In Plain Sight, by Neal Francis

In Plain Sight

by Neal Francis

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Norm Fischer This album has so many great 70s rock throwbacks to it, and the playing and songwriting are great. Favorite track: Can't Stop The Rain.

tplatcow I just happened upon Neal Francis by Shazamming a tune that was playing on the overhead before Phish came on. The song sounded familiar and I felt I should know who it was (thinking it was something from the 70s). The result came to be the song Asleep.
Made a note to give it a listen to this week.
I gave it a shot this morning and boy was I pleasantly surprised. Reminiscent of ELO, Alan Parsons Project, with hints of early Paul Mcartney solo Favorite track: Sentimental Garbage.

BetoR Time warp to the 70’s keyboard rock! Favorite track: Can't Stop The Rain.

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1.	Alameda Apartments 04:38	buy track
2.	Problems 03:58	buy track
3.	Can't Stop The Rain 04:06	buy track
4.	D'Artagnan 00:40	buy track
5.	Prometheus 05:11	buy track
6.	Sentimental Garbage 06:06	buy track
7.	Asleep 04:43	buy track
8.	BNYLV 05:53	buy track
9.	Say Your Prayers 04:20	buy track

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Neal Francis’ sophomore album ‘In Plain Sight’ offers up a body of work both enchanting and painfully self-aware, recorded entirely on tape with his bandmates. Mixed by Grammy Award-winner Dave Fridmann (Spoon, Tame Impala, Flaming Lips), the album spotlights Francis’s refined yet free-spirited performance on piano, an instrument he took up at the age of four. The album came to life over the course of a tumultuous year spent living in a possibly haunted church in Chicago. The result: a portrait of profound upheaval and weary resilience, presented in a kaleidoscopic sound that’s endlessly absorbing. ‘In Plain Sight’ ultimately reveals the possibility of redemption and transformation even as your world falls apart.

“When I started the process of writing these songs, I was so emotionally out-of-sorts and really kind of hopeless that I’d be able to come up with anything,” says Francis. “But then I sat down and started working, and embraced whatever inspiration came my way. Sometimes it felt like beating my head against a wall, but I tried to trust that it would lead somewhere. The whole thing was like a weird dream—this very strange time of terrible, wonderful isolation.”

Tracklist:
Alameda Apartments
Problems
Can't Stop The Rain
D'Artagnan
Prometheus
Sentimental Garbage
Asleep
BNYLV
Say Your Prayers

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released November 5, 2021

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Neal Francis Chicago, Illinois

shows

Nov 30

The Charleston Music Hall

Charleston, SC
Dec 01

Variety Playhouse

Atlanta, GA
Dec 02

The Orange Peel

Asheville, NC
Dec 03

Lincoln Theatre

Raleigh, NC
Dec 06

The National

Richmond, VA
Dec 07

The Atlantis

Washington, DC
Dec 08

Union Transfer

Philadelphia, PA
Dec 09

Music Hall of Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY
Dec 31

Ogden Theatre

Denver, CO
Jan 02

Belly Up Aspen

Aspen, CO

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