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Rainbow Dolphins

from Somewhere South of Sane by Salim Nourallah

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    Salim's 1st ever double album! Pressed on 140 gram black vinyl in deluxe gatefold jacket, with artwork by Jeff Caudill.

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My 18-year-old self might be aghast at Rainbow Dolphins and its super saccharine lyrical sentiments. In my youth I never cared for a certain brand of silly love songs. I recoiled in disgust whenever a sickly sweet '70s ballad would come on the radio. “Oh, the clichés!” I’d howl. I still often react in much of the same way…so what on earth happened to me here? Most of the visual images within the first two verses of Rainbow Dolphins are deliberately the equivalent of a garish Lisa Frank lunchbox. Why? I suppose I wanted to have a little fun with some warm and fuzzy imagery dripping over the panoramic, psychedelic soundstage before I emotionally dropped trou on the chorus. Yes, sonically this is completely the opposite of You Light up My Life, but in 25 years of writing songs I’d deftly avoided actually singing the most popular three word phrase in the English language. That might not be significant for you, but it certainly was for me. From the very first time my kids heard this one, they took great delight in it. Chocolate cake, a dancing polar bear with a broom, flying dolphins. They were rendered defenseless to its charms. Yet when I unveiled it to my girlfriend one night in Austin, her face contorted in much the same way teen Salim’s face would contort whenever You Light up My Life graced the airwaves of KLAQ. How’s that for ironic?

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from Somewhere South of Sane, released September 28, 2018

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Salim Nourallah Dallas, Texas

Salim Nourallah is a recording artist, producer, Happiness Records founder, and Texas indie music fixture. His 2018 release, Somewhere South of Sane, is a 21-song double LP. Popmatters recently wrote, "Nourallah manages both to surprise and to continue doing exactly what he's always done: turn a reflective life and a focus on family into unforgettable art." ... more

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