The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads [Import]

Lift to Experience | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B00005AKOC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,045 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Lift To Experience: Josh T. Pearson (vocals, guitar); Josh Browning (bass); Andy Young (drums). Recorded at 70 Hrtz, Argyle, Texas. 11 tracks. Bella Union. 2004.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why I signed LIFT TO EXPERIENCE....., June 13, 2001

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Mr. S. P. Raymonde - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Audio CD)

Why I signed LIFT TO EXPERIENCE......... No-one else would touch them. A double concept album about the end of the world with Texas as the promised land by a trio from Denton? Apparently, this wasn't considered marketable. Ha! When I heard the demos, I was staggered by the swagger, the effortlessness of it all. Surely they couldn't really be as cool as they sounded? A plane trip to Texas was next on the agenda, and my fate was sealed. A thunderous show(literally inside a tent during one of the worst storms in Texas history) convinced me that I had to put this record out, but also that I was undoubtedly in the presence of genius. We signed the band within 2 minutes of them walking off stage. Young, incredibly charismatic, they looked like the coolest bunch since early Birthday Party. I knew I was onto a winner. With songs of mostly 10 or more minutes in length, I thought convincing press and public alike to their greatness may prove tricky, but I was wrong. Certainly with the record less than a month old, the press reactions have been stunning( see Uncut July issue Album Of The Month to see what I mean ) and now the band are here on tour, and selling shows out across the country, I am hugely proud to be able to bring one of the most important american artists of the last 25 years to the attention of a european audience. I should add as a final anecdote that while I was mixing the album, my recording studio was going bust, and with all the gear being sold off around me as I mixed, I still managed to find it the most exciting and thrilling music to be part of...when I should have been drowning my sorrows of impending liquidation, I was dancing around the room at 4am with tracks like Into The Storm and Crippled Wings at intense volume blaring out the speakers with a wide wide grin on my face. And I still have that feeling when I put the record on now! I hope you will feel the same.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Texas during the apocalypse, do you dare enter?, April 1, 2002

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Chad A. Lauterbach "chadl2" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Audio CD)

Truly new and unique music if often hard to come by, but this CD is filled with fuzz guitars and depth of lyrical content rarely seen on today's records. The album is written by three Texas boys whose fathers were Baptist ministers. Oh, the conflict of living in the Bible belt. This CD is full of lyrics about Texas, God, and the apocalypse. If they were going for depth I think they accomplished it, and if they were going for satire I think they accomplished that too. I guess I can leave that up to your interpretation.

A lone fluttering, fuzzy guitar generates much of the bands energy and slightly haunting melody while the bass and drums come to hold it down from direct ascension into heaven. The two disc set combines to make a story and possibly generates a new sub-genre of music altogether. These Are the Days and Falling from Cloud 9 represent the most "songish" songs on the album, while many of the songs stop for interludes and story-telling. This is a work in whole (most tracks are over 6 minutes) and must be listened to and respected as such. It's a must listen for innovative music lovers. Similar sounding bands would be The Autumns, The Trash Can Sumatra's, and the White Stripes. While a similar band conceptually would be Mercury Rev.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great record, March 18, 2002

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Harvey Bowers (Tehuacana, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (Audio CD)

I was turned on to Lift to Experience in a rather interesting way... Josh (vocals/guitar) had just recently moved in next door when I asked to buy a copy of his record after hearing a few songs I had pirated from the Internet. He gladly gave me a copy and told me about it being a concept record where the world comes to an end and Texas becomes the Promised Land. I took it home with great interest and it was nothing short of amazing.
The record is much like a painting, with a meaning and a story behind it; a quality that music today has lost. It is the CD in my stereo most often, and rightfully so!