Tee Templeton has released new track, “Loose Threads.” The 66-year-old songwriter put out his debut LP, last January. Joined by Somer Bingham on vocals, “Loose Threads” takes on a psychedelic edge, featuring piano, strings, and flute. The song is accompanied by a video directed by Chase Wagner and Tee Templeton.

Of the song, he says ”The song evolved from a 12-year-old song called ‘Poet’s Shout Out,’ which I wrote for a house show with friends. The original lyrics actually had ‘No ribs tonight,’ since it was written off the cuff. But as the song evolved, of course, that phrase is no longer there. I finished the song a few years ago. But it still evolves today.

The song is about a guy who likes a girl but is too afraid to talk to her. He falls apart with any interaction, and his fear suggests social anxiety or agoraphobia. Although he knows he needs to get out into the world, he can’t follow through. The girl’s curiosity suggests there’s a chance for him.”

Templeton introduced himself to the world with “I have a lotta dreams,” a powerful ode to self-realization driven by an insistent guitar riff, strings and clever production flourishes that add to the urgency. Both songs will be featured on Tee’s soon to be announced debut album. He followed it up with “Frozen Arrows,” a string-gilded ode to the numbness that experience and endurance can bring, crystallizes so much of what his music is about—the twists, the turns, the unexpected maneuvers of existence.

Tee Templeton was in his mid-40s, he decided it was time to finally grow up and, in turn, stop making music. After a divorce, a slew of years lost in a serial bender, a bipolar diagnosis, and a move to New York, Templeton finally found sobriety and a full-time job. Songwriting had always been a lifeline for Templeton, from his childhood in Mississippi to a long and weird run in North Carolina. But he decided to put this lifelong compulsion to write songs aside, so that he could devote his full attention to his career. First, though, he handed his new boss a stack of songs he’d recorded, asking for her candid feedback. Instead of suggesting he stop, she became an ardent fan and demanded he keep going, that he not lose this love he’d had since childhood.

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