Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
sorry i am been busy....
wow
efren on the loose.
really apologize to the 4 followers i have. jk.
this will be short but i promise to get back on the blogger train.
we gots lots of exciting things coming up.
mad shows.
NEW ALBUM dropping June 28th, but will be available at ATHfest the previous weekend!!
RISE ON UP AND MELT!!!!
we got some special treats for the Athenites that weekend so be on the lookout.
We are so so so proud of the album. i am giddy with excitement to share it with yall!!!
i will even give yall a sneak peak of the art for it here!!
Writing songs for you
Under a velvet moon
Hearing lines of red
Into simple heads
Richer times unbound
Crisp strings ground
Light moods will pay
Please sit and stay
Leaving this bus stop
Sweat the next spot
Sweet faces smile
Over southern miles
Invent an escape
To stay up so late
In bound roads split
Our golden hit
Inside a brainstorm
Lost in being born
Say you this morning
Curled up in glory
Lets stay up together
Close like its forever
Highway guard lied
Just let mama try
Open the lines to the last station
Right next to love’s confession
Always knew how you felt
Please, rise on up and melt
title track from upcomer!!
thanks for loving.
SL
efren on the loose.
really apologize to the 4 followers i have. jk.
this will be short but i promise to get back on the blogger train.
we gots lots of exciting things coming up.
mad shows.
NEW ALBUM dropping June 28th, but will be available at ATHfest the previous weekend!!
RISE ON UP AND MELT!!!!
we got some special treats for the Athenites that weekend so be on the lookout.
We are so so so proud of the album. i am giddy with excitement to share it with yall!!!
i will even give yall a sneak peak of the art for it here!!
Writing songs for you
Under a velvet moon
Hearing lines of red
Into simple heads
Richer times unbound
Crisp strings ground
Light moods will pay
Please sit and stay
Leaving this bus stop
Sweat the next spot
Sweet faces smile
Over southern miles
Invent an escape
To stay up so late
In bound roads split
Our golden hit
Inside a brainstorm
Lost in being born
Say you this morning
Curled up in glory
Lets stay up together
Close like its forever
Highway guard lied
Just let mama try
Open the lines to the last station
Right next to love’s confession
Always knew how you felt
Please, rise on up and melt
title track from upcomer!!
thanks for loving.
SL
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
another great review!! Thanks!!!
Out of Athens, GA, a city that’s produced many great musicians in the past, comes yet another band whose music is definitely well-worth a listen. Efren, whose new EP was released this past August, pleases from the second you press play. Always Been A Bleeder is a seamless combination of influences: some tracks vibrate with psychedelic and fairly experimental folk while others have distinct country and rock roots.
As a five-track release, the music is alternatively celebratory and brooding, the first four tracks consistently switching between jaunty folk rock romps (“Potholes”) and dwelling, reflective tracks (“Next Tuesday”). “Rapids,” the closing track, follows the tradition of sounding more like something experimental that the band enjoyed recording instead of a polished track. It’s a nine-minute outlier that starts with chaotic and dissonant mixture of guitar plucks, twangs, wails and warbles, bells, and the occasional cymbal crash until two minutes in, Scott Leon O’Day’s dry voice joins in and the song metamorphoses into something gentler and more melodic. While Always Been A Bleeder clearly has the influence of older folk, their music is also distinctly contemporary. At times they sound like a more youthful and energized Tallest Man On Earth, and as advertised by the band, many of the tracks should be well-received by fans of Iron & Wine (particularly if you enjoyed Beam’s sound on The Shepard’s Dog).
The vocals are, in the tradition of many folk-singers past and present, dry and raspy, often more mumbles than articulate words, but they never grate. Lyrically, Efren stays introspective while avoiding self-indulgence, which leaves their music more free-spirited than heavy. Track for track, they engage from the get-go, and their sound only grows more and more enjoyable with each succeeding listen. While none of the tracks stand out as singles, Always Been A Bleeder lays down an outstanding outline for a future LP.
www.adequacy.net
September 15th, 2010 by Emily Graham
Thanks alot!!!
As a five-track release, the music is alternatively celebratory and brooding, the first four tracks consistently switching between jaunty folk rock romps (“Potholes”) and dwelling, reflective tracks (“Next Tuesday”). “Rapids,” the closing track, follows the tradition of sounding more like something experimental that the band enjoyed recording instead of a polished track. It’s a nine-minute outlier that starts with chaotic and dissonant mixture of guitar plucks, twangs, wails and warbles, bells, and the occasional cymbal crash until two minutes in, Scott Leon O’Day’s dry voice joins in and the song metamorphoses into something gentler and more melodic. While Always Been A Bleeder clearly has the influence of older folk, their music is also distinctly contemporary. At times they sound like a more youthful and energized Tallest Man On Earth, and as advertised by the band, many of the tracks should be well-received by fans of Iron & Wine (particularly if you enjoyed Beam’s sound on The Shepard’s Dog).
