a stirring black and white video (seen below) filmed across his favorite spots around his hometown of rural North Carolina and at his late grandmother’s home. The video was premiered on June 10 via Bluegrass Situation.

“The video for ‘Fade’ was filmed at various locations in my hometown and in a small neighboring town,” SQUIRES says. “I filmed multiple scenes in my granny’s old home that she left to me. I feel the lyrics reflect the imagery in the video. I filmed a specific scene as I burned a life’s worth of papers and collected memories outside in her yard one night with an old crutch and it was cathartic. ‘Fade’ is one of my favorite videos and I feel that it is one of the best songs on the album. It is definitely one that I am connected to.”

Jeremy Squires - “Fade” (Official Video)
JEREMY SQUIRES – “Fade” Official Music Video

On UNRAVEL, SQUIRES experiments with new instruments—writing his first-ever song on bass—and influences by building tracks with friends such as Erin Tate (ex-Minus The Bear) while somehow maintaining to effortlessly weave each track into a cohesive statement. “When I listened back to this album, it seems like you can really see and feel what I was talking or singing about…it’s like a story,” he shares. “Lyrically it seems more in-depth. There’s something about this album that is more dreamy. I can see where it’s definitely different than anything that I’ve released.”

UNRAVEL Track Listing

1. My Last Song
2. Fade
3. Only In My Dreams (Watch)
4. Aurora
5. Unravel
6. Dream Walking
7. Burst
8. Crosses
9. Diminish
10. Borderline

Pre-save/add UNRAVEL across all digital platforms here:
https://smithmusic.ffm.to/jeremysquires_unravel.

CD’s and merch bundles will be offered exclusively via Bandcamp here: https://jeremysquires.bandcamp.com/merch.

Credit: Shelley Ann Squires

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May 24, 2021

Folk Artist/Multi-Instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES Announces New Album ‘Unravel’ Out 7/30

DT: MAY 24, 2021

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH / SRO PR

FOLK ARTIST/MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
JEREMY SQUIRES
ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM
‘UNRAVEL’
OUT JULY 30 VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

SHARES INTIMATE MUSIC VIDEO/SINGLE
“ONLY IN MY DREAMS”
FILMED ACROSS HOMETOWN OF RURAL NORTH CAROLINA

UNRAVEL Cover Artwork by Kelley Wills (Brainflower Designs)

Adventurous folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES will release his 11^th full-length album UNRAVEL on July 30 via Blackbird Record Label. It was written following the loss of his grandmother (who raised him) and two tracks were recorded in her home as a way of saying goodbye, making this his most intimate and personal material to date. UNRAVEL’s 10 tracks merge distinctive songcraft with deeply felt vocals and musical performances that aim for the head and the heart.

SQUIRES has shared its haunting and evocative debut single “Only In My Dreams”—released across digital platforms last Friday, May 21–with a music video that provides an introspective look at SQUIRES’ daily life filmed at various locations around his hometown of rural North Carolina. Watch the video below or on VEVO HERE. Stream “Only In My Dreams” here: https://smithmusic.ffm.to/jeremysquires_onlyinmydreams

“‘Only In My Dreams’ is an escape from reality but at the same time is a recollection of a specific moment in my life that I tried to portray in vivid detail,” SQUIRES says. “I wanted to bring the listener into that moment and share how different feelings can manifest and I wanted to expand on that.”

““I do a lot of driving through rural North Carolina,” he explains. “I always have my cameras and my phone on me and I get inspired by colors, country scenery, textures, the water, the sky, etc. The imagery in this video is of places that I frequent in my hometown, in surrounding counties and in my own backyard. I wanted to capture the dreamlike aspect of these beautiful places and I feel that it flowed with the song.”

Music and family has always been central to SQUIRES’ story from the start. When he was 11, his grandmother bought him an acoustic guitar in an antique store. He played and toured with punk bands as a young adult, until his son was born in 2001. His songwriting began to blossom–as heard on his first two albums originally released in 2012 (A Place to Hide and In the Dark) which he remastered and released during the pandemic. His music reflects his experiences of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD and the trauma he’s endured throughout his life including losing his mother to opioid addiction and passing on his mental health issues to his son.

