Dead Meadow Frontman Jason Simon Readies Debut Self-Titled Solo Album

Jason Simon, guitarist and vocalist for critically acclaimed Washington, DC hard rock band and Matador Records recording artists Dead Meadow has completed work on his debut solo album. Simon will release the self-titled "Jason Simon" on September 14 via NYC's Tee Pee Records.

As the voice of the celebrated psychedelic trio Dead Meadow since 1998, Jason Simon has helped craft many captivating, hook-laden songs while the band has enjoyed a successful, highly regarded decade-plus career. Simon's "wispy tenor" and "mystical lyricism" have been called "mesmerizing" by Rolling Stone while his distorted axe riffs and wah-wah pedal effects have been said to "ooze early '70s psych-rock power and experimentalism" by Spin. With his solo debut, Simon takes listeners through an acoustic wormhole by using the palette of spacey atmospherics, head-nodding prog-blues and pop sensibilities of his main band and painting in subtler shades. The album's inviting cover art has been posted online and is available for viewing at this location.

Recorded by Simon and Dead Meadow bassist Steve Kille, mixed by Dave Schiffman (The Jayhawks, Johnny Cash) and mastered by Pete Lyman (Bloc Party, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez) at Infrasonic Sound, Simon's first solo recording is at once stimulating, shadowy, speculative and spellbinding. Each of the album's nine original tracks tell their own unique story while the haunting cover of Bob Dylan's "As I Went Out One Morning" -- featuring lyrics detailing "a man who offers a hand to a woman in chains, but realizes that she wants more than he is offering, and that "she meant to do [him] harm" -- offers a tempting tale all its own.

The track listing for Jason Simon's "Jason Simon" is as follows:

1. Let's Begin
2. I Let It Go
3. Good Hope Road
4. The Dust Does Blow
5. Hollow Eyed and Howling
6. As I Went Out One Morning (Bob Dylan cover)
7. A House Up On a Hill
8. What You Put Into Your Head...
9. Strayin'
10. The Clear Light

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