Exclusive track premier – ‘brooklyn 97202’ by Steve Drizos | New Album, ‘i love you now leave me alone’
Exclusive track premiere of “brooklyn 97202” by Steve Drizos, taken from the new album, ‘i love you now leave me alone,’ out via Cavity Search Records.
Portland, Oregon-based musician/engineer/producer Steve Drizos, a professional touring musician for more than twenty seven years and studio owner, who can currently be found behind the drums for Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons or helming the board at his SE Portland recording studio, The Panther, is gearing up to release his sophomore full-length album, ‘i love you now leave me alone’.
Having worked with countless artists at The Panther, including Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Debbi Peterson (The Bangles), Spencer Tweedy, Chris Funk (The Decemberists), and Scott McCaughey (R.E.M., Minus 5, The Young Fresh Fellows), as well as his wife, The Decemberists’ Jenny Conlee, Drizos is no stranger to both sides of the studio, culminating in his debut solo album, ‘Axiom,’ which was released on Cavity Search Records in 2021. Written and recorded during the start of the pandemic, ‘Axiom’ was Drizos’ chance to experiment in the studio and make a solo album, playing most of the instruments himself. However, with ‘i love you now leave me alone,’ he decided to demo everything and build a band around the songs, resulting in a powerful follow-up that finds the songwriter side of him growing and evolving, delivering another strong collection of eight powerful songs that find influence in 90s guitar-rock, pop, and folk.
The album’s first single, ‘brooklyn 97202,’ is about his SE Portland neighborhood.
“I chose this as the first single because I really wanted to release it in the summer. It’s a summer song, as well as a good example and introduction of what the band sounds like.”
“I hope it gets to people’s ears and they find something that they can relate to in it. I’m in a unique position where I’m not making a record for a particular fan base or planning a big tour around the release of the album. So the stakes are relatively low in those regards, which takes some of the pressure off. I love making records, I love collaborating with people I trust and respect, and I will keep doing that regardless. But at the same time I’m an insecure artist who wants people to like what I create.”