‘Original Invisible’ by Brody Bond | New, ‘The Mo(µ)rning’ EPs
Exclusive track premiere of ‘Original Invisible’ by Brody Bond, taken from the upcoming ‘The Mo(µ)rning EPs’, out November 18th.
Baltimore, Maryland-based singer-songwriter Brody Bond’s ‘The Mo(µ)rning’ EPs tell this type of rebirth story. The resulting concept album, comprising two conjoined EPs — the darker themed ‘Mourning’ and the uplifting ‘Morning’ — are about encountering the disordering and reordering of our lives. Joy comes in the morning, as the saying goes, but the discovery of this project is that joy also comes in the mourning.
“’Original Invisible’ was the first song I wrote for the double-EP concept record, The ‘Mo(µ)rning EPs’—even before I knew there was a record coming. It broke the dam of songwriting for me as I was experiencing new feelings of loss, longing, and disorientation. It’s a song of being mired in the sadness and confusion of wanting to continue to love and be loved by someone who had hurt me, but who couldn’t see it. It’s a song of anger and compassion all rolled up together. As the first song on ‘The Mourning EP’, ‘Original Invisible’ provides the opposite energy of the culminating song on ‘The Morning EP’, “It Is Love,” which casts love in much healthier and mature ways, albeit as a discovery only possible through pain, loss, and exile.”
This 12-track body of work wasn’t informed by any preconceived or self-conscious influences. ‘The Mo(µ)rning’ EPs record represents art by means of necessity. “In writing these songs, I wasn’t making a statement with regard to music styles. I was just trying to capture the ether around me, and put that into a language that was helpful for me, and will hopefully be helpful to others,” Brody confesses. The songs are emotive pop-rock with enlightened lyrics, dreamy ambient textures, purposeful grooves, folk-pop intimacy, and jazzy and modern soul flourishes. ‘The Mo(µ)rning’ EPs project is produced by Jeremy Casella (Indelible Grace, Tennessee to Love Campaign) at different Nashville recording studios, including the iconic Sound Emporium, and the recordings features a cast of A-List players who collective resume includes working with Kacey Musgraves, U2, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, and Alison Krauss and Union Station.
The project also wasn’t informed by any strategic career goals. Brody has been making music since he was a kid. But in 2019, he found himself writing songs unexpectedly. While the songs came at a challenging time of self-growth, Brody found they were broadly resonant. At intimate house shows, opening up for a nationally-known act, and through an exclusive crowd-funding campaign, Brody discovered these songs mattered to others, as many people sang along and cried along to songs they had just heard.
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