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The day is here!
Please check out our new album “Superstitions Fade”, released today on all streaming platforms!

Denver based rock band Ignatius Reilly proudly announces the release of their new album, “Superstitions Fade” on Friday 10/11/2024.

“Superstitions Fade” marks a spirited revival of the trademark Ignatius Reilly sound, celebrating of their widely varied influences, and a strong reminder of the life affirming power and joy of a true rock album.

“Superstitions Fade” features over 65 minutes of music, including 10 new original tracks, and 2 cover songs. The cover songs include “Lovesick Blues” written by the late and beloved Colorado musician Craig “Craigy T” Thomason, and a cover of the obscure Widespread Panic original “Dog Song.”

The first 2 singles from the album “Sojourn” and “Acadiana Contradance” were previously released on all streaming formats.

“Supersitions Fade” was produced by Ignatius Reilly with engineer Ben Waligoske at Clubhouse Recorders t in Golden, CO, and mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, CO. Brock Elam’s vocals were recorded at The Eagle Room in Asheville, NC.

The album features the core band:
Ethan Ice – keyboards, vocals
Eric Bullock – guitars , vocals
Jeff “Birddog” Lane – drums, percussion, lead vocal on “Dog Song”
Mark Brut – bass, acoustic, slide and rhythm guitars, weird noises, backing vocals
With very special guest and collaborator Brock Elam – vocals

Track listing
1. The Singer
2. Backsliding
3. Sojourn
4. First Degree
5. Great Escape
6. Lovesick Blues
7. Acadiana Contradance
8. Pelponce
9. Due East
10. The Curse Of Chief Niwot
11. Dog Song
12. Singing Bowls Serenade
13. Singing Bowls

The album also features guest appearances by:
Ben Waligoske – pedal steel on “Sojourn”, “Pelponce” and “Singing Bowls”
Brennan Kammerer – backing vocals on “Acadiana Contradance, “Singing Bowls”
and “Lovesick Blues”
Sarah Doherty – backing vocals on “The Singer”, “Backsliding” and “Lovesick Blues”

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Second single from forthcoming album “Superstitions Fade.”


Ignatius Reilly releases “Acadiana Contradance”, the second single from their forthcoming album “Superstitions Fade.”

“Acadiana Contradance” was largely written by keyboardist Ethan Ice. The song was inspired in part with his interaction with Col. Bruce Hampton at a musicians retreat in upstate New York, which is referenced in the lyrics. Ethan describes the track as “just a song that doesn’t take itself too seriously about living life to the fullest, and the characters that you meet on the road that show you the light.”

The song has been a work in progress for quite some time and through different band projects, before finally being fully realized for the new Ignatius Reilly album. It draws on Ice’s influences in New Orleans styled music, and the title “Acadiana” references French Louisiana Cajun and Creole population.

“Acadiana Contradance” also features an outstanding guest vocal appearance by Brennan Kammerer, a rising star in the Denver and Fayetteville music communities.

This song is definitely a “get up and get dancing” number and sizzles with the trademark Ignatius sound venturing into some serious NOLA groove.