Search - Andrew Lipke :: The Way Home...

Written and arranged by Lipke, The Way Home... tastefully balances the love and pain inherent in all human relationships delving into intimate acoustic ballads, all out rockers and sweeping string arrangements. The album's first track and forthcoming single "Untitled Song #1," features an intense basic primal voice throughout the wordless chorus that builds to a heightened crescendo. "Check Your Mirror" is a melodic counterpart displaying irresistible melodies mixed with jangle guitar sweetness and understated strings that draw the listener further into his world. Lipke examines failed romance in the inspired rock anthem "The Fire" while an acoustic ballad "My One and Only," emotes a definitive connection to his lyrics. Lipke says, "My songs are essentially a reaction to what's going on around and inside me." He sings about undying commitment in the darkly playful "Stick by You" and the string arrangements swell to a fevered pitch on the epic seven minute opus, "Standing Over You". The Way Home's... closing track "It's Gone Out" draws from Lipke's classical piano influence, completing the whole of all parts examined throughout the record.