Exclusive album premiere of ‘My Kind Of Trouble’ by Mason, out September 9th.

Mason released their first full length album ‘Midnight Road’ in 2017. Their blues rock style is reminiscent of the 60’s with a contemporary flash, and their debut album pays homage to the storytelling of Robert Johnson. The Tucson-based rockers returned in 2022 with their second full length album recorded live at Waterworks Studio in Tucson, mixed by Chris Robinson, and mastered by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room.

Their follow up album ‘My Kind Of Trouble’ blends genres of guitar rock with a sharp-edged groove, colorful blues hooks, pedal driven bass lines, clever drum riffs, and showcases a masterful sonic performance.

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Mason is a group formed through the songwriting and guitar wizardry of the Arizona born artist Jacob Acosta. Once exclusively an instrumentalist, Jacob performed for over 6 years as a jazz saxophonist until he picked up the guitar and started singing in 2003, while spending a year in New Jersey. In 2006 he enrolled in the Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona in Tucson to get his degree in Music Education. In 2008 Jacob began his professional career in Tucson, as the lead singer of the indie rock group, Race You There. Together these shoe-gazers released one full length album (‘Acts of Treason’ 2009), and two EP’s (‘Catalyst’ 2011, ‘Bisbee Royale Live EP’ 2013). In 2009, Jacob then started the acoustic rock trio, Roll Acosta. They released 2 EP’s (‘The Dawn’ 2010, ‘The Dark’ 2011), and one full length LP produced by the brilliant John Vanderslice (‘This Dreamt Existence’ 2012), which was recorded in his Tiny Telephone studio in San Francisco. Roll Acosta has had continued success performing in multiple music festivals, on local television and NPR, and touring the west coast. Since then due to his prolific nature and thirst for the national circuit, Acosta has released a total of 16 studio albums in the genres of blues rock, indie-shoegaze, pop, deep house, progressive house, organic house, americana and folk since 2008 by his own namesake along with the groups Mason, Burning West, HYTS, Roll Acosta, and Race You There. He has also collaborated on releases with Jody Wisternoff, David Hohme, Sasheen, Desert Raven, and has orchestrated 3 national and 8 coastal tours in his performance history. (Releases-‘Acts of Treason’ 2009, ‘The Dawn’ 2010, ‘Catalyst’ 2011, ‘The Dark’ 2011, ‘This Dreamt Existence’ 2012, ‘Bisbee Royale Live EP’ 2013, ‘Chants of Diplomacy’ 2013, ‘For The People By The People’ 2014, ‘Silver Lining’ 2015, ‘Midnight Road’ 2017, ‘Exoplanet’ 2017, ‘Desert Sounds’ 2018, ‘Soul Pandemic’ 2020, ‘Falling’ 2020, ‘Whispers and Cries’ 2021, ‘Falling Remixes’ 2021, Single-‘For What It’s Worth’ 2022, Single- ‘People Among Robots’ 2022, ‘My Kind Of Trouble’ 2022)

Andre Gressieux, drums is originally from London and Maryland. Andre has been a professional percussionist for over 20 years. His first instrument was the violin, but he quickly found his voice at age 8 on the drums. He has played in multiple professional percussion ensembles including the NYU Orchestra and a pit musician for an off broadway production of Pippin. And Gressieux has also once broken a world record for longest drumming marathon performance. Andre has performed with the groups Honeyspun, Verona Downs, Roll Acosta, Race You There, V Lundon, Jacob Acosta Band, Burning West, and Mason. He has recorded and co-produced along with Jacob on a total of 9 albums (‘The Dawn’ 2010, ‘The Dark’ 2011, ‘This Dreamt Existence’ 2012, ‘Bisbee Royale Live EP’ 2013, ‘Chants of Diplomacy’ 2013, ‘For The People By The People’ 2014, ‘Midnight Road’ 2017, ‘Desert Sounds’ 2018, ‘My Kind Of Trouble’ 2022).

Mason’s bassist Barry Young’s first instrument was a record player at age 5 where he began to listen to his brother’s Beatles records. When he was about 10 years old he tried playing the trumpet, but found he liked his record player more. At age 15 he got a full drum kit, but ditched it yet again for his record player. He didn’t join any musical ensembles in high school, but listened to countless records. It wasn’t until age 30 that he bought his first Squire Bass and began to play along to the records he loved. Since then he has been playing bass for 30 years. He has performed in the groups: Covert Ops (grunge/hard ock), Firedust (70’s desert rock), and before joining Mason performed in the Tucson based band Still Life Telescope (modern prog/indie pop). Barry released his first album ‘Geometry Wins’ with the group Still Life Telescope (2017). ‘My Kind of Trouble’ (2022) will be his first release with the band Mason. He continues to perform with Mason and the Jacob Acosta Band.

Mason’s former bassist Jason Allen was born into a family of musicians, with some of his earliest memories including occasional piano lessons with his grandmother and playing his father’s guitars. He went on to play the trumpet in elementary school then the tuba in high school and college, where he was a member of the Purdue University “All-American” Marching Band. Around 1997, Jason transitioned to performing primarily on the electric bass after receiving one as a Christmas gift in college. He continued to develop on the bass by studying with international touring and session bassist Denson Angulo. While living in Indiana, Jason performed with local acts including Andrew Cornelius, Carrie Revel, Jordan Pike, Unseen, and Nashville artist Ryan Wotherspoon as well as recording for various locally produced albums. For the last 6 years since relocating to Tucson in 2011, Jason has performed as a member of the bands V Lundon, Roll Acosta, Jacob Acosta Band, Burning West, and Mason. He recorded all bass parts for the record ‘Midnight Road’ (2017) and will be playing backup guitar for the release of the new Mason album. (Releases-‘Midnight Road’, 2017, ‘Desert Sounds’, 2018).

‘My Kind Of Trouble’ CD Release show will be this Friday, September 9 at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress, Tucson AZ 85701 (Doors: 6pm, tickets are $8 online | $10 at the door). Other acts: Tom Walbank

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