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Americana meets the British Invasion. A magical mix of alt.country longing played with a rock 'n' roll spirit. The Langston Chronicles sound like Natalie Merchant or Patty Griffin jamming with Joshua Tree-era U2 and Wilco.
The Langston Chronicles, made up of singer Hallie Meushaw and guitarist Scott Bryant, conjure up a magical mix of rock and roll spirit and country longing on the band's debut album, Back Roads to Far Places. The eleven songs on this record are loaded up with emotion, texture and atmosphere, full of dynamic shifts ranging from the infectious folk pop of "Idaho", Gone Down a Highway and "King of Tennessee" to the wide open sonic landscapes of "Flatland, Ohio" and "Castro and the Jukebox Girl". These songs build, hit crescendos, then surprise you when they drop off cliffs...and that's how they work.

The Langston Chronicles seamlessly blend rock 'n' roll, country, Britpop, folk and blues, all with fluidity, understanding, honesty and respect. To this band, genres and categories are meaningless, and all that matters is whether the music is good or bad, honest or false. Whether it makes you feel something. Whether it makes you want to get off your ass and change the world, or at least just dance and sing along.
1 Idaho2 King Of Tennessee3 Memphis4 Castro and the Jukebox Girl5 Ponce de Leon6 Gone Down a Highway7 Flatland, Ohio8 President's War9 Talkin' God's Country Blues10 Someday Lovesong11 The Cadillac Desert and the Union Jack