Briston Maroney Teams With Indie Rock Icon Ben Kweller For "Poor Things (Feat. Ben Kweller)"
Acclaimed penyanyi-penulis lagu Briston Maroney is joining forces with indie rock icon Ben Kweller for the brand new single, “Poor Things (Feat. Ben Kweller),” available now via Atlantic Records HERE.
“Poor Things (Feat. Ben Kweller)” puts a fresh collaborative spin on “Poor Things,” one of the many standout tracks featured on Maroney’s recently released third studio album, Jimmy, sadurunge saiki HERE
"Dadi kaliyan aku ketemu Briston lan ndeleng musik-nya, aku ngerti kita bakal dadi teman-teman gedhe," ngandika Ben Kweller. "Dadi iku salah siji saka paling apik ing genre rock artists anyar sing nyimpen torch saka sinis lan nyimpen sing njaluk kita minangka kita duwe percakapan karo teman lama. 'Poor things' iku ode kanggo masa lalu kita lan kanggo keberanian kanggo maju uga nalika arah iku takwa."
JIMMY was co-produced by Maroney with Alex Farrar (Wednesday, MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee), and the psychedelically-inspired album sees Maroney exploring the profound dichotomy of growing up in dual worlds as a child of divorce, shuttling between the devil-may-care spirit of his mother’s rural North Florida and the intensely pressured life of a Catholic school student in his dad’s Knoxville, TN. Highlights include such deeply personal, guitar-driven tracks as “Real Good Swimmer,” “Tomatoes,” lan “Better Than You, kabeh digabungake dening video musik resmi streaming saiki ing YouTube. Jimmy wis ditemokake karo flurry aplause saka outlets kayata Consequence of Sound, FLOOD, Melodic Magazine, lan Ones To Watch, kang nyebat minangka “a crescendo of possibilities, a visual novel set to music that rifts between silly imagination, profound introspection and cheeky self-awareness, a tribute to existing, to be oneself… ngetung ing kesadaran, dhuwur ing pengalaman sing nyimpen lagu-lagu apik, nanging isih mbukak sing curious banget sing nggunakake musik iki kaya wondrous saka album sadurunge."
Maroney - sing ngarepake kedatangan JIMMY dengan ngluwihi kerumunan ing Amérika Utara kanthi Peach Pit ing co-headline “Long Hair, Long Life Tour,” kalebu panghentian ing tempat-tempat kaya New York City's The Rooftop ing Pier 17, San Francisco, CA's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, lan Los Angeles, CA's Greek Theatre - nyedhiyakake rencana kanggo 4th anual Briston Maroney Presents: Paradise, a three-night festival slated for Nashville, TN’s ‘The Blue Room’ on November 5-7. All three dates will feature a headline set from Maroney along with performances from Eden Joel, Cameron Schmidt, Harriette, ash tuesday, Michigander, and Bridey Costello. Tickets for Briston Maroney Presents: Paradise go ing dijual saiki ing 10 AM (CT) HERE. kanggo rincian lengkap, please visit www.bristonmaroney.com/#tour
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BRISTON MARONEY PRESENTS: PARADISE (4TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL)
November 5-7, 2025
The Blue Room, Nashville, TN
NIGHT 1 – November 5
Briston Maroney
Eden Joel
Cameron Schmidt
NIGHT 2 – November 6
Briston Maroney
Harriette
Ash Tuesday
NIGHT 3 – November 7
Briston Maroney
Michigander
Bridey Costello
Connect karo Briston Maroney:
Sampunipun ing awal, Briston Maroney ora mau nelepon album ketiga sing eksplosif lan engrossing JIMMY. Dheweke ngandika iku Jellyfish, jeneng sing diambil saka puisi sing ngandika nalika dheweke sembilan taun: "Jellyfish / The whole ocean / But nowhere to go." Iki ana taun sadurunge Maroney ngandika lagu pisanan lan akeh taun sadurunge dheweke duwe basa kanggo ngleksanakake apa sing dheweke ndengke, depresi. Puisi iki minangka momen pivotal kanggo Maroney, wiwit dheweke ngetokake yen dheweke bisa nggunakake seni lan ekspresi dhewe - ing titik iki, puisi; kanggo dua dekade pungkasan, utamane musik - kanggo mbantu ngarti tumindak ing pikiran, jantung, lan urip. JIMMY, a song cycle about scraping the bottom of mental, social, and emotional barrels and holding on long enough to do what can sometimes seem like life’s true masterpiece: simply being yourself.
Maroney’s folks split up before he was a teenager. Like so many kids, he spent the rest of youth shuttling between two places. With his father in the small and quiet city of Knoxville, Tenn., he was relatively privileged but pressured, a Catholic school student on whom great expectations were placed. With his mother in north Florida, a landscape more raw and real than almost any other in the continental United States, he was surrounded by country folks who only seemed to give a damn about one another. They’d show up for oyster roasts and get red-wine drunk on Saturday, then be spiffy for church by Sunday morning.
Maroney didn’t fit in with either deme, really. He was the country guy who loved fishing at dams with his dad in Knoxville, the city slicker Catholic schoolkid back among the mangroves and slash pines. But he was drawn to the devil-may-care spirit of the Floridians, the folks who only wanted to look after each other and themselves. There was one man in particular—perpetually clad in denim shorts and a white Margaritaville T, occasionally a durag—that caught Maroney’s attention. Sure, maybe he was a redneck, but “he was a good friend who people loved,” Maroney ngingat. dheweke dadi inspirasi kanggo JIMMY, kanggo lagu-lagu iki babagan nyoba kanggo dadi apa-apa liyane saka sampeyan.
