New album available on Bandcamp September 4th
Invisible Runner is the eponymous, debut solo album from Stephen Desaulniers, bassist, singer, and occasional songwriter for Scud Mountain Boys, and longtime bassist for The Ray Mason Band. Featuring “Circle Tree,” and 9 other tracks.
All songs by Stephen Desaulniers (East Wind Rain Music BMI) except Pick Your Roses by Michael Murray
“Desaulniers and his collaborators have made an album that is at once immediate and reserved, and for every lick or lyric that gets right up in your face, there’s a corresponding layer to peel back. It’s as solid and hearty a debut as you could hope to hear, and though Desaulniers clearly didn’t rush it, ‘Invisible Runner’ feels like it has arrived at just the right time.”
“I have known Steve as long and as well as I’ve known just about anyone. And since the first days of us playing music together 30 years ago, I’ve known he had one of those rare voices that comes from a place you can’t talk about. You can only sing about. And the songs he writes don’t gush out of him. They trickle, true and icy cold. They can make you gasp. And that’s a good thing. They remind you that you’re not dead yet.”
“Invisible Runner is pure fucking fire from the start. Within the first minute, you’re hopelessly hooked, but in the best possible way. I have not listened to a full length album on repeat this often since 1986. That’s a long time—and this is a great record.”
Personnel
Stephen Desaulniers: Bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals. Co-producer. Other bands include Scud Mountain Boys, Ray Mason Band.
Joel Stroetzel: Electric and acoustic guitar, banjotar, dobro, bass, keys, xylophone. Engineer and co-producer. Other bands include Killswitch Engage and Brothers Born.
Tom Shea: Electric guitar, mandolin. Other bands include Scud Mountain Boys, Ray Mason Band.
Bob Hennessy: Electric guitar and lap steel guitar. Other bands include Haunt, Ware River Club and Tree Fort.
Jason Smith: Drums. Other bands include Fancy Trash.
Bradford Hutchison: Banjo. Other bands include Jim and Jenny and the Pine Tops.
Doug Beaumier: Pedal steel guitar. Other bands include the Lonesome Brothers.
Mike Wyzik: Percussion. Other bands include Brothers Born, Van Eyes, Quiet Union.
Stephen Desaulniers
Joel Stroetzel and Tom Shea
Mike Wyzik and Stephen Desaulniers
Bradford Hutchison
Doug Beaumier
Bob Hennessy
Jason Smith
Joel Stroetzel
