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Artist
Dalton Domino
12+ albums
USA
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For Dalton Domino, music was always present. “It’s always been there,” he says. “I don’t really know anything else.” Even as a child, he heard the melodies. And the chords. But always the lyrics — the way artists of all stripes, from punk rockers to traditional country artists, could convey a simple or complex truth with a simple turn of phrase. “That’s how I fell in love with music,” the Texas-based singer-songwriter says. Creativity and an appreciation for song has been an evolution for Domino. He’d written albums before— and solid, heart-bearing ones like 2015’s 1806, at that— but when he sat down for nine months last year and began piecing together what would become Corners, Domino’s latest and inarguably most soul-baring effort yet, things felt different. “I started just writing songs for me,” Domino says of a stunning 10-track collection (out on April 28 via Lightning Rod Records), which at times is lyrically somber and sordid, honest and transparent, but always anchored by sumptuous grooves and melodic mastery. “I had a lot of self-loathing and self-hate,” he adds of the months and years that led up to him penning his heartfelt LP. “I just threw all that stuff out. I got it out of me. I realized this record is about me trying to find myself and coming to terms with the fact that who I used to be isn’t such a bad person.” That person — the man with whom he was long fighting an internal battle — is a decidedly complex one. For years Domino struggled with drug and alcoho
