The Natvral returns with ‘A Glass of Laughter’. With hints of ‘Blood on the Tracks’ era Dylan singing over the Heatbreakers covering ‘My Back Pages’ Kip Berman, AKA The Natvral delivers a poignant look into the ghosts that haunted the early days of the pandemic. As he performs in a disco ball, dive bar we see two lovers on a park bench, exchanging a gift and seemingly facing a relationship crisis.
“These songs live somewhere between the climate crisis of 1816, the climate crisis of now, and the climate crisis of the heart,” says Kip Berman. “You might say it’s a gothic record—but the house isn’t haunted. The ghosts moved out years ago, but I still get their mail from time to time.”
Recorded in a single week in London with producer Andy Savours, Berman brought the songs he had crafted after putting his children to sleep to life. He reflected on the studio experience, “The way we recorded it felt very much in step with the hope I had when I started this project,” he says. “Which was: I just want to pick up my guitar and sing – whether it’s by myself or with a band, whether it’s for a handful of friends in a basement or something more. Andy, to his credit, never let me deviate from that ideal.”
The London sessions led to the new full-length album ‘Summer of No Light’, available now on Dirty Bingo Records.
Kip Berman - who trades as The Natvral - wants it to be known that today's song from his second album 'Summer Of No Light' (Dirty Bingo Records, September 1st) is no celebration of the prince of rebellion, of angels, and darkness. Nope. As he says: "Don’t let the title…
The Natvral is the new band name for Kip Berman, former singer / songwriter of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released his debut album as The Natvral back in April, via Kanine Records. Here Berman has teamed with Jen Goma on a cover of The Byrds' 'Ballad of…
Sweden’s First Aid Kit have paid a terrific tribute to Silver Jews frontman David Berman who died earlier this month with two new recordings: one is a cover of the Silver Jews classic 'Random Rules' from the 'American Water' album (with possibly the best opening line to a song ever)…
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
