Richard Simeonoff’s new EP, “Listen to This”, is a tongue-in-cheek way of delivering that exact message; that he wants you to hear these songs. Following up his 2022 debut LP “Oh Well”, the 5 songs on “Listen to This”explore our changes in life, and how we navigate them; through love, death, and, at times, the absurd. Richard turned to producer Trevor Spencer (Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty) at Way Out Studios to help bring the songs to life in a new way. That working relationship brought out more than expected for Simeonoff. “Some of these songs were written from a place that I felt too personal to be any good, but Trevor showed me that some of those places lie where I just can’t see the road, but it’s there.” Listen to This, Richard hopes, is more than just a catchy slogan, because “there are things that are universal in these songs, and I just hope we can connect through them.”
“Listen to This” out July 21, 2023
CIA
Lead single “CIA” is about the absurdity of life. With a narrator that is unreliable at best, you get pulled into a story where the only thing for certain, is that someone is lying. For those people out in our communities we see on the street, this song looks at their perspective. They may be without a home, strung out, or just this side of being committed, but for all we know, they are right. Maybe they are working for the CIA...we can't be so sure.
