nearLY – ex-Nine Inch Nails – Prepare for Debut Release in April
JEROME DILLON, best known for his work over the past six years as drummer and occasional guitarist with NINE INCH NAILS , will release “reminder”, the first album from his band NEARLY on April 11 through KUFALA Recordings/La Cosa Nostra. NEARLY’s “reminder” was recorded in Los Angeles and features Dillon as the primary writer, producer, performer and arranger, accompanied by former 12 Rounds vocalist Claudia Sarne, Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers’ Greg Dulli, former NINE INCH NAILS programmer Keith Hillebrandt, violinist Petra Haden, and engineer/co-producer Brett Pierce.
NEARLY’s “reminder” began in 1999 while Dillon was on a break from NINE INCH NAILS’s “Fragility” tour. He had cut demos on a digital four-track in various hotel rooms throughout Europe on that tour, and the project then evolved over the next two years as Dillon and Pierce experimented in the studio with different musical textures and tones.
These miscellaneous recordings were compiled and Dillon and Pierce began to sift through them while beginning the search for a vocalist. “The only things I knew for sure were that I didn’t want to make a “rock” record, I wanted to be honest, and I didn’t want to sing,” Dillon said. “I had written some vocal melodies and lyrics but I wanted someone else to come in and take them to another level. Claudia was a perfect fit for this record – we began with her learning the chord progressions on piano and singing along as she played. This made the writing process feel much more natural and organic, as opposed to approaching the vocals as just another overdub. She understood where I was coming from, musically and emotionally, so we began to collaborate and finished the songs together.”
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