Simple Songs For Simple People is the latest album (EP) by the German-American singer-songwriter duo For Tomorrow. They admit to blending elements of folk and pop, but basically hold to the principle that each song moves in its own direction and that their work is simply to follow. This album was recorded across a room and across an ocean in Denver, Colorado and Freiburg, Germany.

Someone Else's Eyes

Cloud Nine

Ain't Life That Way

Twelve Fingers

Simple Songs

The song Forever and a Day from the third album (2006) of the German-American singer/songwriter duo For Tomorrow.

Forever and a Day

The song Trust Me I Would from the third album (2006) of the German-American singer/songwriter duo For Tomorrow.

Trust Me I Would

The song Between New and Old from the third album (2006) of the German-American singer/songwriter duo For Tomorrow.

Between New and Old

The song Happy Song from the third album (2006) of the German-American singer/songwriter duo For Tomorrow.

Happy Song

Two songs from the second album (2004) of the German-American singer/songwriter duo For Tomorrow.

Let It Know

Beautiful Things

What happens when a German hardcore musician and a fledging American poet share an apartment for a year? Music that neither could have predicted.

Such are the origins of For Tomorrow, an improbable creative collaboration between Phillip Kappestein and Daniel J. Vaccaro that began in 2003 and has persisted for more than a decade.

These days, despite living on different continents, the two continue to record their mellow brand of music, often sharing ideas online before coming together for one- or two-week sessions to lay down skeletons for each track. The remainder of the work is done independently, before being blended, the results of which are often surprising and undoubtedly original. 

Over the years, For Tomorrow’s sound has been refined into what it is today, a hushed, at times hypnotic, folk music. Vaccaro continues to pen songs that are introspective and defiantly personal, with vocals to match. Kappestein plays guitar, piano and whatever else is necessary to create a moody, often melancholy tone that underlies even the more upbeat songs. 

Their most recent record, “Simple Songs for Simple People” is the most stripped-down work they have ever done, and also their most accomplished. 

For Tomorrow counts a slew of renowned singer-songwriters among their recent influences: Jose Gonzalez, Damien Rice, City and Colour, Dar Williams, Alexi Murdoch, Ben Harper, Joshua Radin, Iron and Wine, Ari Hest and Ray Lamontagne.

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