Cedarsmoke Paints With Many Shades In Their Single 'Picasso Blue' And Announce Album Release Date

Fall into the melancholic waves of 'Picasso Blue', the newest single from Cedarsmoke, when it comes out on Friday, August 1. The single comes with the announcement of their third full-length album, 'Under The Rainbow', out October 31.

Since their 2016 debut, Cedarsmoke has left their impact on the Brisbane/Meanjin folk scene, with radio plays the country and attention from iconic music platforms such as Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, Double J, MTV,  Pilerats, The Music, AU Review, AAA Backstage, Hysteria Mag, Scenestr and more. Most recently, Cedarsmoke had the pleasure of supporting Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey at the Gold Coast's Home of the Arts.

With storytelling front-and-centre in their songs and their genre-bending sound that drifts between folk, indie, and country, every single release is an evolution of their sound.

The second taste of their upcoming album is 'Picasso Blue'. Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period, it begins with the suicide of Picasso’s friend, Carles Casagemas, and then ripples out into other art forms like the works of James Joyce, Stanley Kubrick and Miles Davis.

The sombre nature of the blue period is reflected in the song, with its slow country guitar, hazy vocals, with a musical howling in the background that lends the song its lonely feel. This song marches on through the face of adversity, with its muted, slow drumbeat, taking on an almost dreamlike quality. Singer-songwriter Jon Cloumassis shares that,

"Musically, this song was a chance to experiment. As each verse was set in a different world lyrically, the aim was to pair the new setting with a new arrangement, dramatically shifting the sound from a gentle melancholy to an experimental psychosis. "

As they prepare to release their third full-length album, 'Under The Rainbow' (out October 31), 'Picasso Blue' is Cedarsmoke at their finest, as they draw on history, literature and pop culture to explore the complexity of the human condition.

Cedarsmoke's 'Picasso Blue' is out on Friday, August 1.