“My granny was the foundation of our family, and because my mom, my dad and my grandparents have all passed away, she was the last thing I had really,” reveals SQUIRES. “When she passed away, I felt like things were unraveling, but unraveling isn’t just a negative thing. It could be something unraveling into something beautiful, like a different story is about to start, or another chapter. For me I felt like things were going to fall apart, and then everything was OK in the end.”

On UNRAVEL, SQUIRES experiments with new instruments—writing his first ever song on bass—and influences by building tracks with friends such as Erin Tate (ex-Minus The Bear) while somehow maintaining to effortlessly weave each track into a cohesive statement. “When I listened back to this album, it seems like you can really see and feel what I was talking or singing about…it’s like a story,” he shares. “Lyrically it seems more in-depth. There’s something about this album that is more dreamy. I can see where it’s definitely different than anything that I’ve released.”

UNRAVEL Track Listing
1. My Last Song
2. Fade
3. Only In My Dreams
4. Aurora
5. Unravel
6. Dream Walking
7. Burst
8. Crosses
9. Diminish
10. Borderline

Pre-save/add UNRAVEL across all digital platforms here:
https://smithmusic.ffm.to/jeremysquires_unravel.

CD’s and merch bundles will be offered exclusively via Bandcamp here: https://jeremysquires.bandcamp.com/merch.

For more information on JEREMY SQUIRES, please visit:
WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM

SRO PR Assets: www.sropr.com/portfolio/jeremysquires

For press opportunities, please contact:
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Mitch Schneider – mschneider@sropr.com
Kelly Walsh – kwalsh@sropr.com

August 27, 2020

Alternative Folk artist JEREMY SQUIRES ‘Many Moons’ Due Friday 8/28 via Blackbird Record Label

DT: AUGUST 27, 2020

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH

ALTERNATIVE/FOLK ARTIST
JEREMY SQUIRES

TO RELEASE

‘MANY MOONS’ ALBUM
THIS FRIDAY
(AUGUST 28)
VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

AMID EARLY CRITICAL PRAISE

Album Artwork: Kelly Willis/Brainflower Designs

“Squires’ latest has that close up production feel that will draw you into feeling like you are sitting right here listening live. The song [“Labyrinth”] itself is very fluid and flowy. Give it a listen and unwind.”

—Americana Highways (8/6/20)

“Many Moons lands well amongst the current state of things. Although the inspiration is more intimate, each of the ten-tracks covers relatable topics such as grief, loss, stress, mental illness, and change.”

—American Songwriter (8/13/20)

On his 10^th album overall, MANY MOONS, North Carolina-based alternative/folk artist JEREMY SQUIRES poignantly blends traditional folk roots with alternative-leaning sounds–an unexpected result which came about by the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist having written the album on his analog keyboard. Due this Friday, August 28 via Manda Mosher‘s California-based Blackbird Record Label, MANY MOONS takes listeners on an emotive journey across its ten tracks-which JEREMY self-recorded (including vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, piano and synth)-as he shares the struggles he’s endured throughout his life from dealing with his own mental health issues and its effect on those close to him to losing his mother to opioid addiction. His friend and fellow musician Whit Wright (American Aquarium, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves) lends assistance on pedal steel guitar adding to the album’s unique sonic texture.

For MANY MOONS, JEREMY has received premiere coverage from outlets including American Songwriter (“Hazy“), The Bluegrass Situation (“Cast Spells“) and Americana Highways (“Labyrinth“). In the coming weeks, look for him to share a new music video for “Swan Dive” which is a deeply personal song that depicts his mother’s struggle with addiction and her untimely passing.

Read an in-depth Q&A with JEREMY on the making of MANY MOONS here.

Pre-order MANY MOONS digitally at https://ffm.to/1rlxrre. The album will also be available on CD which can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp HERE.

