LongRoad – Faith in Greater Things?
It’s been a, *ahem,* long road for New Jersey-based act LongRoad, but they seem to have all come out on the other side. Formed from a trio of Rutherfordians (NJ) and Vermont’s Ted Ames, the quartet originally met at the Knitting Factory in NYC and immediately recognized their mutual musical interests. That fateful evening resulted in a debut album, 2006’s This Too Shall Pass – now, after a seventeen (!) year hiatus, they’ve returned with a new batch of songs they’re calling Faith in Greater Things?. Ames describes the mantra of their new songs below: “As with the last album, the songs remain the product of living our lives… They are an honest mix of storytelling and emotion based upon our experience and observation in and of the world around us.” The ’90s influence is heavy on Faith in Greater Things?, and it’s evident immediately on album opener “New Song.” With[...]