Are U Mad At Me [Emerald Vinyl]

Paisley Fields – Are U Mad At Me [Emerald Vinyl]

Are U Mad At Me marks a huge, cowboyboot-wearing step for the Brooklyn-based songwriter. Fields proves that genre is as fluidas sexuality, as the album saunters across country, pop, disco, grunge, and classicalwith ease. Across 12 tracks, Fields traverses bangers like power pop lead single “PartyGirl” and two-stepping second single “Hands Off The Hat” (co-written with Grammyaward-winning songwriter Melody Walker) all the way to tragic ballads like “Apalachicolato Tallahassee” (co-written with Karen Pittelman of Karen & The Sorrows) and theclosing “Uncle Charlie’s.” He makes light of gender-neutral bathrooms marked withunicorns instead of stick figures in the guitar-driven “Pronoun Meltdown” and calls out ahusband cheating on his wife with another man in the tragicomic ballad of “You ShouldTell Your Wife.”Are U Mad At Me arrives at a pivotal time in the roots music scene and the world atlarge. Fields, who is now rapidly becoming one of New York City’s queer country leaders through his East Village residency at Lucinda Williams’ new honky tonk anddive bar and through his musical mentorship work through The Recording Academy has been working tirelessly for this moment for more than a decade. Performing underthis moniker since 2013, Fields has released three LPs and two EPs. He’s recorded onqueer country pioneers Lavender Country’s 2022 reunion album, Blackberry Rose, andserved as the band’s touring pianist. Additionally, his 2023 protest song duet with MyaByrne, “Burn This Statehouse Down,” made it onto NPR music critic Ann Powers’ list offavorite songs of the year.A1. parTy girl A2. Straight Panic Defense A3. In The Shadows A4. Arthur Gets A Ring A5. 1984 A6. You Should Tell Your Wife B1. Are U Mad At Me B2. Pronoun Meltdown B3. Hands Off The Hat B4. Apalachicola to Tallahassee B5. Silver Spurs B6. Uncle Charlie’s