专辑简介

Stumble Into Tomorrow is the first full-length solo album from Boston-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, PRESTON COCHRAN. After recording two previous LPs with his band The Moores and a solo EP, the young Virginia native decided that it was time to release his first solo album. Produced by Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse, Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven) and Mastered by Grammy-nominated Mastering Engineer Jeff Lipton (Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, Josh Ritter), Stumble Into Tomorrow features ten new songs that highlight Cochran’s strong melodies and unique sense of vocal harmony. Engineered by Stewart Meyers (Jason Mraz, Parachute, Josh Kelly), the songs have a contemporary yet timeless quality. “A Building Charred”, is the LP’s first track and begins as a deceptively slow burn gradually giving way to a full-on Jay Mascis, Dinosaur Jr. style extended guitar outro. “Summer Flings” highlights another dimension of Cochran’s songwriting and gives a musical nod to New Order with a chorus that sticks in your head and makes you wonder where you’ve heard it before. The lyrically poignant “Plain to See” perfectly depicts the imagery of a struggling relationship and features the kind of sweet harmonies you’d expect to hear on a ‘70s-era CS&N record. “Junkyard” follows, and is a song that would have been comfortably at home on a Sparklehorse album. This is even more understandable when you consider that Weatherhead (guitars, banjo, Mellotron, Chamberlin) and Miquel Urzbitondo (drums, percussion) both recorded and toured with Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. “Lovely” and “Remain” hint at the Elliott Smith style songs many people associate with Cochran’s more intimate acoustic-oriented songs.