Rock Eupora
"The Mississippi-raised, Nashville-based artist makes a unique blend of gritty, self-produced rock and shimmering pop."
- The FADER
"The show consisted of 80 of the most impressive minutes of music I’ve seen in a while, and if Waller wrote his latest album alone with his thoughts and his beliefs, he’s translated the personal into something that has the potential to go worldwide."
- Nashville Scene
"Emotive lyricism, lush arrangements, and soulful confessions...[Pick At The Scab] captures Waller’s trademark euphoric melodies and joyous energy. Yet, it also feels like an evolution of his sound."
- Under The Radar
New EP “Live at Woodlawn Theatre” out March 19
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New album PICK AT THE SCAB out now via Single Lock Records
Rock Eupora, the moniker for Mississippi-bred, Nashville-based power pop artist Clayton Waller, has always been a heart-on-your-sleeve musical endeavor. From his earliest recordings, Waller has never been afraid to ask the big, searching questions of life. Catchy, hooky pop sensibilities have similarly been a consistent through-line in Rock Eupora’s catalogue. Featuring singable, fuzzed-out guitar hooks and stuck-in-your-head-all-afternoon choruses, the discography of Rock Eupora––including 4 full-length albums, two EPs, and a smattering of singles to date––brings to mind Blue Album-era Weezer or the high-energy, hard-charging, harmony-laden early Beatles singles.
These defining features are still present in Rock Eupora’s latest full-length album, and yet, something feels different. With Pick At The Scab, the listener hears Waller opening sores––admitting personal struggles, asking existential questions, exploring new sonic territory––and exposing them to the light, reaching beyond himself with emotionally honest lyrics and ambitious musical arrangements. Pick At The Scab delivers a full-bodied expression of what it means to live and to feel alive, an experience meant to be felt in a music venue together with others just as much as it can be heard between one’s own ears.
Rock Eupora has toured the US extensively for the past 8 years, including an official showcase at SXSW and shows with artists such as The Band CAMINO and The Brook & The Bluff
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Apple Music playlist adds: Today’s Indie Rock, New in Indie, New in Rock, New in Alternative, Proud Radio
Played on over 150 college radio and AAA stations nationwide
Contact
Management: Addy Kimbrell / Thousand Dances
Label: Reed Watson / Single Lock Records
Press: Matt Hanks / Shore Fire Media
Radio: Paul Langton / Ravel Rouser