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In Plain Sight

by Neal Francis

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Norm Fischer
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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
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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.
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BetoR Time warp to the 70’s keyboard rock! Favorite track: Can't Stop The Rain.
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Problems 03:58
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D'Artagnan 00:40
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Prometheus 05:11
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Asleep 04:43
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BNYLV 05:53
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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

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. ... more

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