Dent May "The Big One" LP

• Olive green vinyl.
• Warm, melodic indie pop with a classic songwriter streak.
• For fans of: indie pop, soft rock, and '70s-inspired songwriting.

There is an ecstatic melancholy in Dent May’s music. The bedroom pop auteur’s songs are both bittersweet and exuberant, breaking your heart while you can’t help but sing along.
Over six albums, May has built a wildly diverse discography spanning 17 years. He has typically worked alone, assembling perfect pop gems on his laptop, playing nearly every instrument himself. But when he began preparations for his new album, May’s tried and true process suddenly felt stale.

“I was so comfortable in my creative routine,” says May, “that it was hard to push myself to try anything new. But after messing around with a few songs, I just said ‘forget the computer’ and started sending voice memos to my friends.”

May booked a series of sessions at Honeymoon Suite, the Los Angeles studio May co-owns with the album’s producer Paul Cherry. He invited a rotating cast of musician friends to the studio, without rehearsal or planning. Improvisation was everything. Whatever happened each day became the record. On The Big One, joined by a live band of his fellow LA music lifers, Dent May decided to step out of the bedroom and into the world.