The vocals are, in the tradition of many folk-singers past and present, dry and raspy, often more mumbles than articulate words, but they never grate. Lyrically, Efren stays introspective while avoiding self-indulgence, which leaves their music more free-spirited than heavy. Track for track, they engage from the get-go, and their sound only grows more and more enjoyable with each succeeding listen. While none of the tracks stand out as singles, Always Been A Bleeder lays down an outstanding outline for a future LP.
www.adequacy.net
September 15th, 2010 by Emily Graham
Thanks alot!!!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
salt to be free. ~efren
Play up in the mountains
stay out here at home
too hot to be naked
we can sit inside alone
ride out to the mailbox
trying not to get lost
cool it off and sit down
figure out who's the boss
Realize our goals
magic can make it burn our souls
feel me try to retreat
over the edge i leak
kiss the boy goodnight
goin' solo for a while
find out we can breath
takes some salt to be free
~efren
on upcoming album
'Rise on up and Melt'
winter 2010
stay out here at home
too hot to be naked
we can sit inside alone
ride out to the mailbox
trying not to get lost
cool it off and sit down
figure out who's the boss
Realize our goals
magic can make it burn our souls
feel me try to retreat
over the edge i leak
kiss the boy goodnight
goin' solo for a while
find out we can breath
takes some salt to be free
~efren
on upcoming album
'Rise on up and Melt'
winter 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
YIPEE! New release and big shows this weeks and live set for free!!
wow.
i like playing music
first
Today is the official worldwide release of our new ep 'Always Been a Bleeder'
get it here
www.efrenmusic.com
or now on itunes!!
yes!!
next
FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW LIVE SET! free to be live, vol. 1
or just stream it
and FINALLY!
THE BIG SHOW!!!!!! to celebrate the Worldwide release of our EP!!!!
Hope yall are well
and hoping we will see ya FRIDAY AT LITTLE KINGS
i like playing music
first
Today is the official worldwide release of our new ep 'Always Been a Bleeder'
get it here
www.efrenmusic.com
or now on itunes!!
yes!!
next
FREE DOWNLOAD OF NEW LIVE SET! free to be live, vol. 1
or just stream it
and FINALLY!
THE BIG SHOW!!!!!! to celebrate the Worldwide release of our EP!!!!
Hope yall are well
and hoping we will see ya FRIDAY AT LITTLE KINGS
Friday, August 13, 2010
What Album Are You Most Looking Forward To Next Week?
What Album Are You Most Looking Forward To Next Week?
PLEASE GO AND VOTE FOR 'ALWAYS BEEN A BLEEDER' BY US efren.
thanks
proud of you!!
PLEASE GO AND VOTE FOR 'ALWAYS BEEN A BLEEDER' BY US efren.
thanks
proud of you!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
upcoming events!!
Yall in the Atlanta area please come see us over these next few weeks!!
Lenny's 7-29
Wonderroot 7-30
Masquerade 8-14
see yall then!!!
Lenny's 7-29
Wonderroot 7-30
Masquerade 8-14
see yall then!!!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
super sweet sickness!
We are on the Team Clermont with our new EP Always Been a Bleeder!
POW! link^^^
Efren is a folk group hinting on the psychedelic, from areas around Athens, GA. Reaching out into the musical world with introspective lyrics and brooding energy, Efren has composed an EP of new broken heart strung songs and stories. Bleeding on the stage with over 45 shows in 10 months, learning who you are and finding the comfortably challenging sound, Efren is searching for the right vehicle of song expression.
Five songs, one fighting the frustrations, one hoping for potential, one battling demons, one winning, and finally the long epic surrender. Recorded in the spring of 2010 with Dave Sturgis at The Stewdio in Athens, GA Always Been A Bleeder is a proud installment in the young project Efren.
Always Been A Bleeder comes hot off the heels of the band’s debut album, Thunder & Moan. Both of the recordings are hard and quiet, while the live show invigorates the music and delves deeper into the compositions, exploring the sonic textures. Learning the rules of the stage in a songwriter’s realm has deepened and expanded the palette of the group’s compositions.
