Brendan's first release under his own name, "Body of Land" is back on streaming services! https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/-HmqCDk7N8s5G8mDvcWehal?domain=open.spotify.com Produced by Mike Kalajian and Brendan Rivera Mixed, Engineered and Mastered by Mike Kalajian Additional Instrumental Contributions by Mike Kalajian, Richard Barone, Andrew Santucci, Phil Diraffaele & Zach Cooper All Music and Lyrics Written by Brendan Rivera: Except Music of "Acoustic Abbey" Written By Brendan Rivera & Kenneth Fletcher Additional Vocals in "Miles" By Louis Pomposello
Randomly saw an IG post about potential new music by them and I just remembered how much I listened to this album back in college. I think it still really holds up RIYL: Yellowcard with minimal violin and more emo origins? However I'm bad with these and may be due to the cover and the vocalist's voice. Better at just giving favorite songs: Speakerphone, The Waterfront, Lost Lake, You Can
I was thinking about The Weakerthans and John K. Samson today and i thought to myself "hmm i wonder what he's been up to" so i checked his website and lo and behold! he has a project with Christine Fellows (who I'm less familiar with) called "Vivat Virtute". Came out this past week. The album is all instrumental except for the last one and are mostly on the shorter side. Probably why the album is called "Hold Music" lol
LOVE this album. I was always so bummed that they only had the one record. Gonna give it another spin today!
Mediaskare brings me back. I googled and found some disappointing news... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediaskare_Records