Embers Of Brave - The Slightest Touch (EP)
Jordan-Morgan Lansdowne - Leave Your Light On (EP)
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Embers Of
Brave
Pre-Production
Demos
3/12/2012
7 Spin
Music
13 Minutes,
3 song EP, 13:11
NOTE: The pre-production demos of
Beneath The Sight and Sound listed below are no longer available. Beneath The
Sight And Sound was released as an EP with the songs listed below included:
1.
Introduction Love (Demo)
2.
Confession (Who I Am Now) (Demo)
3.
Broken Sacrifice (Demo)
Due to contractual changes and
miscommunication, much of the following review was inaccurate. Jordan-Morgan
Lansdowne performed all instruments played on Beneath The Sight And Sound. The
musicians listed below played only on the cut “White Flag” which has been
removed from all related web sites.
The Slightest Touch (EP)
Artist: Embers Of Brave
Label: 7 Spin Music
Release Date: May 2, 2012
Duration: 4 tracks, 17:39
NOTE: At this writing, the band Embers Of The Brave is on
hiatus. As a result, The Slightest Touch project is not currently being
marketed. See the review of Jordan-Morgan Landowne’s Leave Your Light On in
this issue of Phantom Tollbooth for his latest offering.
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With heart bare, music straight and true, Jordan-Morgan
Lansdowne finds a foot hold with this hard hitting offering. Both persuasive
and percussive, these ‘pre-production’ demos speak true to the soul.
“Understand Your
Ways” has it all with percussive guitar play, resonating voice, and deep,
smoky lyrics like a voice crying for answers. With a quick break and
good mixing to “Struggles &
Other Synonyms”, Lansdowne provides hot
rhythm and strong message. “Drive” is soft with poetic meanderings shouldered
by simplistic, soft acoustic guitar. “I Digress”, while short and to the point,
shows an upbeat tone leaning towards a Mat Kearny-like sound.
What stands apart from his previous offering is a simple
message, clear mixing and fine engineering. Most importantly, the message
stands up. With only his acoustic guitar, strong voice, and guttural message
Lansdowne finds his stride.
http://embersofbrave.bandcamp.com/album/the-slightest-touch-ep
Scott S Mertens
3 1/2 tocks
Leave Your Light On (EP)
Artist: Jordan-Morgan Lansdowne
Label: 7 Spin Music
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Duration: 4 tracks, 12:40
Having followed the last three offerings by Jordan-Morgan
Lansdowne, I can attest to his growth in writing and performing. As refined by
the fire of his life experience, I hear his soul change from the joy of finding
Christ to the realities of this life as a Christian. In these tracks are found
the loneliness of the soul, the physical yearning for love and acceptance, the
grit and bone of life.
“Leave Your Lights On” has Springsteen-like phrasing but
opens up with a dark, smoldering refrain leaving a powerful mark on the
listener. “Corn Stacks And Coal Mines” is a slow moving, heart-felt acoustic
message of loss and yearning. Like an early Johnny Cash single, “Railroad Bend”
has a tinge of country with a hard-edged reality. A sometime musical rarity in
today’s plethora of music, “Spring Bell” (unreleased home demo) is an artist’s
gift to the listener.
Leave Your Lights On has deep, earthy sounds of heart and
soul, hard-edged grace with an offering from his soul to yours.
Scott S Mertens
4 tocks
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