David Heatley - If... (2023) Hi-Res

David Heatley is based in Queens, NY. He has recorded two albums with Shimmy Disc label founder and producer Kramer back in the early 1990s. In the mid-2010s, Heatley performed as part of The Bischoffs and The Angel Numbers Band, releasing a series of well-regarded EPs and albums. David's last record Life Our Own Way, helmed by the legendary Mark Bingham, found Heatley discovering and immersing himself in New Orleans’ indie music scene.

"I feel like a punk most days, but God I love a smooth-ass Bacharach Dionne Warwick jam and that’s what we’re channeling here. Those Jelly Sisters taunting me with their vocals at the end “Never never gonna be mine” kill me every time I listen. This is the title track kicking off the unrequited love theme that pulses through the whole record. I have to thank Jimbo Walsh for doing all the string and horn arrangements for the entire album. The record wouldn’t be what it is without his brilliant contributions."

MESS - "What can I say? I don’t really like “put together” women. My muses are self-possessed, sexually liberated badasses who inspire me and give me permission to live a little more recklessly with a spirit of creative abandon. I love Louis Michot’s yelling in French and his fiddle on this and Emma Ramos making a mess of the song, yelling in Spanish “Es muy jodido” and “Es un mess!” She cracks me up."