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MARKET JUNCTION’S NEW LP BURNING BRIDGES
The Houston band has been a fairly successful country dancehall act for years, but the members recently found themselves wanting to get away from that designation in favor of a more Americana approach. That’s wonderfully apparent on Burning Bridges…which comes across much more like a lost classic album from the late ‘60s than the electric honky-tonk sound that’s so prevalent these days - The Houston Chronicle
The 10-track album was born out of trials and triumphs, stops and starts and major life changes. The result is a sweeping soundtrack to heartaches and starting over - Wide Open Country
Reminiscent of the Lumineers…Prolonged sadness and heartache are palpable in Market Junction frontman Matt Parrish’s voice - The Boot
Particularly poignant…the album features the kind of deft songwriting that has earned [Matt] Parrish and guitarist/keyboardist Justin Lofton accolades since the band’s debut - American Songwriter
Market Junction plays smooth, thoughtful country folk that’s sure to appeal to fans of John Baumann, Adam Hood, and Jason Eady…beautiful, understated harmonies and a pointed loneliness that saves its sharpest arrows for the final lines - Farce The Music
On the new album Burning Bridges, the band delivers lyrical depth and beautiful melodies that are well worth the nine years it took them to arrive at this point - Americana Highways
A melodic, well-crafted collection - Americana-UK
It’s not long before you’ll be making comparisons to The Eagles with their lilting country rock and flowing melodies...it’s Market Junction’s lyrics, their sense of humor and relatable insights that make Burning Bridges striking and endearing - Making A Scene
'Nebraska' is a beautifully vulnerable account of brotherhood, and stepping firmly on whatever path is placed before you - Underground Music Collective
Folk-infused, alt-country...worthy of being on everyone’s playlists - Mother Church Pew
A thoughtful exploration of love, longing and consequences, the songs here connect to the roaming souls and aching hearts we’ve all experienced, and make for a beautiful and moving collection...Burning Bridges has everything to break a heart while also acting as a salve for the wound - The Indy Review
Americana is a genre often dismissively generalized as a sibling of Country, if not Country in shabbier clothes. Market Junction, like any legit practitioner of Americana proper, shatters these perceptions with the power of their lyricism and soulful vocals - Gas Mask Magazine
The vocals are fabulous and the musicianship comfortably on par - Beehive Candy
Rich, lush…really showcases the beauty of Matt Parish's vocals - Chimeo
The combination of golden-voiced frontman Matt Parrish and fretboard wizard Justin Lofton is a match made in music heaven - USACOUNTRYUK
Today, Houston, Texas-based Market Junction released their new album Burning Bridges. Produced by co-produced by band founders Matt Parrish and Justin Lofton with Richard Barrow and Ty Robins, its 10 carefully-crafted tracks tell the story of a young man learning about love.
LISTEN: BURNING BRIDGES
Album opener “When Your Heart Begins To Ache” begins with a young man about to marry his high school sweetheart - unsure about love’s depth and its consequences. “Out of Love” finds the young man a bit older and having been married for a while. The spark is gone and the love has soured, which causes him to make the difficult decision to leave in “I Hope It Breaks Your Heart.” He hits the road searching for his “new normal” while dealing with a simmering sense of regret in “Nebraska” and “Western Coast.”
Burning Bridges begins its second act with the reflective “A Stone Will Sink” and “Hello My Dear” as the man comes to grips with the casualties of love and dealing with his damaged relationships. Now much older, the man reflects on life and begins to accept its broken nature, owning his shortcomings in “Bird In A Cage” and “Livin’ A Lie,” as the heartbreaking story comes to an end with the album finale and title track.
The electrifying combination of golden-voiced frontman Parrish and fretboard wizard Justin Lofton are a rock-solid foundation for the band, their folk-infused alt-country style has resulted in some of the most beautiful music in the current landscape. Burning Bridges was forged in the midst of the members' personal tribulations - changing direction in the middle of recording, a trip to the emergency room, a divorce, the births of children, a hard drive crash costing weeks worth of work, and releasing a record in the middle of a global pandemic. The band was still able to create magic in the midst of the struggle.
WATCH: "NEBRASKA"
WATCH: “A STONE WILL SINK”
WATCH: “OUT OF LOVE”
WATCH: “WESTERN COAST”
Parrish and Lofton, both award-winning songwriters, set out on a journey to create the kind of music they not only loved to listen to but music that they loved to play. Since those early days, the band expanded its lineup to include Taylor Hilyard on bass guitar and Michael Blattel on drums, sharing stages with Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster and more. Their sound is rooted in place and time, but transcends both.
Burning Bridges is available on CD and vinyl at their website, and for download at iTunes and Amazon Music. On Saturday, August 8th, Market Junction will celebrate the release of Burning Bridges with a full-band show streamed live from their studio at 10pm EDT/9pm CDT. Click HERE for more details.
BURNING BRIDGES TRACK LISTING
When Your Heart Begins To Ache
Out Of Love
I Hope It Breaks Your Heart
Nebraska
Western Coast
A Stone Will Sink
Hello My Dear
Bird In A Cage
Livin’ A Lie
Burning Bridges
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