Credit: Shelley Ann Squires

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August 7, 2020

Alternative-Folk Artist JEREMY SQUIRES Shares Nostalgic Single “Labyrinth” from August 28 Release ‘Many Moons’

DT: AUGUST 7, 2020

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH

ALTERNATIVE/FOLK ARTIST JEREMY SQUIRES
SHARES NOSTALGIC SINGLE

“LABYRINTH”

‘MANY MOONS’ ALBUM
DUE AUGUST 28
ON BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE

Credit: Shelly Ann Squires

North Carolina-based alternative folk artist JEREMY SQUIRES pours out his innermost feelings in his new single, “Labyrinth,” taken from his upcoming August 28 album release MANY MOONS via Blackbird Record Label. With each pluck of his guitar string, the singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist captivates listeners’ hearts as he soothingly croons lyrics that reminisce of a time that once was. “Labyrinth” was premiered yesterday (8/6) at Americana Highways which noted its “close up production feel that will draw you into feeling like you are sitting right here listening live” while describing the song as “very fluid and flowy.”

“‘Labyrinth’ is one of my favorite songs from ‘Many Moons’ and one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever written,” shares JEREMY. “I experimented with alternate tunings for the song and came up with a textured/dreamy sound. The lyrics are very close to my heart as well. This song is about living in the same place where you grew up and watching everything change around you. This line from ‘Labyrinth’ conveys what I try to express in the song: ‘The neighbors were building a treehouse for the kids in the yard where I used to play for hours dreaming.’ I tried to write and sing it in a way that paints a vivid portrait.”

“Labyrinth” is available across all digital platforms today, stream/download it here: http://smarturl.it/labyrinthsingle

MANY MOONS was produced and mixed between JEREMY‘s home studio and a nearby abandoned church. JEREMY recorded all instrumentation including vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, piano and synth aside from a few select tracks that feature Whit Wright (American Aquarium, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves) on pedal steel guitar. Across its 10 tracks, JEREMY does not shy from revealing his true heart as his lyrics revolve around intense life experiences he’s endured–from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the feeling of guilt for passing it on to his son to memories of his mother, who he lost due to opioid addiction. The result is haunting melancholic melodies that create a unique sonic texture embellished by his experimentation of originally writing the songs on his analog keyboard and citing influences from Paul Westerberg to Mark Kozelek / Sun Kil Moon to The Cure

Read an in-depth Q&A on JEREMY and MANY MOONS here.

Pre-order MANY MOONS and receive the previously released single “Cast Spells“–the video for which premiered in July via The Bluegrass Situation–as an instagrat track here: https://ffm.to/1rlxrre.

Album Artwork: Kelly Willis/Brainflower Designs

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July 30, 2020

NC-based Alternative/Folk Musician JEREMY SQUIRES Shares Music Video for “Cast Spells” Plus Q&A on Aug. 28 Album

DT: JULY 30, 2020

FM: MITCH SCHNEIDER, KELLY WALSH

JEREMY SQUIRES–

NORTH CAROLINA ALTERNATIVE FOLK MUSICIAN–
SHARES VIDEO FOR SINGLE
“CAST SPELLS”

PLUS
Q&A ON MAKING OF NEW ALBUM
‘MANY MOONS’
DUE AUGUST 28 VIA BLACKBIRD RECORD LABEL

PRE-ORDERS NOW AVAILABLE

Credit: Shelley Ann Squires

“You’ve been breathing dark magic to me/When I’m singing sad songs/

You can’t pick me up but you drag me along” – “Cast Spells”

Alternative folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist JEREMY SQUIRES will be releasing his 10^th full length album, MANY MOONS, on August 28 via Blackbird Record Label. Opting to record the songs he’d written on his analog keyboard over the last few years, the experimentation leads to some unexpected sounds, yet the heart of SQUIRES’ songwriting remains true. Known for his haunting melodies and evocative lyrics, the prolific North Carolina native premiered its debut single/music video “Cast Spells” yesterday (July 30) via The Bluegrass Situation. The video, seen below, features a compilation of eccentric clips and home video footage. “Cast Spells” is out tomorrow, July 31, and is being offered as an instant grat track with all digital pre-orders of MANY MOONS.

Reserve your copy now at https://ffm.to/1rlxrre and scroll below for an in-depth Q&A with JEREMY on the making of the album.

