Back when I started Spur of the Moment Media, I was the first signed artist (baddum cha). I didn't intend to be a solo artist as much as I just loved recording music and the only person I could count on to always show up at the sessions was myself. I recorded 5 albums in the span of 8 years and although my closest friends and family showered me with praise, I never expected the recordings reach too far.
Soon after recording my first cassette I met Eric Welton. We swapped music and had a few good chats about local bands. We both shared the love for recording our songs (for mostly our own enjoyment), so we traded our most recent recordings. Shortly after I moved to London, Ontario and didn't run into him again for several years.
Eric contacted me one day to ask for a copy of my 2005 album, "all the broken hearts". He had heard some tracks on my myspace and was really digging the direction I had gone in. After I got him a disc, I kept hearing from others that he had really been pushing the songs. Playing the cd at parties on repeat, playing it at the bar he worked at, lending it to friends......little did I know he had been doing that with my music ever since we swapped our first albums 7 years earlier.
But this post isn't supposed to be about me.......I'm saying all this because Eric Welton is just that kind of guy.......the champion of his local music scene. Always attending the gigs, always sharing news about local bands. Always bringing people together to support local music and foster the scene that we all want to be a part of. He helped to give me the confidence I needed to re-start Spur of the Moment Media after my day job had taken over the better part of my life. I suspect he has done the same for countless other Chatham-Kent and Windsor artists.
That is why it makes me very proud to return the favour on October 28th by releasing Eric's newest album......"Kill Them With Kindness" on Spur of the Moment Media as our 26th album release.
Kill Them With Kindness is a collection of noise pop gems ranging from the melancholy ballad "The Evil In Your Violence" to the very Pavement-esque "Gone", to the all out dance jam "LC/DC". All the Welton fans out there are in for a serious treat, this one is a must have.
So friends, I'll finish this post by saying....now's the time for me to share Eric Welton with the world. For those who are already familiar with Eric's work, get ready for "Kill Them With Kindness"......coming October 28th on Spur of the Moment Media.
(heres a video to leave you with, as always. the title track)
