Josh Ritter - Bringing in the Darlings

Busy Josh Ritter. After the 2011 release of his Live at The Iveagh Gardens concert album and DVD last year, Ritter is immersed in the studio successor to his So Runs The World Away along with a new novel. But eager to get some new songs out -- a group of tracks he describes as his versions of lullabies -- Ritter is releasing Bringing in the Darlings, a new six-song collection of mostly acoustic ballads arriving February 21. “It’s more autobiographical, which I’ve never really been a fan of, but I feel it’s pretty cathartic right now,” says Ritter. “With these, I’d say there might be lullabies, but there’s a razor blade in them. I’m loving the stuff.” Recorded over the winter in a cramped Brooklyn studio, Ritter's Darlings is led by "Why", a pensive, plaintive ditty of stripped and basic appeal that falls somewhere between early 70's era Paul Simon and Paul McCartney.

Josh Ritter - "Why" (from Bringing in the Darlings)

Josh Ritter - Bringing In the Darlings Sampler