In a dingy converted warehouse, isolated in the midst of an abandoned industrial park in Brooklyn, five young musicians have converged to capture the tales that they have crafted in only a few short months. Hoping to return to a warmer, more traditional sound, The Morning Pages spent a scant two days laying down the majority of the material that will make up The Company You Keep. In the grand tradition of recording’s golden age, the band recorded live to analog tape to capture the true essence of the moment. With prominent influences such as The Band, Gram Parsons, Delaney & Bonnie, and Leon Russell, The Morning Pages purposely set out to bring a raw, rural passion to a city that has been smothered by the processed homogeny churned out by a million clones of the “new†New York Sound.“We have no problem with the bands that have dominated New York for the last few years. I love The Strokes and The Walkmen,†says principle songwriter Grant Maxwell, “but I feel like there's a yearning for a more organic music that is beginning to emerge in some of the new bands.†Guitarist Kevin Drost adds, “We all went through the standard indie-rock, punk, new wave, and pop phases, and we still listen to all of that, but I think we are more influenced by stuff we grew up listening to. Stuff our parents probably used to play: Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, The Byrds and even farther back into country, soul and bluesâ€. This mixture of country, soul, and rock, focused and filtered through the intensity of the city, is what defines The Morning Pages sound.
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Enter your email below to recieve updates, free giveaways, release party invites and more."The sound that these guys got onto tape comes from the mighty heavens. It's like American Beauty fucked Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris while cheating on The Band's version of "I Shall Be Released." -The Tripwire
"Transcending the irony-drenched streets of its Brooklyn home, The Morning Pages write exceptionally organic and emotional music that pulls at the heart strings without inducing nausea. " -American Songwriter
"NYC artists on the rise . . . The guys have all kinds of chops and are yet another example of this burgeoning roots rock taking over the Big Apple." -The Deli
"The Morning Pages humbly and soulfully pick up where their predecessors left off. Combining honky tonk, roots rock, and folk, these five New Yorkers rock, roll, and wail more like scruffy Southern gentlemen than jaded Billyburg rawkers." -Flavorpill