Article Contributed by SRO
Published on 2026-04-08
SOUNDING ARROW is the indie solo project of veteran recording artist and touring musician Scott Kinnebrew (Truth and Salvage Co). Since this past September, the Asheville, NC-based artist has been steadily building anticipation for this Friday’s release of his second album SKYMAN by rolling out four visually striking videos. Today (April 8), SOUNDING ARROW has shared a new montage of the album’s first four videos—"Skyman,” “Zero Gravity,” “Lucky Shaman,” and “Why You Frontin?”—that seamlessly highlight the album’s airy sonics and Kinnebrew’s lightness-of-being musings. Watch the montage HERE.
As the SKYMAN album (via Blackbird Record Label/Indie AM Gold) illustrates, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist’s finely etched songs are a welcome musical balm that’s custom made for rocky times. It was co-produced with Kinnebrew by Gary Jules (“Mad World”) and mixed by Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses, The Avett Brothers’ Emotionalism). It weaves a vivid sonic landscape rich with the textures of rock, folk, country, blues, British invasion, R&B, and pop. It’s a brew that resists classification, as it lands somewhere between tradition and invention—what Kinnebrew thinks of as “sonic impressionism.” Read the critical praise below.
SKYMAN follows SOUNDING ARROW 2017 debut album LOVING IS BREATHING. This past September (2025), SKYMAN’s warm and radiant title track—both heady and light as a feather, a perfect tonic for these times—was unveiled as the first single/video. Watch the video for “Skyman”—directed by Doug Frerichs and filmed in Kinnebrew’s adopted hometown of Asheville, North Carolina—HERE.
“Skyman” was followed in January by the uplifting “Zero Gravity” single. The video was also directed by Doug Frerichs and filmed around various Southern California locations including the San Fernando Valley, 6th and Broadway in DTLA, Frogtown, and Calabasas. It ends with scenes of Kinnebrew up in space floating above civilization below and illuminating the song’s lyrics about escaping from an increasingly heavy world. Listen to the track HERE and watch the video HERE. Read the press release HERE
Next, in February, Kinnebrew released “Lucky Shaman.” The track’s freewheeling musical brew comprising indie, blues, psychedelia, garage rock, and even ‘60s AM pop is matched with lyrics inspired by the time that Kinnebrew lived for four months in the Ecuadorian Amazon and his experience at a plant medicine ceremony (ayahuasca) there. Watch the colorful animated video HERE.
“Why You Frontin?”—a melodically rich song that combines folky stylings, jangly guitars, and Kinnebrew’s—arrived this past March. In the video, Kinnebrew is seen performing the song on his porch in Asheville, NC, interspersed with old/original Super 8 family footage shot by his grandfather (John Davison). View the video HERE.
