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The Natvral, aka Kip Berman formerly of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, continues making anthemic music for his upcoming album. The latest single, "Summer of Hell," starts off a little more folky and more like his 2021 album Tethers. The song quickly switches off to The Natvral's anthemic, rootsy alt-rock sound we've been hearing lately. A song like "Summer of Hell" sounds like if Nebraska had stayed as solo home recordings and The E Street band ended up recording them. It's a great loud folk rock song that is making Summer of No Light  a highly anticipated album for us. Kip Berman says of his new single: "Rich kids slum it, young adults cling to the costume of youth, day and night are just different reasons to draw the blinds, impetuous love turns to rancor, and a faint yellow cloud of decadent penury settles upon a crumbling shared rental.  Y ou won’t be getting your security deposit back.  Friends go and come and go again, and there’s a fellow ...

The Natvral (aka Kip Berman's post The Pains of Being Pure at Heart musical project) is back with new music. "Lucifer's Glory" continues Berman's dabbling into t6he world of Americana, but this single amps it up a notch. Considering Berman now lives in New Jersey, it's very easy to compare any roots based singer/songwriter to Bruce Springsteen, but in the case of this song it's also very apt. "Lucifer's Glory" isn't quite as anthemic as Springsteen's arena rock hits, but it's also not quite as stripped down as Nebraska. This one is more like early Springsteen when he was still working it out at The Stone Pony and before he was a national sensation. The star quality is still there, but in a bit of a more scrappy, indie rock kind of way. Kip Berman says of his new single: " Don’t let the title fool you— It’s not a full throated 'Hail Satan,' but it is full throated. I suppose I could’ve called it 'Paradise Lust....

Photo by Remy Holwick It's been four years since The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released their final album. In that time, singer Kip Berman left Brooklyn for Princeton, NJ and had two kids. His new musical project, The Natvral, reflects that change. The first single off of the upcoming album, "Why Don't You Come Out Anymore?," is about all the life changes that come with getting older and staying in a lot more. It's a more standard folk rock song, more along the lines of an alt-rock Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. It's also a much bigger sound than his previous band. It shows a level of happiness despite being about losing a lot of the things that make you you, while morphing into a new version of yourself without even realizing it. You can watch the video for "Why Don't You Come Out Anymore?" below. Tethers is due out April 2 on Dirty Bingo Records. You can pre-order a copy here . For more on The Natvral, check out the artist's Facebook and Twit...