Name: Floating On A Dream
Brand: Avi Kaplan

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7240292

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

888072402928

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7243914

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Bone Coloured Vinyl.

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888072439146

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Avi Kaplan

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

Label GB

Fantasy

Fantasy Records, established in San Francisco, California in 1949 by Max and Sol Weiss, is a renowned music label with a rich history. From their first artist, *Dave Brubeck*, to the iconic *Creedence Clearwater Revival*, Fantasy has been at the forefront of American rock 'n' roll. Under the leadership of Saul Zaentz and Ralph Kaffel, Fantasy expanded its influence by acquiring catalogs from prestigious jazz independents like Prestige and Riverside. The label's acquisitions also included legendary independent labels such as Stax Records and Specialty.

With an extensive catalog that spans various genres including acid jazz, folk, blues, and classic jazz, Fantasy's reissue programs have set industry standards. Their commitment to high-quality roots-based music led to the acquisition of labels like Takoma and Kicking Mule. Alongside their reissue programs, Fantasy maintains an active recording roster featuring esteemed artists such as *Sonny Rollins*, *Eric Alexander*, *Jimmy Scott*, and many others.

In 2004, Fantasy merged with Concord Records under the name Concord Music Group. While some operations remain in Berkeley, California, the label is now headquartered in Beverly Hills. Notably, John Fogerty from Creedence Clearwater Revival re-signed with Fantasy after leaving it decades earlier.

Deepening a musical evolution that began with 2020’s I’ll Get By EP and carried through last year’s “Song For the Thankful,” Floating On A Dream broadens Avi’s sound further into enthralling new territory, adding strains of blues, soul, tribal drums and a touch of gospel to his beautifully elemental acoustic driven rock. (Avi’s first featured guest Joy Williams, co-wrote and sings on the track, “All Is Well.”)

Shooter’s influence can be heard in the album’s sprawling Western scope, with piano, pedal steel, guitars and layered harmonies framing Avi’s indelibly intense, expressive vocals. Casting long shadows and rendered in moody high relief, these deceptively simple songs are the tales of a man in search of personal truth and a sense of morality in a black and white world; and much like a classic John Ford film, the characters seek relevance at the center of their journey. 

Throughout Floating On A Dream’s soaring choruses and deep valley passages, the album’s steadfast musical foundation holds that amazing voice, from a spooky falsetto to its deepest baritone, firmly in place. While his musical experimentation surely won’t end here, in many ways Floating On A Dream signals the realization of Avi’s massive musical promise--and its unlike anything else you’ll hear this year.

Produced by Grammy Award-winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, American Aquarium) and mixed by Trina Shoemaker (Brandi Carlile, Queens Of The Stone Age, Sheryl Crow), the album was written over the Covid shutdown and recorded at the legendary Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA.