Har Mar Superstar New Album Incoming
The always-modest Har Mar Superstar gets mouthy about his new studio LP and a new chapter in his life. In typically humble fashion the mustachioed lothario explains, "This is the album I've been attempting to make my whole life…It's gonna be huge."
Har Mar Superstar has announced that his new album will be entitled 'The Handler' and will be released September 6. The album will be preceded by single, 'DUI', on August 16. To mark the announcement, Har Mar has written a lengthy letter to fans detailing his movements to date. Here are the highlights:
"Writing this letter to all of you is an exciting prospect. It marks the end of an era and the opening of a new chapter for me which, oddly enough, is what this album is all about…
"In November 2003 I moved back across the pond to Los Angeles to undergo the writing and recording of 'The Handler'. Two of my best friends from Minnesota and I moved into the famed 'Dirt'-era Motley Crue apartment on the Sunset Strip, and I tried my best to summon the lost spirit of my scuzzy neighborhood by making the most rock and roll R+B album ever.
"The first day we [Har Mar and producer John Fields] got together we left with the musical outlines and most of the vocals recorded for 'Body Request', 'DUI', and 'Bird In The Hand'."
Har Mar was also joined in the studio by a host a friends and contributors all ready and willing to help out.
"…Soon enough Karen O, Nick Zinner, Pete Thomas, Michael Bland, Northern State, and a host of other gifted performers started popping their heads into the studio to lend a hand.
"'The Handler' chronicles all of the high highs and low lows of the last two years of growing up more or less publicly. Every detail is there for a reason, and I've never layed [sic] so much out bare.
"My goal was to make a more human record that hits everywhere from the joys of being on top to the harrowing loneliness of the same place. Just as importantly, I think the album is a whole lot of fun… I hope you enjoy 'The Handler'. It's gonna be huge."
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