we walked in song

the innocence mission means a lot of different things to every member of their dedicated following. to me they mean peace, hope and the belief that tomorrow will be better than the day prior. we walked in song, out march 13th, finds the band gracefully aging into a territory rarely achieved today in the realm of disposable indie buzz bands. intricate guitar patterns weave in and out of karen peris' heartbreaking lyrics that span from the hopeful naivety of existence to the grave realizations that only occur with the passage of time. the juxtaposition between the lullabies to don and karen's children with the tracks that deal with the recent passing karen's father create an album that spans a lifetime carrying all the baggage with tenderness and beauty. the album speaks to those who sit quietly hushed in the background watching life as if it were an amusement park ride and in a world where the anna nicole smith death is more important than a war the innocence misssion plant the seed of hope that humanity might just be on the right track toward finding that ever out of reach utopia that comes only at the end of hollywood films. if you long for a soundtrack to gaze wide-eyed out the window of an automobile or a subway train and wonder why life is so bittersweet then please support the innocence mission and purchase their record available at this website www.theinnocencemission.com

-into brooklyn, early in the morning