Efren is the songwriting vehicle of one Scott Leon-O’Day. But there are four men making this meal; with roots in jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass and rock. Efren touches on Southern Americana music, draws from indie lo-fi ideas, and respects the multitudes of great songwriters of our past. Lyrically driven, but emotionally wandering. Stories of trying to lose love, dreams of family past, tall boys, gambling, and whiskey stills…
POW! link^^^
Efren is a folk group hinting on the psychedelic, from areas around Athens, GA. Reaching out into the musical world with introspective lyrics and brooding energy, Efren has composed an EP of new broken heart strung songs and stories. Bleeding on the stage with over 45 shows in 10 months, learning who you are and finding the comfortably challenging sound, Efren is searching for the right vehicle of song expression.
Five songs, one fighting the frustrations, one hoping for potential, one battling demons, one winning, and finally the long epic surrender. Recorded in the spring of 2010 with Dave Sturgis at The Stewdio in Athens, GA Always Been A Bleeder is a proud installment in the young project Efren.
Always Been A Bleeder comes hot off the heels of the band’s debut album, Thunder & Moan. Both of the recordings are hard and quiet, while the live show invigorates the music and delves deeper into the compositions, exploring the sonic textures. Learning the rules of the stage in a songwriter’s realm has deepened and expanded the palette of the group’s compositions.
Efren is the songwriting vehicle of one Scott Leon-O’Day. But there are four men making this meal; with roots in jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass and rock. Efren touches on Southern Americana music, draws from indie lo-fi ideas, and respects the multitudes of great songwriters of our past. Lyrically driven, but emotionally wandering. Stories of trying to lose love, dreams of family past, tall boys, gambling, and whiskey stills…
Sunday, June 13, 2010
pushing on the lid.
been playing ALOT.
wanna open it up and spread it around.
been breaking too many strings gonna get a new saddle.
want everyone to get ready to come and get the copy of 'Always been a Bleeder' our new EP, recorded with the full band plus my lil sis!!!
how far would you go if nobody held you back?
all the way?
gimme the time and funds and i will play and record all that i can.
I love me some Athens, GA. I love all our friends around here. I love my family and pets. I love to play for yall...
do you know it?
i am writing for another couple sessions for new EP's hopefully out by years end.
this is the time to drop the hammer on this and push out the BS and pile up some shows and records.
unconventionally new free form folk music.
i'd go all the way for this, life WILL BE A SIMPLE KISS.
my fingers are a bit sore. my voice a little beat up. and i been drinking and smoking too much. maybe time for a stint on the wagon? probably not.
yall come on out to the last gigs this week before we release the EP at ATHfest.
Monday 6-14 6 PM
Ashford Manor
opening for Normaltown Flyers
Thursday 6-17 10 pm
Tasty World Uptown (two more weeks and it will be gone)
with Amandla, Nuclear Spring, and Titans of Filth
WOW
believe in these dreams, they may be what they seem.
sincerly
scott
Sunday, June 6, 2010
lots of shows, new EP
wow.
i love music.
even breaking strings, losing capos, driving thru the night. we are the lucky ones.
beer, guitars, and stomping feet.
New Album Art Above.
Done by the ADAM O'Day
Release party
Friday June 25th
ATHfest @Flicker
with Hope for a GOlden Summer
Thayer Serrano
and Major Love Event.
so sweet.
got NC, TN, and back to GA this week, yes. duo style, get ready Jonny!!!
thanks people of the listening galaxy.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
athens americana setlist 4-16-10
Check it Down
Father's Proof
Montana Scare
Potholes
Next Tuesday
Hickory Bell
Stay High
Over the Horizon
Pound Yr Chest
Thunder and Moan
good times
party
Father's Proof
Montana Scare
Potholes
Next Tuesday
Hickory Bell
Stay High
Over the Horizon
Pound Yr Chest
Thunder and Moan
good times
party
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
yeah this week
a song writer thursday and we open for larry keel, friday, march 19th at new earth music hall.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
new songs
recorded five demos this past week for the new ep.
so as we stand now got 6 new songs and 2 older ones for the recording sesh.
8 songs prolly adding more as we go...
gonna be sweet...
sneak peeker...
Limbs of the castle wrap the sky
Wicked and tumbled soar in the night
Clear the rim of the sky today
Or wrap in it’s safety and please stay
All strange sizes up and fly
Naked green to fall and cry
Hide in the eaves under this roof
And jump in the leaves after the truth
frog bird, efren, 2010
so as we stand now got 6 new songs and 2 older ones for the recording sesh.
