Exclusive: Steve Marino Shares Tender Video for Album Title Track “Fluff”
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Bloomington singer/songwriter Steve Marino has shared the video for the title track of his new album Fluff, out on May 24 via Darling Recordings. Marino has recorded several solo albums under the name Moor Hound and toured with various bands (Bugg, Jacky Boy, Rodeo Ruby Love), but his new album Fluff is the first under his own name.
Musically, “Fluff” is melodic and intentional, but the deep-rooted emotions that underpin the song feel like a primal gut-punch that couldn’t have been artificially manufactured. The lush guitars and Marino’s candid vocals possess a suburban warmth and epitomize the gaping hole that festers in the absence of a loved one.
Marino says of the song, ”’Fluff’ is about an ex’s dog kind of sung from the dog’s perspective. She was involved in a fight with another dog and ended up biting my ex’s arm, which resulted in a hospital visit. I didn’t initially expect there to be drums on this one but when Ben [Lumsdaine] started playing around on it, it just came together.”