Nashville-based singer / songwriter Danielle Durack is releasing her third album, Escape Artist, on February 16. It includes her recent singles “Shirt Song” and “Good Dog,” and we’re premiering the third and final single, “Dean.” It’s a melancholy track that builds to a cathartic bridge, and Danielle says, “Dean was my stepdad from ages 4-11, and remained a pretty large part of my life after his and my mom’s marriage ended until he moved away when I was 14. We stayed in touch via phone calls and texts, but I never saw him again. He was a father figure to me through some pretty foundational years, and due to some unfortunate circumstances, I wasn’t made aware of the funeral. I would have liked to have been there to share what he meant to me.”
“For the video,” she continues, “initially I wanted to use all home video footage, but after getting it all together, there were only a few of Dean as he was usually the one behind the camera. I wanted to find a way to incorporate them in an animated collage and at first I wasn’t sure how I was going to coalesce all these elements, but I got to work and I’m really happy with how it turned out. All in all it took about 6 months: 1500 stills, hours of editing, hours of exacto-knife-ing, and hours of moving everything a centimeter at a time. I’m glad I got to honor him and his life somehow.” Watch below.
Danielle has shows lined up in the US supporting Escape Artist this month and next, including an NYC date at Rockwood Music Hall on March 1. See all dates below.
DANIELLE DURACK: 2024 TOUR DATES
2/9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
2/12 – Hollywood, CA @ The Hotel Cafe
2/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Faight Collective
2/15 – Portland, OR @ Atlantis Lounge
2/16 – Seattle, WA @ Conor Byrne Pub
2/18 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux Lounge
2/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ International Artist Lounge
2/23 – Columbus, OH @ Rambling House
3/1 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
3/6 – Wilmington, NC @ Bowstring Burgers and Brewyard
3/11 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement
