Dan Hochman

Tour - Hochman has toured across the east coast and through the mountains of Colorado at venues like Planet Bluegrass (Lyons), Belly Up (Aspen), Fox Theater (Boulder) and the Bitter End (New York).

When Hochman walked into Hiss Golden Messenger’s rural studio, he could feel the collective energy of all the artists who’d ever recorded there. The studio’s celadon green walls, parquet floors and cosmic patterned carpets were quirky, lived-in and inspiring. The fruits of these sessions will be released as a triptych of new singles produced by M.C. Taylor and featuring drummer Matt McCaughan of Bon Iver, among others. The gritty guitars and soulful vocal performances lend these songs an atmosphere of rumination and oceanic depth. 

“Wishing on a Clover,” Hochman’s new single, is a buoyant Americana song about trying to keep your mind off an ex-lover while secretly full of longing and regret. The lyrics are earthy and relatable. He sings about being “down and out in the cul-de-sac / searching for the table scraps.” Similarly on brand, “Leave a Light On” is a raucous number about finding hope in the warm glow of a new lover while still healing the scar tissue of a broken heart. “Reformed Man” is a half-fictional chronicle told from the point of view of a delusional, newly divorced musician sobered up by his own faults and pining for the one who got away. It’s in the voice of an unreliable and out-of-touch narrator slowly coming to terms with his own shortcomings.