Fantastic work. Love the feel. I was fortunate to watch/listen to you perform in Villalagarina recently. Unfortunately, circumstances allowed me less than 5 minutes. Glad I found you here. 😊 

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"For the Boy Who Moved Away" is from EDJ's forthcoming self-titled debut.

Out 8/5/2014 through Easy Sound Recording Company (www.easysound.co)

Of the new record, Eric says:

In January of 2014 I decided to sit down and write an album’s worth of songs all over the course of a few weeks, which is something I had never done before.

Some were done at home during an unseasonably cold Portland winter, some in Boonville, California (a town in the wine-and-weed producing part of Mendocino County where they also have their own language,’Boontling’), and some in Joshua Tree, a place where people have always sought inspiration.

It had always taken a long time for me to write songs – and when one would finally come to me I’d put some broad concepts down on paper, find a nice melody, and then let the listener decide what they might be hearing.

Well, these new songs all mean something, from my life and from my brain. Even the lines that may be somewhat enigmatic or metaphorical sounding to you directly correlate to my life, and maybe yours, too.

The puzzle of existence on “Minor Miracles.” Rebuilding a life in “West County Girl” and “Lose It All, All the Time.” A quite literal story in “For The Boy Who Moved Away” about moving away from L.A. to an uncertain future, the San Gabriel Mountains engulfed in flames in our rearview.

And that’s to name but a few.

These are not the “happy” songs that I’ve come to be associated with – no fully major chords, and lots of suspended chords and major sevenths to make things kind of emotionally ambiguous. There was no stylistic dogma in making this record, and I was ready to fold in every type of music I was into at the moment – Joni Mitchell, new age, early 80′s McCartney, Another Green World, film scores, Talk Talk, British folk, and modern stuff that’s got me excited.

I had a bunch of my favorite people come and join me on this. Sam Cohen, Brian Kantor, and Josh Kaufman (all of Yellowbirds and a million other bands) made up the backbone of the band in the early part of the tracking. And then there were appearances by people from all the different chapters of my musical life – Andy Cabic from Vetiver and Tim Rutili from Califone dropped by to add stuff. James Mercer from The Shins sang some gorgeous high harmonies, and Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think (also my sometime film score collaborator) laid down some drone-y guitar vibes. And of course Thom Monahan, my usual studio co-conspirator, was there to make everything
come together.

These are simple stories, some about losses, a few about disappointment and regret, but also of hope and perseverance. I hope you like these melancholy grooves and existential make-out songs. These all mean something to me, I hope they will to you, too.

- Eric D. Johnson

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EDJ - For The Boy Who Moved Away

I always thought
I wanted to be them
But little did I know

They were dumb
They were dumb as hell
Time for a new show

Wanting to be
Someone you're not
Watch my dreams
They will rot

I'm done following their
Dumb days
I'm done following their
Dumb ways

Make my dreams
Take a flight
I'm gonna start
I'm gonna start, tonight!

I'm done following their
Dumb days
I'm done following their
Dumb ways

Make my dreams
Take a flight
I'm gonna start
I'm gonna start, tonight!

I now understand
Who I am
I am the person
I am my own fan

I will make my mark
Make my stand
Spread respect
This is my land

I'm done following their
Dumb days
I'm done following their
Dumb ways

Make my dreams
Take a flight
I'm gonna start
I'm gonna start, tonight!

I'm done following their
Dumb days
I'm done following their
Dumb ways

Make my dreams
Take a flight
I'm gonna start
I'm gonna start, tonight!

Fame is deceiving
Wealth is a mystery
Love is my way
Love is not history

Love is now
Love is pure
Love is what I what
Love will endure

I tried to be like them
But I was dumb
Their empty art
Little did I know
I was numb

Tricked into their fame
Tricked into their looks
Tricked into their dreams
Tricked, they were crooks

I'm done following their
Dumb days
I'm done following their
Dumb ways

Make my dreams
Take a flight
I'm gonna start
I'm gonna start, tonight!

Tricked by Their Fame

Contact

Waterfall

From the "Calvander" 7-inch, out October 9, 2015 on Merge Records.

"Calvander" and "Baby Blue (Garage Demo)" b/w "Plane (Live)"

Calvander

Order From Merge

Mount Moriah "Calvander"

London

Cold

Nervous System

Uh Huh

Wearing Nothing

Wearing Nothing (Acoustic)

Sweat

Sisteray Said

SISTERAY - Wannabes

The Trouble With Templeton - Six Months In A Cast

Wolf's Law

Forest Serenade

Download this from http://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/beaches-she-beats

From second album She Beats, out on Chapter Music 3 May 2013.

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Itunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/distance/id610715433?i=610715933&uo=4

Beaches - Distance

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If you follow me on Soundcloud, you should know that I'm NOT the artist/s of the sets or songs I post. I'm a harvester of what I consider good, great, and awesome music by those just trying to get a little ear time from a random listener. So as I harvest and organize songs and artists in my lists, I've basically done the work for you. Sit back and enjoy the music, leave a comment, visit the artists' social sites, and by all means, purchase their work. And thank you to the artists who sow their seeds of talent. Without you, there would be no harvest.

Cold

GIUNGLA

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