The Innocence Mission - We Walked In Song

The members of The Innocence Mission were still in high school when they met and started making music together. Through eighteen years of recordings and tours, both on their own and with Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris and 16 Horsepower, the band have gained legions of devoted listeners, and have grown immeasurably as songwriters, singers and musicians.·With eleven new songs that are memorable and genuinely moving, the album continues The Innocence Mission’s progression toward intimate recordings where each note played and sung seems essential. From the shining opening track, ‘Brotherhood Of Man’, in which she speaks of connectedness to strangers in everyday moments, to the longing of the closing lines of ‘My Sisters Return From Ireland’, Karen Peris’ hauntingly beautiful voice communicates with immediacy. Her very visual, engaging lyrics have a rare emotional depth and a firm sense of place. Inside them the sadness of loss and longing coexist with hope and joy. Don Peris’ warm Electromatic Archtop and Joa Gilberto-inspired nylon string guitar weave their own touching melodies around Karen’s voice. The tracks are further lit by Karen’s bursts and gentle lines of melodic piano, and they have a rich warmth that is owing, in part, to the combination of Mike Bitts’ upright bass and Karen’s baritone acoustic guitar and pump organ.

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