Meet the musically and geographically nomadic Arron Dean. The South Africa-… Read Full Bio ↴Meet the musically and geographically nomadic Arron Dean. The South Africa-via-Brooklyn songsmith has kept several homes and musical identities in his lifetime, but only on the full-length MPLS does Dean showcase a unique and intimate sonic persona.
Raised on a small farm in an area called Knoppieslaagte outside of Johannesburg, amid the country’s political upheaval, Arron followed his muse stateside to play jazz in Boston. Disheartened by the general apathy people have to the genre, Dean started again from scratch in New York, reorienting himself with a punk-rock band quickly began packing clubs and partying their way across the Lower East Side. Meanwhile, he earned his keep working myriad jobs, from running a youth hostel to mopping recording-studio floors in exchange for the chance to write music for advertisements. But after a few years the audiences at shows dwindled and opportunities waned as the band drank away their potential.
The band met their inauspicious end when half of the band members were fired from the bar where they all worked. Deciding it was time for a change of scenery, they made plans to relocate to Minneapolis, where our story begins again. But only Dean and one other member managed to follow through, the others staying behind in part due the same drug and alcohol problems they hoped to outrun. He became bent on making a real change. “When we got to Minnesota I grabbed my acoustic guitar and started writing the most sincere music I’d ever written. I wrote about everyone I missed and everyone I loved. It was what I needed at that moment.” His new sound, a strain of modern folk infused with a hint of British melancholy a la Nick Drake, sprang from the old bluegrass and country records Dean played to find peace during long drives through the Midwestern expanse.
Though he did not intend to record or release any new music he naturally amassed a set of songs and found himself at Minneapolis’ Sound Gallery studios beginning another journey—recording the music that would form the foundation of his debut album, MPLS. Soon, he found himself working 16-hour days and pouring his paychecks right into the studio. “I’d work for four months saving everything I could and record two or three songs in two days,” Dean says. “Then work until I had enough money again to record.”
Though the lyrical landscape is colored by drunks and absentees, these tales are delivered in a sad but hopeful tone. “I was picking up a lot of pieces when I went out there,” Dean says.”Although the songs are about the Twin Cities, [the cities] are really more of the backdrop. The songs are really about love, redemption, forgiveness, and missing the ones I love, with Minneapolis in the background of it all.”
MLPS is a remarkable album, built on workmanship and life’s tribulations, that documents the almost contradictory emotional arcs of someone whose life has been spent searching for something that may actually be in the past.
Raised on a small farm in an area called Knoppieslaagte outside of Johannesburg, amid the country’s political upheaval, Arron followed his muse stateside to play jazz in Boston. Disheartened by the general apathy people have to the genre, Dean started again from scratch in New York, reorienting himself with a punk-rock band quickly began packing clubs and partying their way across the Lower East Side. Meanwhile, he earned his keep working myriad jobs, from running a youth hostel to mopping recording-studio floors in exchange for the chance to write music for advertisements. But after a few years the audiences at shows dwindled and opportunities waned as the band drank away their potential.
The band met their inauspicious end when half of the band members were fired from the bar where they all worked. Deciding it was time for a change of scenery, they made plans to relocate to Minneapolis, where our story begins again. But only Dean and one other member managed to follow through, the others staying behind in part due the same drug and alcohol problems they hoped to outrun. He became bent on making a real change. “When we got to Minnesota I grabbed my acoustic guitar and started writing the most sincere music I’d ever written. I wrote about everyone I missed and everyone I loved. It was what I needed at that moment.” His new sound, a strain of modern folk infused with a hint of British melancholy a la Nick Drake, sprang from the old bluegrass and country records Dean played to find peace during long drives through the Midwestern expanse.
Though he did not intend to record or release any new music he naturally amassed a set of songs and found himself at Minneapolis’ Sound Gallery studios beginning another journey—recording the music that would form the foundation of his debut album, MPLS. Soon, he found himself working 16-hour days and pouring his paychecks right into the studio. “I’d work for four months saving everything I could and record two or three songs in two days,” Dean says. “Then work until I had enough money again to record.”
Though the lyrical landscape is colored by drunks and absentees, these tales are delivered in a sad but hopeful tone. “I was picking up a lot of pieces when I went out there,” Dean says.”Although the songs are about the Twin Cities, [the cities] are really more of the backdrop. The songs are really about love, redemption, forgiveness, and missing the ones I love, with Minneapolis in the background of it all.”
MLPS is a remarkable album, built on workmanship and life’s tribulations, that documents the almost contradictory emotional arcs of someone whose life has been spent searching for something that may actually be in the past.
