CLIENT NEWS: Richard X. Heyman interview in Blurt Magazine

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THE POP PERFECTIONIST Richard X. Heyman

Armed with a new double-elpee's worth of tunes, the man with the miles-long resumé continues his assault on indifference.

BY LEE ZIMMERMAN

There are some artists who are so steadfast in their dedication and determination, they persevere in their efforts and create great music, regardless of whether the world chooses to take notice. Richard X. Heyman is one of those people, a man who's accumulated an incredible canon of vibrant melodies, ever-ready refrains, sumptuous hooks and the kind of songs radio once craved, prior to the onslaught of American Idol-spawned pretenders and drab, disposable wannabes. Over the course of the past 25 years or so, Heyman's garnered a remarkable reputation by virtue of a stunning series of albums - both on his own and more recently as a member of his early, recently reincarnated group, the Doughboys -- that affirm a power pop template, but push at the parameters of that often stylized sound. His latest outing, Tiers/And Other Stories pays double the dividends, two complementary and thematic sets of songs that weave a continuing commentary, beginning with his relationship to his wife, collaborator and accompanying musician Nancy Leigh and concluding with his views on life, love and pathways taken.

Aside from his remarkable musical talents - as always, he plays practically every instrument on the two albums -- the thing that emerges overall is the fact that Heyman is an especially thoughtful and sensitive individual, a man that spends several hours a day traipsing through New York neighborhoods and leaving food for the animals that reside in this otherwise inhospitable terrain. Likewise, the fact that he's had associations with several major record labels in the course of his career and now records under his own auspices finds him neither feeling neither bitter nor betrayed.

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with this remarkably prolific power pop pundit and talk about the new albums, his history and Heyman's views of life in general...--READ MORE--