SoundUnwound Sessions: The Lonely Forest

  

The Lonely Forest stopped by our offices yesterday for a private performance. I had the pleasure of sitting down with the guys for a few minutes before they played, and I was instantly transformed into a lasting fan.

There are a few things you should know about this band. First, they are genuine. Within seconds of sitting down, I felt as if I was speaking with lifelong friends, and I laughed as if I was watching a Judd Apatow movie (e.g. they prank called their manager from speaker phone and pretended to be a lost love from 1988). As bassist Eric Sturgeon put it, “I hope we don’t come across as a**holes, we are nice guys.” Secondly, their band name comes from a line in a book from The Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair. Third, and most importantly, they are talented. So talented in fact, that when Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla was asked a few years ago on CNN what he was listening to, he mentioned them by name.

From that mention grew a beautiful relationship that resulted in TLF signing with Walla’s label, Trans, and Walla producing their newest full length record, Arrows. According to guitarist Tony Ruland, “Beers were had, questions were asked,” and then the deal was sealed.

As for their music, The Lonely Forest embodies Northwest indie pop rock with a lot of soul, some deep questions, and a bit of self deprecation. Lead singer and songwriter John Van Deusen said, “I’m trying to take myself less seriously and stop trying to tackle these really big ideas in my music. I want to write less literally, and let the music I like shape what I write.”

You can buy Arrows and stream four full tracks (like the addictive “Turn Off This Song and Go Outside”) here.

-Erin O.

SoundUnwound's editorial team write about the latest big music news and quirky stories which catch the eye. We also post a selection of these news stories on Chordstrike; for much, much more, visit SoundUnwound.com, the new music site from IMDb and Amazon. Follow us at twitter.com/soundunwound.

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