Happy Hour
Arron Dean Lyrics
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@Weezer I'm like Stevie Ray Vaughn on the stage High on music Teeth…
After10 (Woo woo woo woo woo woo) (Woo woo woo woo woo…
Bangbros C..., C..., Co..., Comon', Comon' little bangboy Come on lit…
Beautiful South And The Housemartins It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
Benjamin Biolay C'est l'homme que tu sois Un plaisir d'offrir Une joie de re…
Bob & Tom Final de expediente Seis da tarde Vai me dando uma…
Botnek Snails Twenty beer? I need a beer for this I need a beer…
Boys There's Tom, he's been moping for a week And Lily, she's…
Buddy Happy Hour Henny Sour Margarita Why you so salty at Happy H…
Cheryl How can I know what you mean If you never ask? How…
Chris Lee 李宇春 这个不需要入场券的舞台 不开心的人现在手举起来 太阳很大没有什么特别HIGH 扔个铜板作决定 快行动别发呆 你是保守派是…
Claudius & O.R.E.O. Happy Hour Tomando um copo de cerveja na marina Eu resolvi q…
Cole Cheryl How can I know what you mean If you never ask? How…
Deodato Happy, happy hour Now's the time Tonight you're mine Happy,…
Doug Moreland It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
Everclear Hey, makes me wonder Why I just let them slip away I'd…
Eyedress Every night Everything scares me You mean so much to me I′d …
Felix Cartal I'm in, I'm in too deep Can't keep my head above…
Frosty Yo, who′s this? Who? Where'd you get the number from? Okay, …
G.E.N.E. Lets get fuck up an Pull some hos an go…
Griswalds It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
hanbee Wait for me babe I'm driving down To our spot Right…
Hate/Love Bimbo beauties beckoning Fizzy banger Said she's a sanger-sc…
Infinity Crush I would tear my insides out to find tangled pieces of you I'…
Jack Slater Ich betret die Bar Seh ne Frau Vodka und Bier Ich sprech sie…
Jazz & Jazz The best things in life are free But you can give…
Jazze Pha & Cee-Lo Green Ladies and gentleman, this is a Shonuff Radiculture (exclusi…
Joe Joe Gucci Mane Joe Gucci It just hit me I'm kinda tipsy But it ain't the d…
John Garrison Hello, it′s been a while, I've missed you, you know I′m…
K-Group/Peter Hammill How was it that we first met? ...I forget, all I…
K.6 How was it that we first met? ...I forget, all I…
Kara Welcome to my place 이 멜로디를 따라 찾아와 I've been waiting for,…
Kévin Trama do universo nosso encontro tinha que acontecer Deus pr…
Killing Time I spent so much time Keeping dreams alive Dreams I…
King Missile In this happy sing-song hell hole In this torture house of…
L. Ligabue Dicono che tutto Sia comunque scritto Quindi tanto vale ch…
Ligabue Dicono che tutto Sia comunque scritto Quindi tanto vale …
Love Hate Bimbo beauties beckoning Fizzy banger Said she's a sanger-sc…
Love / Hate Bimbo beauties beckoning Fizzy banger Said she's a sanger-…
Luciano Ligabue "Dicono che tutto sia comunque scritto quindi tanto vale…
M.A.K.U SoundSystem How was it that we first met? ...I forget, all I…
Matthew Ryan Well the clocks are quiet Little Joe's in jail He got stop…
Mélat Pour me some white wine You know I got time It's five…
Mika Singh कम ऑन कम ऑन कम ऑन कम ऑन कम ऑन कम…
Morgan Wallen Lookin' back, I see a million little things that wrecked…
Mr. Davis Pour me some white wine You know I got time It's five…
Neon Fir Blocking ways, setting borders Ending up with no friends Dre…
Old 97's Just like a boy to be sad Just like a fool…
Peter Hammill Fuelled by alcohol, shooting out words like a rocket, like a…
Peter Hammill & The K Group How was it that we first met? ...I forget, all I…
Pyranja Ey, willst Du laute Musik, Beats, viel Haut über'm Knie?…
Randers Cowboys Åh åh uh åh oh Åh åh wuh! Vers Happy Hour det sweet…
Ray Stevens We used to get hammered ev′ry afternoon at five And for…
Rihanna How can I know what you need If you never ask How…
Rihanna feat Cheryl Cole How can I know what you mean If you never ask? How…
Rihanna feat. Cheryl Cole How can I know what you need If you never ask How…
Roomie 智慧型 手机 再见 现在不需要检查留言 博爱的 情人 再见 不想有爱不爱的悬念 先把 责任制 放一边 YEAH 工作只是…
Saiko Atascado en la salida, te vi pasar, entrando en la…
Sarah Ross I've been working hard all week And I sure could use…
Shane Wyatt I came straight from work And I ordered a beer We don't…
Silent Majority hey mister bartender are you aware you're slowly killing m…
summerbruise okay, no one here's a monster i admit that was dramatic but…
Svinkels Get drunk, get stupide, get fucked up, get freaky :…
Talha Anjum Larkharata hua jaam dhoond raha hu Sooraj se mukhatib mein w…
Tapy Quintero Hombre muy grande Con porte elegante Del cual no he…
Tara Mcdonald Ft. Tefa GIVE ME A DRINK TO NUMB THE PAIN STRAIGHT ON…
The Academic Alright Wakin' up to catch a flight to see the sun You're…
the beautiful soul and the housemartins It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
The Beautiful South It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
The Beautiful South/The Housemartins It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
The Checkered Hearts Happy Hour It's happy hour again I think I might be happy,…
The Housemartins It's happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
The Promise Ring Hey, Hey, where are we living now, From witching to happy…
The Silent Majority Hey mister bartender Are you aware You're slowly killing my …
Tony Booth I hide my guilty feelings in the wine And I leave…
Two-Tone Steiny & The Cadillacs Let’s go out and have some fun Let’s go out and…
Van Veenendaal/Kneer/Sun happy hours boys and girls 酒吧街的烟花 点亮夜的喧哗 我也放慢了步伐 发现一个她 闪烁着的亮…
Weezer I'm like Stevie Ray Vaughn on the stage High on music Teeth…
Welbilt I take a seat at the bar Catchin the tail end…
X-Rated Cowboys (Woo woo woo woo woo woo) (Woo woo woo woo woo…
Yuca Grab your friends, cheers a drink Share a laugh, come in…
[spunge] Its happy hour again I think I might be happy if…
李宇春 这个不需要入场券的舞台 不开心的人现在手举起来 太阳很大没有什么特别HIGH 扔个铜板作决定 快行动别发呆 你是保守派是…
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