THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The new solo album from The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn — released in tandem with his memoir — Make It Right is a dialogue between memoirist and musician, introducing a vulnerable, more reflective Wynn than previously heard.
Make It Right features notable contributions from Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Vicki Peterson (Bangles), Chris Schlarb (Psychic Temple), Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh), Linda Pitmon (Baseball project) and a cast of dozens.
“I wrote and recorded these songs in tandem with working on I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, my memoir which comes out on Jawbone Press the same week as Make It Right, my first solo album since 2010,” says Wynn. “With each chapter, I would get ideas for songs inspired by the deep dive into my past and vice versa. The reflections became intertwined after a while, a mutual commentary between literal and metaphorical ruminating. It was a dialogue between the memoirist and the musician, a one-man Q&A, a gentle volley in the tennis court of my mind. 40-love, game, set and match.”
Although Make It Right isn’t autobiographical, it begins in Santa Monica — the city and boulevard where he was born — and concludes on Roosevelt Avenue, the main thoroughfare of the Queen’s neighbourhood in New York City that he calls home today.
Wynn will be touring the U.K., Europe and the U.S. in support of the release, putting on a one-man show that blends songs inspired by the book with a narrative structure of readings and storytelling.”
