Today, The Mellons announce their forthcoming album, ‘Introducing… The Mellons!’, due April 27, 2022 via Earth Libraries.

Alongside the announcement, they have shared the record’s lead single, ‘So Much To Say’, along with an accompanying music video. The song was recorded at No. 9 Studios in Salt Lake City, Utah and was mixed by Scott Wiley of June Audio, in Provo, Utah.

On the single, Rob Jepson (vocals, guitar, keys) said: “‘So Much to Say’ is a collection of feelings from childhood on up. Like everyone, I always long for deeper connections and richer relationships. ‘So Much to Say’, is about how hard it is to do that, even when you’re giving it everything you’ve got. Especially following the pandemic, I want it to remind people to be open to each other. This song is my way of saying, ‘I’m a person. You’re a person. Life is short and I want to be close to you’.”

On the track’s accompanying music video, Rob described how they produced and directed it themselves: “We created the video by the seat of our pants! Andrew is an outstanding visual artist and he took the creative reigns. I ran logistics and prayed that we didn’t go over budget! It was a thrilling (and daunting!) challenge to put the song into a visual context.”

‘Introducing… The Mellons!’ finds that balance somewhere in pages of the Beach Boys book of psych pop. Jepson and Beck unlocked the expansive potential of their songwriting when they found their match in another pair of collaborators. Multi-instrumentalist and producer Dennis Fuller and percussionist Ian Francis had worked together in a handful of bands, and Jepson and Beck enlisted them to join The Mellons and round out their sound. “All of these pieces of songs that Rob and I had swirling around in our heads started to magically come together,” Beck says.

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