Op vrijdag 18 november komt 'Sentimental Garbage', de nieuwe EP van Neal Francis uit. Voorafgaand aan deze release dropte Neal reeds drie singles waaronder een cover van de classic 'Strawberry Letter' van Shuggie Otis.
"‘Sentimental Garbage’ – which follows last year’s breakthrough sophomore LP, In Plain Sight (ATO) – collects a number of standout tracks recorded during the original album sessions at The Parsonage, Francis’s DIY studio at St. Peter’s Church in Chicago" (Udiscover Music)
"Neal Francis’s Cover of ‘Strawberry Letter 23’ Is a New Age Disco Journey. The Chicago piano man previews his new EP Sentimental Garbage with a psychedelic Shuggie Otis tribute. (Rolling Stone)."
"Neal Francis has shared new single, “Don’t Want You To Know.” the song was produced in Los Angeles by longtime collaborator Sergio Rios. The singer/songwriter and pianist’s EP, Sentimental Garbage, drops on November 18, via ATO Records. " (Northern Transmission)
“This was another artifact of a bad breakup,” Francis says. “This one occurred back in 2014. It’s about living a double life and paying the consequences. This is one of the first tunes I demoed out for the Neal Francis project with Mike Novak in 2016 when I was recently sober.” (Neal Francis)