Ancient Sweet Music
EP III of Saturday Morning Car Tunes
The third 5-song EP which will form the 2025 collection Saturday Morning Car Tunes, Ancient Sweet Music includes the grungy, complex “Slightly Weathered Souls”, the dark, country-esque “Ballad of An Ugly Man”, an instrumental featuring slide acoustic and a plethora of percussion (“Mississippi Shack-Up Blues”), the acoustic / mandolin folk “Your World and Mine” and the powerful “Haunted Houses” a song methodically developed over a decade.
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My Benevolent City
EP II of Saturday Morning Car Tunes
The second of five, 5-song EPs which will ultimately make up the 2025 collection Saturday Morning Car Tunes, My Benevolent City includes a song about forging your own path (“Wrong Side”), a succinct, literally-titled tune (“Seven Words”), the blistering rocker “A Love So True”, the unique, jazzy, politically-tinged “Blue Eagle” and song featuring lyrics by Ric’s mom Peggy Albano about removing the masks post-COVID called “Return of the Smile”.
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Novel Perceptions
EP I of Saturday Morning Car Tunes
Novel Perceptions is the first of five, 5-song EPs which will ultimately make up the 2025 collection Saturday Morning Car Tunes. Featured here is a song about a toddler learning to talk (“Something to Say”), a tune about a trip through Tennessee and the Mississippi Delta (“Road Trippin'”), an amalgamation of lyrics from older songs (“Greener Grass”), the very first “basement tape” by Ric Albano and Ron Simasek (“Just How Much I Love You”) and “Kiss”, the one only Sinclair Soul song to feature Bret Alexander on lead vocals.
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Sinclair Soul 7 (EP of covers)
Exclusively on this website, we have dropped an EP of seven cover songs that Sinclair Soul has recorded through the years. This collection includes our interpretations of songs originally performed by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Badfinger, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin, Father John Misty and The Kinks.
Imaginary Cube
This July 10th marked the 20th anniversary of the commencement of “Imaginary Lines”, the studio rock project from 2004 through 2009, which preceded Sinclair Soul. To mark this anniversary, we will be releasing the retrospective record Imaginary Cube, which will feature previously unreleased versions of songs composed during that five year period. The double-length album will feature 27 tracks of original music.
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Lyric Video “Things She Hates About Love”
Previous Album Releases
On the final day of 2023, we released the fifth and final major studio album by Sinclair Soul. Like all previous records this one, entitled Frequencies, features new original music by bassist/vocalist Ric Albano, guitarist Bret Alexander and drummer Ron Simasek. Also, as a special guest, vocalist Hana Muftic-Globisch is also featured to enhance several of the songs.
Recorded and produced through 2022 and 2023, Frequencies is the largest and lengthiest Sinclair Soul record, featuring 12 tracks of solid classic-style rock n’ roll with various sub-genres, which we anticipate to be the pinnacle of this music project.
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Another Rock to Roll by Ric Albano
Released in digital format on November 9, 2022, the 13 tracks on Another Rock to Roll were recorded and mixed from January through October 2022, with Ric providing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, harmonica, drums and percussion. Sinclair Soul drummer Ron Simasek offered his basement, instruments and consultation in guiding Ric through his new adventures in rhythm with mastering provided by Bret Alexander.
The Girl with No Name
Recorded over the course of two years, The Girl With No Name, was released digitally on Friday, August 13, 2021. This fourth Sinclair Soul album features an eclectic selection of ten new original songs composed and performed by Ric Albano, Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek.
Out There Somewhere by Ric Albano
The debut solo record by Ric Albano of Sinclair Soul, Out There Somewhere, was released in digital format on October 24, 2020. The tracks of original songs were all composed by Ric Albano and recorded during the pandemic days of 2020, with Ric recording at home and playing each and every instrument of this 13-song, truly “solo” record.
The Good Guys
This album consists of ten new original songs composed by Ric Albano and recorded along with a fine array of musicians, including drummer Ron Simasek, multi-instrumentalist Bret Alexander, bassist Paul Smith, vocalist Mycenea Worley and guitarist Phil Brosius. The Good Guys was released by Cygnus Wave Records on December 9, 2018 everywhere in digital format.
Reflections of Relevance
The second official album by Sinclair Soul, a seven song LP entitled Reflections of Relevance, was released in digital format on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. All tracks are original compositions by Ric Albano and were recorded along with multi-instrumentalist Bret Alexander and drummer Ron Simasek at Saturation Acres Recording Studios between 2005 and 2017. The album was co-produced by Alexander and Albano.
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The Journey
The debut Sinclair Soul album, called The Journey, consists of seven original songs composed by Ric Albano and recorded along with international music legends, drummer Ron Simasek and multi-instrumentalist Bret Alexander. The album, which was produced by Bret Alexander and recorded at his Saturation Acres studio, was released by Cygnus Wave Records on June 26, 2017 everywhere in digital format.
Listen on Spotify
Catch up with our past releases through this special Spotify playlist featuring select songs by Sinclair Soul, Ric Albano and Imaginary Lines. You can also listen to any of our previous releases in total on Spotify.