My Way Home, by Eli Paperboy Reed

My Way Home

by Eli Paperboy Reed

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theunravelers I was browsing for music, when I came across this album.
I listened to the entire album on my way to work and was blown away. Loved the whole vibe, the singing was amazing and loved the tasty guitar playing and tone.
Not a bad song on the album.
Fantastic work! Favorite track: Your Sins Will Find You Out.

Erik Lutsch Bluesy gospel hits to be enjoyed regardless of religion. Eli just has a way of making the whole genre very approachable. Favorite track: Movin'.

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	1.	Hold Out 02:31
	2.	Your Sins Will Find You Out 03:30
	3.	Cut Ya Down 02:50
	4.	Movin' 04:06
	5.	Tomorrow’s Not Promised 02:33
	6.	My Way Home 03:58
	7.	Eyes On You 03:24
	8.	The Strangest Thing 02:56
	9.	I’d Rather Be Alone 02:39
	10.	A Few More Days 03:13
	11.	What Have We Done 02:47

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Eli Paperboy Reed has returned to the studio and crafted a new album that is at once back-to-basics and startlingly current. Album opener "Hold Out" kicks things off at full-volume, embodying the classic gospel ethos that everything's going to work out fine if you just keep the faith. It's a notion that turns up throughout the record, from the title track “My Way Home” to "Tomorrow's Not Promised" to "Movin'," and it reflects Reed's resilient spirit in the face of disappointment. Elsewhere on the album, he nods to the music's church roots, singing of fear of the devil on "The Strangest Thing" and damnation on "Cut Ya Down" (the only non-original on the record and a song he learned performing with Boston’s Silver Leaf Gospel Singers, founded in 1945). "What Have We Done" is something of a secular hymn for the environment, and "I'd Rather Be Alone" serves as a meditation on following your own path to salvation.

MOJO called the Boston-via-Mississippi singer the "king of rhythm & soul," while Rolling Stone hailed his "classic soul and horn-heavy R&B soaked with the blues," and NPR raved that "he conveys the heart-wrenching emotion of Southern predecessors such as Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding." My Way Home represents a return to the sonic character that Reed’s career began with, but it does more than that: It captures the essence of his sound. A sound that, over everything else, prizes feeling, energy, and, yes, Soul.

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released June 10, 2016

2016, 2016 Yep Roc Records

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Eli Paperboy Reed New York, New York

Eli “Paperboy” Reed is a survivor. He’s been making Soul-inspired music since before it was cool and tearing up stages all over the world with his heart-stopping falsetto screams for close to a decade.

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May 11

De Oosterport

Groningen, Netherlands
May 12

Tivoli Vredenburg

Utrecht, Netherlands
Jun 13

The Garage

Glasgow, UK
Jun 14

Eridge Park

Tunbridge Wells, UK
Jun 14

Club Academy

Manchester, UK

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