A seguito della pubblicazione dell’omonimo album di debutto a settembre 2019 i
RISE TWAIN presentano oggi il video del brano
“The Range”:
https://youtu.be/OFkU6iD8BB8
Il duo americano è formato da Brett William Kull (produttore, ingegnere del suono e membro di Echolyn, Grey Eye Glances e Francis Dunnery’s New Progressives) e J.D. Beck (The Scenic Route, Beck-Fields nonché autore e drammaturgo). “Rise Twain” è stato pubblicato in Limited CD Digipak, 180g Black Vinyl LP+CD e in digitale: https://risetwain.lnk.to/RiseTwain
Disponibili di seguito i brani precedentemente pubblicati:
“Oh This Life”: https://youtu.be/XUWr1Vyg180
“Everspring”: https://youtu.be/bsZu4GCRnrw
1. Everspring
2. Golden
3. The Range
4. Lit Up
5. Death of Summer
6. Oh This Life
7. Prayers
8. Falling Skies
9. Into A Dream
10. That Is Love
J.D. Beck comments:
“The Range is a ballad that speaks of survival. This survival, however, carries a price beyond that of mortality and ancestry. It is a reflection of a time when people fought in a common country upon uncommon ground, it is tears from the mother for her son that never returned, a promise of a father to his son or daughter to take hold of destiny, and the song of a soldier who survived. Memories carry cold across water while a warm hat remains – a remnant of that brother lost – all for a greater good. The penance of those left, the memories they must bare, and the forgiveness to carry on is all that remains. The grass drinks the war up and grows another year. It is a calling of peace beyond, unto silence, and a resounding echo into our current time.”
Talking of how the duo came together: “I produced an album for J.D.’s original band, The Scenic Route”, says Kull, describing his first meeting with Beck in 2007. “They were a rocky, progressive kind of band, like a Jeff Buckley kind of thing. I was immediately drawn to his vocals. He’s such a strong singer.” Kull says he and Beck immediately hit it off, what he describes as an “inevitable connection.”
Adds Beck, “I just knew I had to work with Brett on a higher level. When I came in to cut the vocals on the Scenic Route album, the way we worked together…some people you just gel with, and then some people you have a barrier with. Brett and I gelled.” They spoke of one day collaborating on their own project, which finally surfaces as Rise Twain.
Discussing the album’s musical direction, Beck notes, “There’s not a typical structural theme that we use over and over and over. ‘Organic’ is a word that comes to mind. Seeking openness through simplicity and allowing the complexity of music to exist without the necessity of overly packing it or overly processing it. With that we were able to achieve such a broad spectrum of sound, and a colossal sense of its existence, without having to have a billion guitars and a billion things put over top. There’s some colouring with strings and other embellishments, but it really is something very simple and stripped down, and it’s awesome.”
Kull adds, “There’s a lot of complexity in this, but it’s not overt in the least bit. But yet, when you get into it, there’s all this really rich harmonic and dynamic stuff going on.”
RISE TWAIN are:
J.D. Beck: Piano, lead and backing vocals
Brett William Kull: Guitars, bass, keys, percussion, lead and backing vocals
RISE TWAIN online:
https://www.facebook.com/risetwain/
https://twitter.com/RiseTwain
https://www.instagram.com/risetwain/
