This Frontier Needs Heroes blends personal indie folk, Americana, and cinematic storytelling into immersive musical experiences shaped by travel, philosophy, and human connection. Now based in Barcelona, after years in Brooklyn, Nashville, and Miami, the project has performed internationally while building a dedicated global community through intimate songs, creative collaborations, and innovative multimedia releases including a new VR experience, the Stetson Kennedy Songwriter residency, and cultural events. A musician and artist who loves to talk about music, writing & storytelling, and sustainability.
It's Bandcamp Friday: six songs today, the last two when the album lands
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Pre-order Homage to Catalonia on Bandcamp → Pre-order the vinyl from Almost Halloween Time Records → Hi friends, It's Bandcamp Friday. Until midnight Pacific tonight (9am Saturday here in Barcelona), Bandcamp takes no cut, so nearly everything you pay comes straight to me. Only the card fees come off. $9 or more gets you six songs to download today:
The last two, "Take All the Time You Need" and "Significant Other," land in your collection the day the album's out, well before it reaches streaming. Three other good ways to spend a Bandcamp Friday:
Already pre-ordered? Thank you! Forward this to one friend who still buys music. — Bradley This Frontier Needs Heroes 
Homage to Catalonia — Limited Hand-Painted Vinyl (Europe & UK Only)
$35.00 USD
🇪🇺 EUROPE & UK EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER Pre-order the limited hand-painted vinyl edition of Homage to Catalonia, the 6th studio album by This Frontier Needs Heroes, releasing through Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy. 👉 Order Direct on Bandcamp (Almost Halloween Time Records) ↗ Limited Physical Editions: Collector's Edition (Only 8 Copies worldwide) — €60:Features a unique hand-painted and numbered cover made from 1 of 8 pieces of a giant original canvas painting created by artist/label founder Luigi Falagario. Includes 12" vinyl + instant digital download. Standard Limited Edition (Only 50 Copies worldwide) — €30:Features individually hand-painted, unique sleeve artwork crafted specifically for each copy. No two covers are identical. Includes 12" vinyl + instant digital download. Ships from Bari, Italy. 👉 Click Here to Choose Your Edition & Pre-order on Bandcamp ↗ Tracklist: Side A Cadaqués Cowboy Homage to Catalonia Take All the Time You Need Significant Other Side B Ten Bullets in the Back Carolina Peaches Truck Driver Not Gonna Write a Song All songs written by David Bradley Lauretti.Original cover paintings and handmade sleeves by Luigi Falagario (Almost Halloween Time Records, Bari, Italy).
Homage to Catalonia — Cassette (USA Only)
$20.00 USD
The new album on cassette. Side A and side B, full-colour labels and a case card with the cover and tracklist. Made to order in the US and posted First Class, usually 3–7 days. Shipping included. US addresses only. 🇪🇺 Looking for Vinyl in Europe & the UK?A limited edition of only 58 unique, hand-painted vinyl records is releasing through Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy.👉 Pre-order the Hand-Painted Vinyl on Bandcamp ↗ Side A Cadaqués Cowboy Homage to Catalonia Take All the Time You Need Significant Other Side B Ten Bullets in the Back Carolina Peaches Truck Driver Not Gonna Write a Song All songs written by David Bradley Lauretti. Cover photo: Marina Tomàs Roch.
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This Frontier Needs Heroes
This Frontier Needs Heroes blends personal indie folk, Americana, and cinematic storytelling into immersive musical experiences shaped by travel, philosophy, and human connection. Now based in Barcelona, after years in Brooklyn, Nashville, and Miami, the project has performed internationally while building a dedicated global community through intimate songs, creative collaborations, and innovative multimedia releases including a new VR experience, the Stetson Kennedy Songwriter residency, and cultural events. A musician and artist who loves to talk about music, writing & storytelling, and sustainability.
Hi friends, Grateful Web, an American music site, ran a long interview with me this week. It's the first English-language feature on the new album. Read the interview → We talk about: the pensioners who march near Plaça Catalunya every week, and how their song turned into "Homage to Catalonia" the Stetson Kennedy house in Florida, where Woody Guthrie once lived and where the first record of this trilogy got written sharing stages with Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion and Scarlet Rivera "Truck...
Pre-order the vinyl → Watch "Just Because" live → Hi friends, This Friday is Bandcamp Friday. From 9am Friday to 9am Saturday, Barcelona time, Bandcamp takes no cut. Nearly everything you spend goes to the label and the artist. If you've been thinking about the vinyl, that's the day to buy it. Luigi Falagario is making it by hand at Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy. There are 58 copies: 50 in hand-made sleeves, each one individually designed. €30. 8 with hand-painted, numbered...
Hi friends, Two Spanish music magazines wrote about "Homage to Catalonia" this week. If you haven't heard it yet, start here: Listen to "Homage to Catalonia" → Rock and Roll Army summed the song up in one line: "Convierte una melodía popular catalana en himno de protesta y homenaje a Catalunya."(It turns a Catalan folk melody into a protest anthem and a tribute to Catalonia.) That's the song. The melody is one I heard from a friend's balcony here in Barcelona, sung by a group of pensioners...