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Every Echo is a band of East Coast musicians whose emotional indie folk sound feels reminiscent of a bygone analog era while sounding right at home on modern radio. Taylor Carson, Ethan Mentzer, Todd Wright, and Emma Rowley are four independent artists who created Every Echo to reach musical territory unexplored in their solo careers. Their debut album was written, recorded and mixed in Hamilton, VA and Philadelphia, PA. It is rhythmic and driving at times, sublime and spacious at others — a soundtrack that transports you to a night under the stars in the middle of a beautiful nowhere. Every Echo lyrics give moments of hope, connection and a way forward through troubled times, interpreted by the evocative contrast and blend of Rowley’s pristine ghost-of-a-seventies-folk-singer soprano with Carson’s soulful road-worn rasp. Their music is anchored by “the real thing” instead of the digitally recreated software instruments found in many current recordings. “We love our old guitars, real drums, weird half-broken pawnshop instruments and clapping our own hands and ... [ more ] Every Echo is a band of East Coast musicians whose emotional indie folk sound feels reminiscent of a bygone analog era while sounding right at home on modern radio. Taylor Carson, Ethan Mentzer, Todd Wright, and Emma Rowley are four independent artists who created Every Echo to reach musical territory unexplored in their solo careers.

Their debut album was written, recorded and mixed in Hamilton, VA and Philadelphia, PA. It is rhythmic and driving at times, sublime and spacious at others — a soundtrack that transports you to a night under the stars in the middle of a beautiful nowhere. Every Echo lyrics give moments of hope, connection and a way forward through troubled times, interpreted by the evocative contrast and blend of Rowley’s pristine ghost-of-a-seventies-folk-singer soprano with Carson’s soulful road-worn rasp.

Their music is anchored by “the real thing” instead of the digitally recreated software instruments found in many current recordings. “We love our old guitars, real drums, weird half-broken pawnshop instruments and clapping our own hands and stomping our own feet,” explains Wright.

“Most of these songs stemmed from a small lyric idea or simple guitar riff,” Rowley describes. “There was a deep connection between the four of us during the creative process, even when we couldn’t all be in the same room. It was like every individual idea belonged to each of us collectively. Whenever someone threw a lyric to the group it was immediately echoed back with a perfect line to follow. It’s why the name fit so well.” Mentzer adds, “This is very much a project where we send fragments or building blocks of song or track ideas back and forth, often writing and recording them remotely.”

“Our songs are raw but polished,” Carson adds. “Not to put it too simply but it’s a lot like life--the day in, day out stuff, taking the good with the bad, and the struggle to make the most out of what we’ve got. I feel that in this music and hope our listeners will, too.” [ less ]