Month: August 2020

New album “Passages” is out now!

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The Rivergods are excited to send our seventh studio release Passages out into the world! For now, Passages will be an online release only, but is available on all major streaming/listening platforms.

Listen/stream now:

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/passages/1528304089
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2l0Mrs4s7GjzLToer5wFIW

Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/the-rivergods/passages/ALKqKwtqkhjtl2Z

If you like what you hear, and would like to purchase the album for download, Bandcamp is the most artist-friendly way to do it:

Bandcamp: https://therivergods.bandcamp.com

No pressure, though. We mostly want you to hear it and enjoy it! And, if are so inclined, feel share the news of the new album with anyone you think might dig our new music (on social media, or wherever!)

Thank you for your continued support of the band!

–The Rivergods

P.S. A reminder, we will be playing our last surviving summer show this Sunday, Aug. 30 from 2-4 in the Olde Mistick Village gazebo.

The Rivergods to release pandemic-era album “Passages” Friday, Aug. 28

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There’s a press release, so it must be official! 😉

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUG. 19, 2020

New London, CT, USA — The Rivergods make a full return to their roots on Passages, their seventh studio release, following up 2017’s State of the Union. Passages will be released Friday, August 28 for streaming and download on all major music platforms including Spotify, ITunes, Pandora, Google Play, YouTube and bandcamp.

From the anthemic opening chords of “Tropical Depression” to the traditional country lilt of “Breakfast in Bed” to the Stones-y bar romp of “Yankee Rant (Stay),” Passages covers a wide terrain of Americana, rock and country music territory. Passages features nine new original Rivergods’ songs, and closes with their first-ever studio cover on one of their own albums, a haunting take on Neil Young’s “On the Beach,” sung by vocalist Nancy Parent.

Passages was recorded at PWOP Studios in New London, CT by producer Carl Franklin, who also was at the helm for 2017’s State of the Union. Recorded live in the studio in 2019 with minor overdubs in early 2020, mixing was done sporadically and remotely throughout the spring/summer of 2020 due to COVID-19.

The Rivergods have continued to grow musically, putting out their trademark brand of roots rock/Americana music since 1997, yet have managed to stay true to the heart of the music that continues to inspire them. Husband/wife vocal team of Ben and Nancy Parent bring an intimacy to their musical pairing that can perhaps be only achieved through marriage or another familial bond. While currently not playing live due to COVID-19, the Rivergods shine just as bright as live act, and look forward to returning to the music stage as soon as safely possible.

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Stream or download our new preview single “Long Way Down” now at Bandcamp:
https://therivergods.bandcamp.com/track/long-way-down