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digital album releases June 21, 2024
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD includes insert with complete album lyrics.
Includes digital pre-order of After The Party.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
digital album releases June 21, 2024
item ships out on or around June 14, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$15USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of After The Party. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
You can tell me anything you want if it’s something you want to talk about
If it turns you on it turns me on
It’s something that I want to hear about
When she calls, what does she say
Does she want you to come out and play
I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Yeah I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Is she just a dream or is she real
And do think that she is beautiful
Does she do you good
And when she’s done you good
Is she still irresistible
When she calls, what does she say
Does she want you to come out and play
I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Yeah I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Does she want you
Like I want you
Does she want me
Like she wants you
Yeah I like
Yeah I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Yeah I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls, other girls
Does she want you
Like I want you
Does she need you
Like she wants you
Other girls
When you talk about other girls
3.
Rock And Roll On The Radio
4.
After The Party
5.
The Good Life
6.
Keep A Little Light On
7.
Signs Of Life
8.
My Own Worst Enemy
9.
I Gotta Go
10.
I Know A Lot Of People
about
With her enchanted voice and evocative songwriting, Leslie Mendelson has won the hearts and minds of both an adoring fanbase and fellow artists alike. No less than Jackson Browne has declared, “Leslie's melodies are timeless. They reach me way back in my youth somewhere. I hear traces of Burt Bacharach and Carole King, and hooks and passages that remind me of the pop songs I grew up hearing on the radio,” while The Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan shares: “Voices like Leslie’s can get away with almost anything. Along with being a great songwriter, this leaves her with few if any peers.”
A Grammy Award-nominated artist, Mendelson returns this summer with her fourth studio album, After The Party. For this latest effort, she collaborates with not one, but three producers: the legendary Peter Asher (James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt), the young, in-demand Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Sara Bareilles, Sara Watkins) and her longtime songwriting partner, three-time Grammy Award-winner, Steve McEwan. Recorded at Jackson Browne’s studio Grove Masters in Santa Monica, CA, she was joined by an ace band featuring guitarists Waddy Wachtel and John Jorgenson, bassists Leland Sklar and Derrick Anderson, and drummers Jim Keltner and Abe Rounds.
“Collaboration was so important to me with these songs. My previous album, If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… looked inward and was often colored by the dark socio-political climate circa 2018 and 2019 when it was written. Throw in the pandemic during which it was released, and it just became really clear that I needed to have fun making music again,” explains Mendelson. “When the opportunity presented itself to have both Tyler and Peter produce me, along with Steve who’s been with me since the very beginning of my career, it felt as if the stars had aligned and were demanding that I indulge in the joy of creating with all of these musical geniuses who wanted to work together.”
Throughout After The Party’s ten tracks, Mendelson crafts a distinctive folk-rock, pop-Americana flavor, evoking the sounds of Laurel Canyon, but with the downtown grit and sharp wit of Brooklyn, the city she has called home for over two decades now. There’s a refreshing realness and effortless musicality that feels both nostalgic and new on songs like “Rock And Roll On The Radio,” “Signs Of Life,” and “I Know A Lot Of People.” The album’s first single “Other Girls” is an intoxicating twist of aural voyeurism mixed with a healthy dose of sexual openness. Its chorus suggestively musing, "I like it, I said I like it when you talk about other girls.”
"‘Other Girls,' is about women empowering women,” says Mendelson. “Who doesn’t love women?! It’s also another way of looking at conventional relationships and indulging in fantasy. A bit of commentary on the ever-changing world we live in.”
Other standout tracks, “Have a Little Heart,” "The Good Life” and the title track offer warm musings on a life worth living and a newfound appreciation for the little things. “I would love for this record to connect,” said Mendelson. “I think there’s something in there to speak to people. There are personal moments, there are moments of fun, where you can turn it up loud and sing along, and there are moments of reflection. This record is an emotional journey, and I hope that people can take it with me.”
“Leslie is one of these very rare singers who can combine elegant precision with the soul and emotional resonance of a deeply moving writer and performer,” concludes producer, Peter Asher. "She has a remarkable voice and one we need to hear.”
credits
releases June 21, 2024
Produced by Peter Asher and Steve McEwan
Except tracks “Keep A Light On” “Signs Of Life” “My Own Worst Enemy” Produced by Tyler Chester
Recorded at Groove Masters
Recording Engineer: Kevin Smith
Assistant Recording Engineer: Hollis Howard
Assistant Recording Engineer: Peter Gjerset
Additional Engineering: Lorenzo Wolff at Restoration Sound
Mixed by Seth Von Paulus
Mastering: Leon Zervos
Production Coordinator: Ivy Skoff
All Songs Written by Leslie Mendelson and Steve McEwan
Have A Cup Of Tea Music, Administered by Songs Of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Steve McEwan (BMI) except “Keep A Little Light On” Written by Steve McEwan PoundandCents Music, Administered by
BMG Platinum Songs US
Photography: Mary Ellen Matthews
Design: Gregory J. Del Deo
Artist Management: Kevin Calabro / Calabro Music Media
Booking: Dave Meyer / Atomic Music Group
Thank you Steve McEwan, Kevin Calabro, Peter Asher, Tyler Chester,
Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Jim Keltner, Derrick Anderson, John Jorgenson, Abe Rounds, Seth Von Paulus, Ivy Skoff, Tom Lewis, Dave Meyer, Bob Divney, Lisa Cristiano, Elissa Sheehan, Mary Ellen Matthews, Mom, Dad, Erin Mendelson, Karah Preiss, Monalynn Shein, Sandi Mendelson, Blaire Preiss, Greg Del Deo, Martin Halo, Ellie Nowak, Kymm Britton, Jakob Dylan, Bob Glaub, Cree Miller, Buddha Miler, Kevin Smith, Hollis Howard, Peter Gjerset, Lorenzo Wolff, Leon Zervos, Will Heath, Nathan Martin and Alex Schaefer
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