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North Carolinian folk-fusion artist Ryan Gustafson (who performs under the alias The Dead Tongues) today releases his latest album Transmigration Blues via the Durham-based label Psychic Hotline. The news arrived last month with the lead single, “Peaceful Ambassador.” Gustafson is thoroughly rooted in the North Carolina music scene, having previously served as guitarist for both Phil Cook and Hiss Golden Messenger. He also counts Mandolin Orange and Mountain Man as friends.

He recorded Transmigration Blues, his fourth album, during summer 2019 in the midst of a bout of depression. But the record doesn’t only promise gloom. ”’Transmigration Blues’ belongs to the moments weaving between uncertainty and discovery,” he says of the release.

From The Dead Tongues album “Transmigration Blues”, out now via Psychic Hotline

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My new song, “Hey Moon,” is out everywhere now. I often find myself talking to the moon. Maybe it’s just my Cancerian nature or maybe it’s something everyone does. But it feels grounding to have that constant presence throughout life. In my years of traveling around and finding myself in strange or unknown places, it’s been a sort of anchor to look up at the familiar light. I wrote this song about looking inward through conversing with the moon, or the emotional self. Something that seems easy to forget to do in times like these.

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releases June 26th, 2020

All songs wrote by Ryan Gustafson Recorded at the Fidelitorium and Bettys

Performed by:
Ryan Gustafson – vocal, guitars, harmonica, synths, Alex Bingham – Bass, Standup Bass, Ryan Oslance – Drums, Percussion, Brevan Hampden – Conga, Percussion, , Drew Anagnost – Cello, James Wallace – Piano, Organ, Molly Sarlé – Vocal, Amelia Meath – Vocal, –Alexandra Sauser-Monnig – Vocal,-Josh Moore – Vocal,

From The Dead Tongues forthcoming album Transmigration Blues, out 6/26 via Psychic Hotline