8 songs prolly adding more as we go...
gonna be sweet...
sneak peeker...
Limbs of the castle wrap the sky
Wicked and tumbled soar in the night
Clear the rim of the sky today
Or wrap in it’s safety and please stay
All strange sizes up and fly
Naked green to fall and cry
Hide in the eaves under this roof
And jump in the leaves after the truth
frog bird, efren, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
hello world and snow patrol.
hey yall.
snowy week in athens.
pretty nice.
melting away as i did this week.
two shows and lots of work.
good shows.
thanks for coming out to the Flicker and Farm yalls.
even with your snow shoes on.
epic snowball fight.
snowy duo.
got some footage in the snow.
feeling pretty good.
valentine's day satisfy.
you stayed in the yard.
got my felty slippers
and my lil guy, avi monk.
wife be back soon.
umi soomi klub.
low bankroll.
winter slumber land.
got some sleep last nite.
nice after two 3 hour nites.
hope you got some to love.
listen in.
snowy week in athens.
pretty nice.
melting away as i did this week.
two shows and lots of work.
good shows.
thanks for coming out to the Flicker and Farm yalls.
even with your snow shoes on.
epic snowball fight.
snowy duo.
got some footage in the snow.
feeling pretty good.
valentine's day satisfy.
you stayed in the yard.
got my felty slippers
and my lil guy, avi monk.
wife be back soon.
umi soomi klub.
low bankroll.
winter slumber land.
got some sleep last nite.
nice after two 3 hour nites.
hope you got some to love.
listen in.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
upcoming events!!!
No flyer but the best may be efren with Hola Halo at Flicker Jan 30th 9pm!!!
Hope we see yall at these fine events!!! we will Thunder and Moan!!
Hope we see yall at these fine events!!! we will Thunder and Moan!!
new songs for the world about ?
we spent friday night learning five new songs and they are all wonderful.
after just a few run thru's i feel great about 'em!!!
Rapids
Potholes (simple kiss)
Rise up and Melt
Over the Horizon
and Next Tuesday
wow.
love em.
here's a sneak peak...
Potholes (simple kiss) by efren
Like I told you long ago
I would never leave my mind
Inside the car I saw
All of the things we’d find
A better life and searching wife
Took us off in the night
Stole a bottle split the zone
All I see is the light
Potholes in two tracks
I hide up around the back
I’d leave you here
Probably out of fear
Barrels run dry til mornin’
Peace around me now
Can’t see thru the fog
Probably hit it with no doubt
Not really no way to think
But we can win this bout
I’d go all the way for this
Life will be a simple kiss.
Go on and pack your bags
It’s blowing in the wind
Creepin thick August heat
Up on the porch I’m your friend
Go up against any cause
Search me out and fight the boss
Poisoned corn and ruined sun
First learn yourself then buy that gun
Retired Preacher smoked the point
Off the laws of Georgia Clay
Schoolboy tied in the dark
Just believe you’ll get away
Revolution is in the air
Change my clothes cut my hair
I’d go all the way for this
Life will be a simple kiss
Potholes in two tracks
I’ll hide up around the back
I’d leave you here / I’d never leave you here
Probably out of fear / Revolution is near
after just a few run thru's i feel great about 'em!!!
Rapids
Potholes (simple kiss)
Rise up and Melt
Over the Horizon
and Next Tuesday
wow.
love em.
here's a sneak peak...
Potholes (simple kiss) by efren
Like I told you long ago
I would never leave my mind
Inside the car I saw
All of the things we’d find
A better life and searching wife
Took us off in the night
Stole a bottle split the zone
All I see is the light
Potholes in two tracks
I hide up around the back
I’d leave you here
Probably out of fear
Barrels run dry til mornin’
Peace around me now
Can’t see thru the fog
Probably hit it with no doubt
Not really no way to think
But we can win this bout
I’d go all the way for this
Life will be a simple kiss.
Go on and pack your bags
It’s blowing in the wind
Creepin thick August heat
Up on the porch I’m your friend
Go up against any cause
Search me out and fight the boss
Poisoned corn and ruined sun
First learn yourself then buy that gun
Retired Preacher smoked the point
Off the laws of Georgia Clay
Schoolboy tied in the dark
Just believe you’ll get away
Revolution is in the air
Change my clothes cut my hair
I’d go all the way for this
Life will be a simple kiss
Potholes in two tracks
I’ll hide up around the back
I’d leave you here / I’d never leave you here
Probably out of fear / Revolution is near
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