Out February 17th, 2017, Opposite Side of the World is singer-songwriter and producer/engineer Louis Schefano’s first full-length record as a solo artist and the second release on Maria Taylor’s newly launched label, Flower Moon Records.
Schefano, who currently splits his time between NYC and LA, is a Birmingham, AL native and was a seminal figure in the indie-rock scene there as a founding member of Remy Zero, Little Red Rocket (featuring Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray) and Verbena (A.A. Bondy). Schefano has previously recorded under various monikers, most notably Regia which released the “great sixties-inspired pop” The Art of Navigation (mixed by Robert Schneider, producer of Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea). In addition to his steady catalog of EP’s and other projects, Schefano has also performed, produced or recorded with a variety of artists over the last two decades including Maria Taylor, Sarah Mclaughlin, Bright Eyes, The Ladybug Transistor, and more. Arriving in Los Angeles this past summer to complete work on other projects including Cheshires debut album (featuring ex-Remy Zero) and Maria Taylor’s critically acclaimed In the Next Life, it was long-time friend Maria (who had just announced the launch of Flower Moon Records) and husband & label cofounder Ryan Dwyer, that served as the catalyst for Schefano’s solo debut. “These are some of my all-time favorite songs” said Maria, who has openly credited Schefano with “teaching me how to write music and find my voice.” Taylor also appears on the album (including the single “Come to Think”) and covered Schefano’s “Nature Song” on her own solo debut 11:11. During the fall of 2016, Taylor and Dwyer worked with Schefano in Los Angeles to curate a collection of their personal Schefano-best-of’s that ultimately became Opposite Side of the World.
On Opposite Side of the World, Schefano cohesively embodies equal parts the Zombies, the Smiths, Guided by Voices and Radiohead. Sonically colorful yet easily accessible, the album’s lush harmonies and instantly memorable melodies are arresting, inescapable, and timeless. The sounds-like-summer single “Come to Think” or wistful and breezy lullaby-esque “After All” beg for instant replay. Recorded and produced by Schefano, on Opposite Side of the World he emerges for the first time from behind a band name or mixing console, as a mature and poignant front-man.
Tour Dates:
Feb. 5 – Bootleg Theatre, LA (record release show)
w/ Whispertown and more
Feb. 11 – Rockwood Music Hall, NYC*
Feb. 17 – Hamburg, Häkken*
Feb. 18 – Bremen, Tower*
Feb. 19 – Köln, Arttheater*
Feb. 20 – Essen, Weststadthalle*
Feb. 21 – Erlangen, E-Werk*
Feb. 22 – Berlin, Grüner Salon*
Feb. 23 – Leipzig, Moritzbastei*
Feb. 24 – Hannover, Lux*
Feb. 25 – Dresden, Beatpol*
*w/ Maria Taylor