Alan Getto is a folk rock solo artist originally based in Brooklyn, New York, where he released his first compilation—acoustic EP “All Different Times”—in 2014, and got his start as a performer.
Having spent most of 2016 working on recording and independently producing his debut album “Versus,” at the beginning of 2017 Alan announced its release in August.
The LP was recorded over one long weekend at Studio 101A in Southern New Hampshire. The recordings were mixed by Simon Katz and mastered by Jonathan Wyner (David Bowie, Nirvana, Miles Davis), a Berklee professor and Chief Mastering Engineer at M-Works.
Inspired by paradoxical elements of life and examining his own transition into his post-Brooklyn lifestyle, Getto found a perfect balance between various dualities through his artistic expression. Having relocated to an unfinished farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania from Brooklyn, Versus presents Getto's personal confrontation with his own ambivalence. The album intentionally plays with cliché oppositions such as nature vs. the city, good vs. the bad and male vs. female; one can’t exist without the other, and for anything to exist, there must be a degree of conflict: "the versus."
Getto's guitar-driven, simple melodies act as a backbone for the lyrical emphasis in his music. Having studied literature, theology, and philosophy in college, his lyrics pay homage to these intense, existential topics, but with a unique, irreverent spin. Tracks, "Soap In My Whiskey," and "It's Fine; You're Ugly," present Getto's blunt voice and narrative, with gorgeous melodies and organic, roots-y instrumentals. Getto is inspired by rock, blues and folk legends, such as Tom Waits and The Band, and newer folk artists including, Steve Gunn, Lady Lamb, The Tallest Man On Earth and Deer Tick.
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