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\"telegraphalbum_400.gif\"<\/a>In 2010 the Fort Worth, TX based band, Telegraph Canyon released The Tide and The Current <\/i> on Velvet Blue Music. Whatever the expectations were for the album, none anticipated the level of success The Tide and the Current<\/i> enjoyed. Following the release of the LP the band\u2019s Texas shows brought greater opportunities as the septet found themselves in front of larger and more diverse audiences. Telegraph Canyon\u2019s regional fan base quickly expanded. Over the next two and a half years the band toured throughout the U.S. and Europe on the momentum of that surge, while their songs, praised by Rolling Stone<\/i> as having \u201cirresistible choruses,\u201d appeared in multiple films and television shows. Now, five years removed from the release of their sophomore album, the band prepares to issue it\u2019s follow-up, You From Before.<\/i><\/p>\n

You From Before<\/i> is an intensely personal record, and is, at times, uncomfortable in its intimacy. \u201cEvery song is about a person or a relationship I’ve had,” says frontman (singer\/songwriter) Chris Johnson, “many of them women, some romantic, some not.\u00a0The songs aren’t all about breakups, but most of these people aren’t in my life anymore.\u00a0Some of them were only there for a day or two but affected me in a huge way.” Since the release of The Tide and the Current<\/i>, Johnson\u2019s life has had it\u2019s share of obstacles. A difficult divorce, a period of homelessness, living in an RV in Fort Worth, various line-up changes in the band, and the pressure to avoid artistic redundancy, collectively forced Johnson to navigate through an unfamiliar emotional terrain.<\/p>\n

Throughout the writing process, the impact of the impermanence of Johnson’s daily life left him meditating often on death and the question of an afterlife. You From Before<\/i>\u00a0reflects\u00a0the idea that some of us live several different lives on earth during the course of our life and wonders how that relates to what happens to us after we die. Themes of reinvention and reincarnation play throughout the album and culminate in a general attitude of perseverance. An attitude Johnson and the band have come to rely upon in their commitment to a lifestyle of creating and performing music together. The new songs are just like the last five years of Johnson’s life, lively and moody, cinematic yet introspective, and filled with the magic of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

The music of You From Before<\/i>,\u00a0produced by Matt Pence with help from Will Johnson, both of Centro-matic, recalls the thick and weighty grandeur of earlier Telegraph albums, but also introduces a more groove oriented approach that borrows elements from reggae and soul.\u00a0There’s lighter musical elements as well, what Johnson refers to as “humor,” evident in the excessive reverb used on songs like \u2018Hung Up\u2019 and \u2018Lightning\u2019 that he likens to old spy movies. Overall the music feels detached from the band’s previous twangy direction, and instead can be more closely identified with the rock genre. However, still present on songs like \u2018Flood\u2019 and \u2018Honey\u2019 are those unavoidably powerful choruses synonymous with the band\u2019s catalog of music.<\/p>\n

Telegraph Canyon is now playing on\u00a0TMN Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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