Covenant - United States Of Mind - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Originally released as a limited tour item, Covenant presents this EP as a prelude to it's forthcoming album InchFieldworksInch. Always the aural explorers, this first InchexcursionInch is full of deceptive signals, misleading noises, & cryptic lyrics. Each track spearheaded by a different member of Covenant, InchFieldworks ExkursionInch is a work of art that finds the signal through the noise in a too-loud world. Album Tracks 1. Pantheon 2. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air 3. False Gods 4. Popol Vuh 5. Das Nibelungenlied (I. Abenteuer)

Memphis soul powerhouse Southern Avenue their third full-length album. Be the Love You Want was produced by multi-Grammy® winner, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos, Deer Tick, Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene), and co-produced by Ori Naftaly. Be the Love You Want is Southern Avenue's most ingenious and personal effort thus far. Since their inception, the band has produced a wide-ranging collection of original music - predominantly co-written by Israeli-born guitarist Ori Naftaly and powerhouse lead vocalist Tierinii Jackson - that links them to their home city's glorious past while at the same time, demonstrates their ambitious intent to evolve Memphis music to contemporary effect. Be the Love You Want sees Southern Avenue teaming up with artists like multi-Grammy® award-winning pop superstar Jason Mraz and certified Platinum producer Michael Goldwasser from Easy Star All-Stars on InchMove Into The LightInch for a churning, funk-blasted burner. Besides writing with him on the first single, the band also collaborated with Cody Dickinson from North Mississippi Allstars for the song InchHeathen Hearts.Inch The songwriting core grew within the band as well, as drummer Tikyra Jackson and bassist Evan Sarver collaborated to co-write InchLet's Get It TogetherInch and InchPressure.Inch Album Tracks 1. Be the Love You Want 2. Control 3. Don't Hesitate (Call Me) 4. Push Now 5. Fences 6. Let's Get It Together 1. Heathen Hearts 2. Move Into the Light 3. Love You Nice and Slow 4. Pressure 5. Too Good to Be True 6. Move on

Lyrically and thematically, of Sound Mind contemplates the quandaries of human psychology and it's effect on and within the development of modern society. Although essentially conceptual in nature, the record is a blatant transition from the allegorical and mythological framework of their debut Neptune with Fire. The 8 part, 1-hour plus album lends meaning, while actively seeking answers, much like the work of Camus or Thoreau. Without absolution or authority, Ancestors insight a thought crusade with meaningful intent. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Infra Sonic Sound by Pete Lyman, known for his diverse work with Mars Volta, Qui and No Age. Ancestors, including contributions by notable Los Angeles artists David Scott Stone (Melvins, Unwound, Slug), Sera Timm's (Black Math Horsemen) and cellist Ramiro Zapata have created an album truly of Sound Mind; a refreshing and aptly named experience of incredible proportions. Album Tracks 1. From Nothing 2. Mother Animal 3. Not the Last Return 4. Bounty of Age 5. A Friend 6. The Trial 7. Challenging 8. The Ambrose Law