Premiere: John Splithoff Shares “Magenta (Days Go By)” Video and Pledges Proceeds to MusiCares

photo credit: Heather Gildroy

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On March 21, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Splithoff will release his sophomore album, Far From Here, via Virgin. The new record continues to build on the soul, pop, jazz and roots sounds that animate his work. Splithoff has developed has an ardent following for his music, which is passionate, playful and personal.

Tomorrow, he will share both “Tangled” and “Magenta (Days Go By)” from his forthcoming album. In advance of that, we are premiering the official video for the second of these tracks.  Splithoff tells Relix, “At the heart of it, these two songs depict different aspects of love and relationships. ‘Tangled’ simply deals with the euphoria of infatuation and getting lost in the potential mess of it all. While ‘Magenta,’ in a more complex manner, takes memories and the passage of time within a relationship and associates them with different colors, something akin to synesthesia. Some memories are red and full of life, some memories are a melancholic blue. Mix red and blue together and you get….”

Splithoff has also announced that he will donating 100% of the proceeds from any music purchased on his Bandcamp page to MusiCares over the next month, to assist artists and musicians affected by the Los Angeles fires.

Following a one-off date in St. Petersburg, FL on February 1, he will take to the road starting in late March to support Far From Here. Those tour dates appear below the video.

Far From Here can be pre-saved and ordered here.

John Splithoff Tour Dates

Feb 1 Sat – St. Petersburg, FL – Outcast Brewing Company

Mar 29 Sat – Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum

Mar 30 Sun – Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery

Apr 1 Tue – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater

Apr 2 Wed – Austin, TX – The 04 Lounge

Apr 4 Fri – Nashville, TN – Exit/In

Apr 5 Sat – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage

Apr 6 Sun – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle

Apr 8 Tue – Washington, DC – Union Stage

Apr 9 Wed – Ardmore, PA – Ardmore Music Hall

Apr 11 Fri – New York, NY – Racket NYC

Apr 12 Sat – Boston, MA – The Sinclair

Apr 14 Mon – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall

Apr 16 Wed – Ann Arbour, MI – The Ark

Apr 17 Thu – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar

Apr 18 Fri – Indianapolis, IN – Turntable

Apr 19 Sat – Chicago, IL – Outset

Apr 22 Tue – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar and Hall

Apr 23 Wed – Omaha, NE – Slowdown

Apr 25 Fri – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

Apr 26 Sat –  Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room

Apr 28 Mon – Seattle, WA – Neumos

Apr 29 Tue – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

May 1 Thu – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s

May 2 Fri – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

May 3 Sat – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour