The Future is Now, by Jonas and the Big Tree

The Future is Now

by Jonas and the Big Tree

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1.	Smiles All Around 04:15	buy track
2.	Full of Fear 04:51	buy track
3.	It's Almost Worth the Fall 04:34	buy track
4.	Panache 04:15	buy track
5.	My Science Kit 03:37	buy track
6.	Release 04:19	buy track
7.	If I Love You 03:39	buy track
8.	Speak to Me 03:22	buy track
9.	Send Me Anyway 03:10	buy track
10.	The Future is Now 06:29	buy track

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Twenty years in the making! Jonas and the Big Tree split in 1998, after two years working hard on over twenty original tunes. Only about half of those well-rehearsed songs ended up on either "Your Title Here" or "EP". In 2013, on a whim, we decided to get back together and put all those songs on "tape" (hard drive!). Jon, John and Chris were never in the room at the same time while recording, but it all came back to us eventually, and this record was tracked over the course of a few months during the summers of 2013 and 2018 respectively.

It's strange to go back and revisit songs you haven't played in a long time. Specifically, it's strange to go back and sing lyrics you wrote almost twenty years ago, and then didn't think about for years. Being older gives you perspective on some of the more heavy handed thinking, and it also gives you chance to make small revisions that were necessary, but that you would have never seen at the time.

I'm glad we're giving these tunes the airing they deserve. We worked hard on 'em, working out arrangements and vocal parts. All that work pays off when you're trying to remember them.

--Lloyd

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released November 1, 2020

Lloyd Evans - Vocals, Guitar, Keys
Christopher Kerr - Guitar
John Joyner - Bass
Jon Crooks - Drums

All songs written by Lloyd Evans except "The Future is Now", written by Jonas and the Big Tree, (c) 1998, 2013.

Recorded at South Lebanon Recording Service (South Lebanon, OH), John's office (Delta, OH) and The Lazy Nomad (Aurora, IL). Mixed at The Wooden Record (Joliet, IL).

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