Robert Daniel Irwin to release 2nd album in April

Robert Daniel Irwin, a school teacher and musician whom we covered early in the pandemic for putting out an album called "Nature Vs. Nurture," has a new album coming out in April called “Chasing the Tone." It will be available on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and other streaming music sites, as well as on CD at Amazon.com.

Irwin and friends will celebrate the release with a concert and CD release party on April 29 on the outside deck at Best Video Film and Cultural Center in Hamden.

Singer/guitarist Irwin's songs are marked by imagery, wordplay and humor, exploriing what it means to be human, and the strangeness of daily life in general. 

The record showcases 11 original songs, including the hard rock “0 to 10,” the bluesy “Deep in This Hole” featuring Luke Guilmette (Great Hill Mountain Band) on slide guitar, the dreamy Beatles-esque “Let’s Go to the Zoo”, and the satirical hillbilly anthem “Arkansas Jesus," according to a news release. Each track includes studio performances by Logan Sidle (Robot Monster and Dreamfield) on drums, Guilmette on lead guitar, and Suj Patel on bass.