AT THE END OF MYSELF

I've waited for a long time to hear Echoes first album. I am slightly biased, as I know some of the band members, who reside in the Columbia, Missouri music scene. I remember hitting play, taking in each song, realizing early into that first listen that it's an album of depth and layers. I love the originality of their individual and collective approach to the songs, as well as using their musical abilities tastefully. A very rewarding thing to hear, as a listener, was the climatic way the album grows, especially in those final songs. A brilliant piece of work by some extraordinary musicians, who I know to also be some amazing human beings.