the burnt pines
Boston, MA -- Adraela Records proudly announces the release of the self-titled debut album from THE BURNT PINES, THE BURNT PINES on JANUARY 22, 2021.
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https://theburntpines.bandcamp.com/
Some 3,187 miles apart from each other, the cities of Boston, Massachusetts, and Lisbon, Portugal, both offer their own rich cultural heritage, especially when it comes to music. And at a time when social distancing is the norm, it’s refreshing and encouraging to find such vast transatlantic distance bridged by an exciting new project borne from both cities and nourished by the expansive musical spaces in between. The Burnt Pines are a multicultural marvel, chiefly comprised of a trio of talented musicians who first came together at a Lisbon recording studio in the summer of 2018, and in a relatively short period of time rose to the challenge of intercontinental recording, with the dozen tracks on, The Burnt Pines highlighting gorgeously textured melodies and penetratingly beautiful lyrics.
With lead vocals by Danish-born singer and lyricist, Kris Skovmand, The Burnt Pines also includes veteran instrumentalist and arranger Aaron Flanders on guitar and banjo, and veteran piano and keyboard player and arranger Miguel Sá Pessoa. Also featured on the album are Fernando Huergo on 5-string electric bass, Luis Barros on drums and percussion, and Dan Fox on upright bass.
Distinguished by a musical fluency that calls to mind the guitar-vocal craft of Bruce Cockburn, with touches of Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, and even the ethereal quality of Sufjan Stevens, The Burnt Pines’ debut album opens with the outstanding “Diamonds”, with its lyrics taking a unique view of romantic devotion, which Flanders says stopped him in his tracks when he first heard his guitar part meshed with Skovmand's words: “Kris inhabited this space and this character,” he says. “That line, ‘I don’t mind gettin’ old for you, babe.’ It’s such an intense image.”
Completing their first co-writing experience with relative ease, the musicians were so pleased with the results that they became incredibly productive. “Once we got rolling, we felt like every song we came up with was better than the last, it’s been very exciting” says Flanders. “We were cranking out a new song from zero to completely done and produced, bass, drums, everything, every three weeks. In addition to the dozen songs on the album we have seven more original songs already finished for the second album, as well as two cover songs, and we’re still writing. It’s been just incredibly productive, exciting and fruitful.”
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