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Mark Deutrom Sets Jan. 4 Release for The Blue Bird; Streaming “The Happiness Machine”

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You know, I could go on about Mark Deutrom‘s career, his history as a solo artist, that time he played bass when the Melvins were good, or the stuff he did in Clown Alley, or with Bellringer — the latter of which is being reissued — but the bottom line is pretty simple: He does good work, you should listen to it. Okay. Fair enough.

His upcoming LP on Season of Mist is called The Blue Bird, and the details for it are out now as well as the streaming song “The Happiness Machine.” I haven’t had the pleasure of digging into the full record yet, but the art deco cover is killing me and the leadoff single — also the penultimate track on the album — is right in line with what Deutrom does best: foster traditionalist songcraft with just an edge of the weird running alongside. If you have the chance, it’s well worth your time.

The cover is by Jennifer Deutrom and the info came down the PR wire. Preorders are up now:

Mark Deutrom The Blue Bird

MARK DEUTROM (ex MELVINS bassist) will release his highly anticipated new album ‘The Blue Bird’ on January 4, 2019. The first work under the Texan’s own name in almost six years, ‘The Blue Bird’ is a full album listening experience; it explores melody, space, nuance, and volume as it flows from track-to-track like a prismatic audio storybook. From the classic unconventional heaviness of tracks such as “The Happiness Machine”, to the fever dream haziness of the “Somnambulist”, through the moody “The Day Has Come”, Deutrom moves from strength to strength without ever letting his foot off the gas. ‘The Blue Bird’ is rock grandeur, oozing poise and purpose, and has all the Deutrom hallmarks to be an abiding piece of heavy rock history.

DEUTROM is sharing the first new track from ‘The Blue Bird’ titled “The Happiness Machine” now.

Regarding the track and album unveiling, MARK DEUTROM comments, “Happiness is defined as the following: pleasure, contentment, satisfaction, cheerfulness, merriment, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joviality, jollity, glee, delight, good spirits, lightheartedness, well-being, enjoyment; exuberance, exhilaration, elation, ecstasy, jubilation, rapture, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, transports of delight; Hollywood ending”

He continues,

“An observation of the machinery at work, and possibly the ghost in that machine. Happiness, always being pursued is perpetually ethereal and elusive.

” in the air, on the web,
on the chain in your head”

The album is about the nature of happiness…or is it?”

‘The Blue Bird’ will release January 4, 2019. Pre-orders for the album are available here.

The artwork, created by Mark’s wife Jennifer Deutrom, and track list for ‘The Blue Bird’ can be found below:

Track List:
1. No Space Holds the Weight
2. Futurist Manifesto
3. Radiant Gravity
4. O Ye of Little Faith
5. Our Revels Now are Ended
6. Hell is a City
7. Somnambulist
8. Maximum Hemingway
9. Through the Ringing Cedars
10. They Have Won
11. On Father’s Day
12. The Happiness Machine
13. Nothing Out There

DEUTROM recently announced the reissue of “Bellringer”, the last in the series of reissues via Season of Mist. The prolific musician’s forward-thinking album titled ‘Bellringer’ will be available again worldwide on November 30. Pre-orders for ‘Bellringer’ are available here.

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2 Responses to “Mark Deutrom Sets Jan. 4 Release for The Blue Bird; Streaming “The Happiness Machine””

  1. Aron says:

    “…when the Melvins were good.”

    Amen to that. Every time I listen to the Atlantic Records trilogy, especially Stoner Witch or Stag, I wish that they’d still put that kind of effort into songwriting again.

    There’s quick flashes of that former brilliance in the newer stuff, but it’s often lost in a morass of tossed-off, recycled Melvinsisms.

    Oh well.

  2. Remi VL says:

    I have to say, re: Melvins, as good as the Atlantic Records trilogy + Bullhead are, the Big Business Era might be just as good IMO!

    It’s been a rougher few years. Most couple of albums could be edited down to one amazing album… but there is a bit of junker tracks too.

    Can’t wait for a new Mark D album though!

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