Cleveland's Empty Kodiak Releases New Single and Accompanying Music Video

After a four-year recording hiatus, the local Americana project Empty Kodiak has just released a new single, “Dreaming of Tennessee,” and an accompanying music video. Recorded at the Heights Theater in Cleveland Heights with recording engineer Joel Negus, the track arrives with a music video documenting the recording’s creation. Local filmmaker Andre Malabanan shot the music video, and mixing for the track was handled by David Caplinger at Soothsayer Audio. Final mastering was completed by Grammy-nominated engineer Mike Cervantes at the Foxboro in Grand Rapids, MI,

“’Dreaming of Tennessee’ was born from a deeply personal place,” reads a press release. “The song started as a dream, pack up and relocate to Tennessee, chasing a fresh start and every songwriter’s dream of a career doing what they love. But as life evolved with a wife, kids and the everyday punch of reality, the dream didn’t die, it transformed.”

“Dreams don’t die but they grow and change. And then if you’re lucky, maybe you don’t have to go at them alone,” says frontman Chaz Stead, elaborating on the song’s theme.

The music video includes childhood home video footage to reflect how “old dreams evolve alongside new lives yet remain alive at the core.”

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