C.M. Talkington has shared a new single and video, ‘Feel It Inside’, taken from his forthcoming third album, ‘Year Of The Horse’.

The song was recorded back in 2019, shortly before he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Talkington, perhaps best known for writing and directing the 1994 film ‘Love and a .45’, has been making music with his longtime friend and neighbour Douglas Forrest for more than a decade. The pair began work on ‘Year Of The Horse’ in 2014, during the Chinese Year of the Wood Horse. Twelve years later, in the Year of the Fire Horse, the recordings are finally being released. On ‘Feel It Inside’, Talkington sings and plays acoustic guitar, while Forrest handles guitar, bass, drums and Moog. The song was recorded at Forrest’s StudioEcho1924 in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Talkington describes the song in his own rather cosmic terms. “It’s a call to action. A marching song. A soundtrack for the ‘Revelation Revolution’ coming from within & transforming without.”

The forthcoming album follows ‘Not Exactly Nashville’ (2020) and ‘Texas Radio’ (2023). We premiered the video for ‘Greenlight’ when the latter appeared, and featured ‘Space Invaders’ earlier this year.

‘Year Of The Horse’ will be Talkington’s second full-length collaboration with Forrest, whose friendship and musical partnership have remained a constant through some difficult years.