Story & The Song

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Between The Trees- The Story And The SongAbout the Artist The mission of Between the Trees lies in plain view. It's not just in the music, though their sound is a wonder: hard-hitting, ambitious, accessible, riddled with unforgettable hooks that course through a sonic landscape of open vistas, quiet private spaces and sun-drenched, slamming beats. Certainly there's much to appreciate in their words, from celebrations of love ("White Lines & Red Lights") to meditations on despair ("The Way She Feels" & "A Time for Yohe"). But an even greater truth stands Between the Trees ... literally. It's in the name itself - specifically, in the space staked out by its suggestion of beginning and end. "One tree represents where time and existence begins," ventures lead singer Ryan Kirkland. "The other is the end of everything. Between them is the time we're given on Earth. What matters is what we do with that time." You can't get simpler - or more profound - than that. And it's not only the starting point for what you hear from these five guys. It's also the creed that's driven them to accomplish something extraordinary. To appreciate this, as you spin The Story and The Song, remember this: Just three years ago, as the group was coming together, some of its members hadn't even begun to master their instruments. "Playing well wasn't what drew us to each other," Ryan explains. "We figured that we would become good at what we did with time, and we didn't worry about how long that would take. What was always most important to us was our personal connections to each other. With that, we knew that we'd be able to do whatever we needed to do." The independent release under Manager David McKenna's Bonded Records that landed on three Billboard charts in first week without true distribution ... the subsequent distribution deal with Universal Fontana that allowed the band to sell thousands more records without a major label ... the recent joint venture of Bonded with Universal Motown making BTT the first "upstream" from a Universal indie to a Universal major ... the two sold-out tours through the entire UK... the confirmation for the entire 2008 Warped Tour... the fans whose MySpace and website posts testify to their trust, loyalty and love ... None of these witnesses to this band's rise might have believed, at one time, that anyone could climb so far, so quickly. Yet now, knowing Between the Trees, you could say that doing anything less would have been more of a surprise. Their story - and their songs - trace back to the friendship that grew between Ryan and Josh some seven years ago. Ryan had been playing guitar for about a year; Josh announced that he was a drummer. "So," Ryan says, laughing, "someone who was not a great guitarist and someone who lied about playing drums started this band." Josh's brother Jeremy soon wanted to come onboard; though he'd never played bass, he picked up the basics from Ryan. They worked as a trio for a while, morphed into an acoustic act, and then ran into Wes Anderson; he was recruited to play keyboards, though his previous experience was his high school drumcore. Maybe seven months later, willing to try anything once, they added an actual experienced musician, Brad Kriebel, who had been playing guitar with hardcore bands around Orlando for a few years. Thus the stage was set and, early in 2005, Between the Trees began its adventures. Their first steps were small. With most of them still in high school, they concentrated on local gigs: parties, church events and downtown clubs like the Social. After securing management, the plan was set forth to make their own full-length album. Manager McKenna formed Bonded Records for the purpose of this release and booked them with producer Pete Thornton (Shinedown, Paramore, Day of Fire). For six weeks, before tape rolled, they locked themselves into an intense pre-production regimen. The plan was to get their material ready to record; the result was that plus maybe five new songs that rocked as hard and spoke as t

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