Super excited to announce new guest, Alex Stanilla, to The Story!The protagonists of ALEX STANILLA’s songs live at the intersection of fact and fiction, the push and pull between introspective honesty and rich character study. “I’m really inspired by film,” the Lebanon, PA-based singer-songwriter says. “My lyrical style tends to take an impressionistic view of films, with the subtext of watching it through a different lens and using it to interpret my life.”Stanilla’s life has seen its fair share of musical milestones (for starters, he performed at Carnegie Hall as a 10-year-old violinist) but now his latest act puts his cinematic songwriting style – and film degree – on full display. His self-released single “Favorite Song” is awash in vibrant indie-rock groove and meditative poise, ruminating on the 1979 musical drama All That Jazz and its semi-autobiographical look at the life of Bob Fosse. It’s rough-around-the-edges passion seeded with grand ambitions, richly intimate soul-searching storytelling that still manages to resonate on a universal level.There’s a refreshing level of self-awareness in Stanilla’s songs, from his 2017 LP/mixtape Qualia (later reissued in 2019) to a prolific 2020-2021 singles series. And while some minor details have at times been changed to protect the guilty – namely himself – an air of authenticity still permeates every note of his music. He plays all of those notes himself, on every instrument, equally inspired by the tenderness and inward turmoil of Elliott Smith, the eccentricity of synthy electro-pop, and the energy of underground bands like Chiodos, Circa Survive, and Dance Gavin Dance that influenced his early years.Find The Story Podcast here: coryrosenproductions.com/podcastsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-story/donations

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