“When I wrote ‘Cast Spells,’ I had originally intended for it to be an acoustic song and a duet,” shares JEREMY. “Over time I felt the song could be opened up more and I started playing around with different soundscapes and textures. Ultimately the song evolved into what it is now. ‘Cast Spells’ is one of my favorite songs on the record and tells a poetic truth from a haunting perspective.”

WATCH “CAST SPELLS” HERE

On MANY MOONS, the heart of SQUIRES can be felt throughout its poignant songwriting which revolve around intense life experiences JEREMY has endured–from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the feeling of guilt for passing it on to his son to memories of his mother, who he lost due to opioid addiction. He pours these emotions into the album further by performing each aspect of its music entirely on his own including vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, piano and synth. His friend and fellow musician Whit Wright (American Aquarium, Jason Isbell, Willie Nelson) adds petal steel guitar on select tracks.

‘MANY MOONS‘ Track listing

Hazy
Cast Spells
Glass House
Vanishing
Labyrinth
Hummingbird
Many Moons
Infinite Chords
Swan Dive
The Shade You Cast

“While Americana music is littered with melancholy tales of drinking, loss, and broken romance, Squires delivers raw, concise lyrics – ungarnished by flowery rhetoric that candidly spell out tragedy.”
– No Depression (2/15/16)

MANY MOONS was partially recorded at a local old abandoned church in New Bern, NC as well as at JEREMY‘s in-home studio where he experimented with his sound by recording the songs he’d written over the last few years on his analog keyboard, which led to some unexpected sounds.

“I hope that people who know my music will really enjoy it and see it for what it is,” JEREMY says. “I feel happy when I listen to it. I feel like I really wanted to do this album and I know I’m not going to do another one like this one.”

Album Artwork: Kelly Willis/Brainflower Designs

JEREMY SQUIRES

Q&A for ‘MANY MOONS’

—Congratulations on your Many Moons album. You’re known as a folk singer-songwriter, but you opted to write these songs on your analog keyboard, and the experimentation leads to some unexpected sounds on the album. What inspired this different approach?

JEREMY SQUIRES: Thanks! Well, to be completely honest I felt bored and I was feeling burnt out. I wanted to expand beyond the “folk/America/singer-songwriter” borders. I wanted to write something special, emotional and dreamy. Many Moons is what came out of that. I don’t ever write with a concept in mind. Sometimes it comes out (lyrically) in pieces and I have to figure out what and where certain things are coming from. It’s like therapy or a puzzle…I like the listener to create their own narratives and take what they will from what I have written. I use a lot of metaphor in my lyrics but yet I still try to express a reality to the listener. I write purposely in a way that the listener can get their own deeper meaning from the songs and still relate.

—“Cast Spells” reels in the listener with intense lyrics like, “You’ve been breathing dark magic to me/When I’m singing sad songs/You can’t pick me up but you drag me along.” And you sing these lines very softly, which creates a really haunting effect. Can you talk about this dichotomy?

SQUIRES: “Cast Spells” reflects the dichotomy of emotions. You can feel both pain and love simultaneously; you can feel intense emotions and still be soft spoken. Human feelings are complex and I like to convey that in my poetry or songs.

—In a song like “Swan Dive,” you contrast the personal anguish in the lyrics with the sweet and faraway-sounding pedal steel guitar work of Whit Wright. As the album’s producer, can you talk about making choices like this?

SQUIRES: I have never really thought about it like that. I think that I’m just drawn to the darker, more melancholy side of things. I feel like when I finish recording certain songs like “Swan Dive” it needs pedal steel on it to enhance the emotion in the music. It not only sounds dark, but it sounds beautiful. As a producer I can hear things in my head that I want to come to life and I try to bring it out and make it resonate.

—Many Moons is built around imagery of darkness and dreams, and it has some of the slow-burning moodiness of say, The Cure’s Disintegration album. Did that album influence you in any way and if so, how?

SQUIRES: Yes. The Cure is one of my favorite bands and their music has influenced me in many ways. Disintegration made a huge impact on me as a musician and my life growing up. It’s moody, poetic and dark and it helped me and still does to this day. The mood and sound of that album helped shape me as a songwriter.

