Invisible Audience

Luther Russell releases his fifth album entitled The Invisible Audience. It's a wildly ambitious record from the multi-talented singer-songwriter/producer, which he calls a glimpse into the jukebox of my psyche. The twenty-five tracks on this epic record were culled from months and months of recording whenever I could get into my eight-track studio or on a four-track cassette to get an idea down. The album's narrative flow seems to run the gamut of emotions from regret, betrayal and loss to humor, nostalgia and hope. His last release, 2007s Repair (produced by Ethan Johns) was a ragged, rootsy pop record full of rich, sometimes bouncy melodies which belied their darker subject matter, namely that of his then-fresh divorce. The album won him quite a bit of acclaim but nonetheless failed to break him to a wider audience. Since then he concentrated on the production side of things, working with a wide array of artists, including Noah & The Whale, Laura Marling, Sarabeth Tucek, Holly Miranda, Richmond Fontaine, Sean Lennon and Fernando, to name a few.