LEE DEWYZE SHARES “WEEDS” VIDEO Singer-songwriter Lee Dewyze shares “Weeds”. MMusic premiered the track and video, praising “DeWyze’s simple and precise production delivers an emotionally powerful “Weeds.”” The prolific songwriter, who has had over 60+ syncs in film, TV, and commercials, returns to the scene with a powerful solo release that flaunts a profoundlyrefreshing approach to music making. “Weeds” explores the nature of love and relationships and how that parallels the cycle of life. How some things can be found when you don’t even know you’re looking for them. It’s about growing and learning to be vulnerable. How a time, place, and moment can play such a crucial part in where we end up and how we got there. “Weeds” is about finding beauty in the most unsuspecting places. With an earnest ability to create a delicate balance of harmony, melody, deep emotion and subtlety, Lee
DeWyze’s depth as a songwriter call to mind some of his earliest influences like Simon and Garfunkel, Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) and Johnny Cash. His last 2 releases Victims Of The Night (April 2020), and the EP Castles (Oct 2019), have garnered over 1M streams. There are no false notes in these four exquisite songs, each one a unique light in the constellation of his imagination. He sings quietly, as if whispering secrets. His lyrics and melodies mesmerize, cycling like nursery rhymes, somehow soothing while also sharpening our alertness that something unusual is going on here. Over the last 10 years, Lee has released five albums, including his critically lauded Frames (Vanguard Records, 2013), which included the top 40 Billboard Hot AC hit “Fight.” In 2014, his song “Blackbird Song” (15M
streams) was placed in the show “The Walking Dead.” After signing with Shanachie Records in 2016, Lee released the album Oil and Water, which hit Number One on the iTunes folk and singer/songwriter chart, followed by Paranoia (2018), which hit Number One on the Alternative chart. As the winner of American Idol Season 9 in 2010, he made his major label debut with Live It Up (RCA). Lee’s songs have appeared in over 70 movies, TV shows, and commercials. His latest synch was for his song Castles, which highlighted the season finale of Station 19 (#1 show on ABC). His video for Castles won 11 awards world-wide (Los Angeles, NY, and London) for best animated video with TIFF (The International Film Festival).
Lee’s newest single, Weeds, due out Oct 23rd, will be showcased at The Hotel Café on Oct 24th with a live stream show. November 2020 • Rock and Blues International 47
