{"id":1195,"date":"2016-03-24T19:27:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T19:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2016-06-10T19:28:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:28:55","slug":"jd-eicher-to-release-the-middle-distance-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/jd-eicher-to-release-the-middle-distance-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Eicher to release “The Middle Distance” in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JD EICHER TO RELEASE THE MIDDLE DISTANCE<\/em> IN MAY<\/strong><\/div>\n
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JD Eicher, the Youngstown, OH-area born and bred musician, is set to release his new album,\u00a0The Middle Distance<\/em>, via Rock Ridge Music on May 6, 2016.\u00a0The Middle Distance<\/em>\u00a0marks the first album Eicher will issue since sunsetting JD Eicher & the Goodnights, the moniker used on the trilogy of titles,\u00a0The Shape of Things<\/em>,\u00a0Shifting<\/em>, and\u00a0Into Place<\/em>, released previously. So why put The Goodnights to bed? Eicher explains: \u201cThe truth of the matter is, not a whole lot has changed. There will still be a band. But the name shift felt natural with the very personal nature of this new music and the very strong desire to simplify.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Eicher found that his creative process changed a bit for the new album. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a journal entry\/diary-type approach this time around. The music that I\u2019m writing and releasing is really mirroring who I am and where I am at this time in my life. It\u2019s easy to perform songs when they\u2019re very true. \u00a0I\u2019m really glad that my career has taken the longer, \u2018scenic\u2019 route, because the music I\u2019m writing now has a certain truth to it that I\u2019m not sure I would have found otherwise.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The first chapter of Eicher\u2019s new aural journal begins with nearly one minute of U2-ish guitar that sets the sonic table for the album opener, \u201cThis Heart,\u201d in which he sings,\u00a0\u201cAll my fears, all my worries, are alive and well inside this heart.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Eicher expounds, \u201cThis whole record – and definitely that song \u2013 is moodier, and there\u2019s a lot of internal struggle, internal processing. When you hear the song title, \u2018This Heart,\u2019 it sounds like it\u2019s gonna be a love song, but it\u2019s really more about coping and figuring out how to get past whatever you\u2019re dealing with in that moment.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Songwriting and superb singing are at the center of each track on\u00a0The Middle Distance<\/em>, exemplified by the lyric line\u00a0\u201cMaybe we\u2019ve been trained to wash, rinse, and then repeat\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and the heavenly falsetto vocals found on \u201cBe Well,\u201d a song which sounds like it would fit perfectly into Death Cab For Cutie\u2019s catalog. An audio oasis to the overall \u201cmoodier\u201d sound of the record is refreshingly felt when the soundscape lightens up for the bouncy \u201cThe Little Bit,\u201d which musically and lyrically has a Jason Mraz vibe to it, most notably on the playful line,\u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t write any lyrics for this part of the song\u2026 everybody relax.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Eicher\u2019s songwriting gravitas shines in the more serious selections – \u201cNot Everybody Runs,\u201d a sonic commitment to, well, commitment; \u201cNot Afraid,\u201d in which abstract fears about our dreams not coming true, relationships going wrong, internal struggles and pressures, letting your guard down and being hurt, and failure are all tackled; and \u201cMan of Faith,\u201d in which Eicher espouses the somewhat ambiguous supplication:\u00a0\u201cAnd I\u2019m pretty sure my heaven\u2019s just the answer to my questions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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Far less ambiguous is how much Eicher\u2019s Rust Belt upbringing seeps into, or serves as, the foundation of his songwriting. \u201cI think it definitely affects the music,\u201d he affirms without hesitation, \u201ceven in the way I approach touring and my overall work ethic with songwriting and recording. There\u2019s a world-wariness that comes out of this area that gets into the songs. I think there\u2019s a realism that comes out of\u00a0this part of the country, too, and I think that gets in there as well.\u201d \u00a0It\u2019s no wonder that Pittsburgh, not far from his hometown of Youngstown, has embraced the performer and his music as their own.<\/div>\n
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With his band, The Goodnights, Eicher\u2019s soaring and graceful pop-rock songcraft garnered favorable comparisons to Coldplay, Keane, The Script, The Killers, and Death Cab for Cutie.\u00a0Alternative Addiction<\/em>\u00a0named the group one of the top 10 unsigned bands. Virgin America Airlines used one of the band\u2019s songs in the teaser for the airline\u2019s movie,\u00a0Departure Date<\/em>. Live, JD Eicher & the Goodnights shared the stage with such diverse and respected artists as the Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Train, Maroon 5, Hot Chelle Rae, Pete Yorn, Anberlin, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson, Cartel, Sister Hazel, and Matt Nathanson, among many others.<\/div>\n
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24. 2016 \u00a0 JD EICHER TO RELEASE THE MIDDLE DISTANCE IN MAY JD Eicher, the Youngstown, OH-area born and bred musician, is set to release his new album,\u00a0The Middle Distance, via Rock Ridge Music on May 6, 2016.\u00a0The Middle Distance\u00a0marks the first album Eicher will issue since sunsetting JD Eicher & … <\/p>\n

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