—Any other artists light you up and which albums of theirs and why?

SQUIRES: I’ve been listening to DIIV a lot and their new album Deceiver has been on repeat lately. I love The Delines’ album The Imperial. It’s so good. The Replacements’ album Let it Be is one of my favorite albums ever. Same for Husker Du’s New Day Rising. I absolutely love Anna Tivel’s album The Question. Her voice is entrancing and the way she writes is just beautiful. My friend Shane Leonard played on that record. He has played on a few of my albums as well. I love The Tallest Man On Earth. His album Shallow Grave still gets played a lot around my house.

—What inspired you to call the album Many Moons after a song on the album?

SQUIRES: I actually named the album Many Moons before that song was even thought about. I felt like the album was finished and then I wrote that song one day and it felt like it would flow with Many Moons and the lyrics reflected the title of the album so well that I just named the song after the album.

—You recorded the album in your home studio and in an abandoned church where you live. Can you talk about the atmosphere of the church and the acoustics there? Does the church have any significant meaning to you or was it just a random location you discovered?

SQUIRES: Yes I did. The church felt lonely and haunted. The acoustics were really amazing–every sound was enhanced in there and every single movement amplified. The church was one that my Granny went to many years ago. Places like that always creep me out when no one is there. Especially at night. It was pretty weird.

—What do you want listeners to take away from Many Moons?

SQUIRES: I want the listener to take something positive away from this album and paint their own picture of what the songs are about and hopefully relate to it. I hope that by sharing my personal experiences and by attempting to make something beautiful from them that the listener can find peace in their own personal struggles.

—How do you feel living in North Carolina influences your songs and the music?

SQUIRES: I think it’s just a part of who I am. How I write changes from time to time and I’m sure that the scenery and my experiences here have had some sort of impact on my writing on a deeper level.

—If you were to record a duet with a current artist outside the genre of music for which you’re known, who might that be–and which song would you cover and why?

SQUIRES: If I could record a duet with anyone right now, it would be with Amanda Shires or Lera Lynn. I consider them genre-bending and so I think we would sound nice together and I’d like to cover Tom Petty’s “It’ll All Work Out.” It’s one of my favorite songs ever and it has resonated with me like no other song has done.

—Can you describe your best gig ever-and your worst one?

SQUIRES: Oh wow, lol. I think my best gig was when I played with Lillie Mae at Motorco in Durham, NC. It was a lot of fun and it was one of those shows that just felt special. The crowd was big and so into the music and all the bands that played were not only there to play but to support each other as fans and friends.

Now the worst gig… probably when I drove all the way to Lexington, KY to play for nobody. I played for the band that opened for me. I’ll leave it at that.

—Which famous historical event would you like to have witnessed and why?

SQUIRES: Hmmm, good one. I would have to say the “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast or the solar storm of 1859. I think it would have been pretty incredible and a little scary to have been there for either of these. I would’ve loved to have seen the auroras pulsating through the sky. I love just about anything sci-fi or star/space related.

—Is there a song (by another artist) you crank up on Friday night to kick off the weekend-and a song (by another artist) you kick back with on a Sunday morning?

SQUIRES: Haha, yes! I love the new Choir Boy album Gathering Swans. So pretty much any song off that but especially “Nites like This.” It’s pure gold. I love to relax and chill out with Mazzy Star early in the morning sometimes. I mostly listen to the Still EP from 2018. My favorite Mazzy Star song off of that EP is “Quiet, the Winter Harbor.” It is also my favorite song by them. It’s so beautiful and calming.

—What is your biggest guilty pleasure (film, album, or other)?

SQUIRES: I can’t really answer this question since I don’t believe in the term “guilty pleasure.” You either like something or you don’t, and if you like it then you should never feel ashamed of it. That’s how I live my life and it’s how I’ve always felt.

—What advice would you give now to your younger self?

SQUIRES: I would tell my younger self that time goes by way too fast and to live and love every day and others to the fullest because you never know how quickly the ones you love can be taken away from you.

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