June 14, 2011 -
PRLog -- AUSTIN, Texas (June 9, 2011) - Released just in time for summer and summer romance,
"No Great Pretender," a poppy, honest love song by nineteen-year-
old
Ariel Abshire, is sure to be the soundtrack for many a budding dalliance. Though Abshire has been in the music business since she was 11, singing at Austin's Broken Spoke, her fresh voice and youthful perspective on love show that her music is growing with her. "I wrote this song when I finally met a guy who made me comfortable enough to let my guard down," says Abshire of "No Great Pretender" (co-produced by Andy Sharp). "Sometimes you want to protect yourself from being hurt, but then it feels so good to let your guard down." The track, which is the first single from her
second LP, Still So New, is available for download now: http://glgpub.com/
file_download/
165/Ariel-Abshire-
No-Great-Pretender.mp3
"No Great Pretender" is just one of the 11 new tracks about love that can be found on
Still So New. It's a bit of a departure for Abshire, who says many of her songs look on the sadder side of love. "This one was so fun to record!" she says. "My songs tend to be on the depressing side, so it was different to be singing something so bright and poppy." Still So New was produced by Louie Lino who has worked with Matt Pond PA, something he and Abshire now have in common. She is a featured singer on Matt Pond PA's upcoming EP,
Spring Fools.
Raised in the "live music capital of the world," Abshire has always been surrounded by great music and the people who make it. She started singing classic hardcore country at honky tonks and dance halls with Texas music hall of famer
Alvin Crow at 11 years old. For years, Austin's legendary Broken Spoke was her second home where her talents were nurtured by the likes of Pinetop Perkins, Clifford Antone, and countless other Austin greats. She has shared the stage with
lvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dale Watson, Kellie Pickler, Robert Earl Keen, Speak, Julia Nunes, The Rocket Summer, Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, Golden Arm Trio. Her passion for live shows has not dissipated. "I really live for show days," says Abshire. "It gives me a chance to be more extroverted than I usually am."
Abshire's voice can also be heard on the soundtracks of feature films by Robert Rodriguez and Trevor Romain, numerous video game projects, and an animated cartoon for Adult Swim's William Street Studios.
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