Ryan Van Dordrecht - Album Release at Mississippi Studios

w/ Megan Diana & Another GloryA series of free-wheeling studio sessions for Ryan Van Dordrecht’s sophomore record, Undone—out digitally and on vinyl January 2024—made for a happy accident album he didn’t envision. The 10-song collection is a finely-crafted, 1970s-style singer-songwriter album with a modern, alt-country flair. It finds Ryan, a talented multi-instrumentalist, supported by a carefully-curated collection of Wrecking Crew-level musicians.
“Undone is the kind of thing that happens in your personal and creative lives when you stop trying to control everything,” the Portland, Oregon-based artist details. “I had to come to a new level of maturity to make this record. It is a combination of sounds and people that I love, and it is meant to be a celebration of the idea of coming undone and letting go of control. “Undone is a milestone entry in Ryan’s four studio-album oeuvre. Its breezy, 1970s AOR sensibility harkens back to formative influences such as Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, and Bonnie Raitt. “In the past, I got away from the sounds I grew up on, and I sometimes tried to do what I thought people wanted to hear,” Ryan shares. Undone’s modern vintage aesthetic recalls artists such as War On Drugs, Jenny Lewis, Father John Misty, Neal Francis, and Phoebe Bridgers.Previously, Ryan played in the pop-Americana band Sidestar which earned opening spots with Cake, Death Cab for Cutie, and played the Northwest college circuit. Next, he played in the emo alt-rock band Castella which amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify, and earned opening spots with Gin Blossoms, Jude, and Storm Large. In 2014, Ryan released his solo debut, Beast Of Love. That album’s feature track, “Great American Life,” has accumulated 20K streams without any marketing support. Along the way, Ryan has worked with Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, Beck), two-time Grammy nominated producer Rian Lewis (Doja Cat), Rob Stroup (Storm Large), and Rob Daiker (Katy Perry)....

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w/ Megan Diana & Another GloryA series of free-wheeling studio sessions for Ryan Van Dordrecht’s sophomore record, Undone—out digitally and on vinyl January 2024—made for a happy accident album he didn’t envision. The 10-song collection is a finely-crafted, 1970s-style singer-songwriter album with a modern, alt-country flair. It finds Ryan, a talented multi-instrumentalist, supported by a carefully-curated collection of Wrecking Crew-level musicians.
“Undone is the kind of thing that happens in your personal and creative lives when you stop trying to control everything,” the Portland, Oregon-based artist details. “I had to come to a new level of maturity to make this record. It is a combination of sounds and people that I love, and it is meant to be a celebration of the idea of coming undone and letting go of control. “Undone is a milestone entry in Ryan’s four studio-album oeuvre. Its breezy, 1970s AOR sensibility harkens back to formative influences such as Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, and Bonnie Raitt. “In the past, I got away from the sounds I grew up on, and I sometimes tried to do what I thought people wanted to hear,” Ryan shares. Undone’s modern vintage aesthetic recalls artists such as War On Drugs, Jenny Lewis, Father John Misty, Neal Francis, and Phoebe Bridgers.Previously, Ryan played in the pop-Americana band Sidestar which earned opening spots with Cake, Death Cab for Cutie, and played the Northwest college circuit. Next, he played in the emo alt-rock band Castella which amassed over 10 million streams on Spotify, and earned opening spots with Gin Blossoms, Jude, and Storm Large. In 2014, Ryan released his solo debut, Beast Of Love. That album’s feature track, “Great American Life,” has accumulated 20K streams without any marketing support. Along the way, Ryan has worked with Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, Beck), two-time Grammy nominated producer Rian Lewis (Doja Cat), Rob Stroup (Storm Large), and Rob Daiker (Katy Perry).
Ryan found tracking with different musicians inspiring, and continued to do so when he began working on the album with producer Raymond Richards (Local Natives, LCD Soundsystem, and Blitzen Trapper). Select musicians involved in the sessions included Ryan’s childhood choir buddy Eric Early (Blitzen Trapper); Haley Johnsen; Nathan Trueb (Tango Alpha Tango); Camp Crush; and Megan Diana, plus a group of Portland musicians known as The Phasers who moonlight as a tight and telepathic backing band for top songwriters in the Portland area.
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