Let Love Talk
The Bliss Monkeys’ debut album, Let Love Talk, is an empowering 17 track collection exploring the many faces of love through their euphoric folk rock, spoken word wonder. Ultimately each song was written by head Bliss Monkey dexter winklemeyer to remind us all to choose love over hate, hope over despair, and unity over othering.
Let Love Talk showcases a bevy of dynamic female lead vocals by Kelly Ferguson, Tracey Szarka and Tahirih Vejdani as well as lyrical contributions by acclaimed spoken word artist IF The poet. IF’s powerful spoken word pieces elevate each tune with his potent signature brand of universal truths and relatable insights into our shared humanity. As dexter says, “Who needs a lead break when you have IF The Poet as a fellow Bliss Monkey to take a song’s message to the next, next level?”
IF’s spoken word contribution isn’t the only voice to grace the title track “Let Love Talk”. In the coming months, a myriad of different spoken word single variations will be released featuring Let Love Talkers: like-minded poets, musicians, spiritual thought leaders each sharing their take on love.
Besides the many love anthems on the album – “Unified Souls”, “We Are One”, “We Are All Love”, it includes some deeply personal songs: “Near Near Gone” – about dexter’s father languishing in a nursery home, “Set Time Free” – a wishful tribute of living a full life with his wife Wendie, and “Maya” – a loving tribute to the birth of his daughter who played double bass on the song to dexter’s sheer delight and “We Believe In You” (Jason’s Song) – yes, written for dexter’s teenage son’s coming of age.
Let Love Talk is the positive anecdote to dexter’s chilling alternative rock album 2013 release, “Oh Dear”, by Controlled Breeding In Sheep. Listening to “I Will Love” clearly illustrates dexter’s highly intentional shift to shine his light on all there is to celebrate in life. “Doubling down on love!”
Let Love Talk,
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