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From jullianrecords.com: "There's an impassioned longing evident in the opening melody of "Another Life," the first track on James Maddock's most recent release by the same name that pervades the entirety of the album. And even if you're not one of the many emphatic and diehard fans who have come to adore Maddock's signature raspy croon and deft songwriting over the last few years, the music will sound and feel classic instantly. This is no accident. The charm of James Maddock - to somehow access all that is timeless and make immediate and lasting connections - is the product of years of honing his craft. Another Life is evidence of a master songwriting at the top of his game.

"I want to find a truth that resonates," Maddock says of his new work, and we are better for his efforts. While Another Life, which is a collection of pop gems, luscious ballads, and rootsy Americana, is not entirely autobiographical, its arrangements and overall execution feel so intimate that it functions as such. Here is an artist with an uncanny understanding of the full range and complexity of human emotion and experience not unlike contemporary impresarios of the downtown NYC singer-songwriter scene, Grammy Award winners Norah Jones and Jesse Harris. The more personal Maddock gets, the more universal his message becomes.

Maddock has brought together an incredible team including multi-instrumentalists Tony Scherr and Larry Campbell and producer Matt Pierson to create Another Life, which comes out in the summer of 2013. The album, funded entirely on fan pledges and support, is the culmination of his new birth and subsequent maturation as a solo artist, which is what makes the new album's title so apropos."