We are excited to share with you the premiere for the new LP – Far From Broken – by Leon Creek, along with their new music video for ‘Hope Never Leaves My Side,’ following an advance listen for DC Family.
Leon Creek is the new project of Chris Pierce (War & Pierce) with Erik Janson (Wilding and Left Field Messiah) and producer Matthew Stevens creating a modernized, uplifting approach to Americana, Blues, and Roots music. The band describe the video as ‘“Hope Never Leaves My Side” we wanted to keep creating in the vintage Americana style of our first two videos but add a live performance element that could help convey the emotions of the song. We are admirers of Australian director and animator Kane Lehanneur’s video work, and he ran with our ideas and created a beautiful world of colors, grain and animated lyrics, where in spite of struggle, optimism is the silver lining.’
Of the LP, the band say, ‘The debut album from Leon Creek titled “Far From Broken” began with the idea of conceptualizing a collection of country/roots story songs while pairing the lyrics with musical inspiration from eclectic corners in contemporary music. Bandmates Chris Pierce, Matthew Stevens, and Erik Janson create a cohesive work, weaving together elements of blues harmonica, fingerstyle gut-string guitar, Ikutaro Kakehashi 808s, horns in the Memphis tradition, guttural stacks of soulful vocals, resonating banjo, honky-tonk piano, and re-amped voice memo guitars. The album “Far From Broken” as a whole is a celebration and affirmation fueled by struggle. It’s the sound of optimism through dark clouds at the intersection of Soul, Roots, and Americana music.’ Listen to the LP in full here.
