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The Ever Changing Picture by Brad Byrd
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fave it Modern Rock | Acoustic
11 tracks | 40 minutes
Released Aug 2003
on Free Agency Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 Better Days lyrics BUY MP3 03:15 Better Days lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:15 Better Days
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:23 The Ever Changing Picture lyrics BUY MP3 04:23 The Ever Changing Picture lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:23 The Ever Changing Picture
Modern singer songwriter pop with edgy band sound; swirling, textured and driving.
Editorial review
Brad Byrd's debut album, The Ever Changing Picture, is the effort of an earnest young singer/songwriter who, by the sound of it, loves 1980s alternative rock and has been abetted in his affection by producer Evan Frankfort (the Wallflowers, the Jayhawks). A dense mixture of strummed acoustic and ringing electric guitars fills the sound picture, supporting Byrd's gruff, becalmed voice, which is equal parts Michael Stipe and Eddie Vedder, resulting in a sound that often recalls early R.E.M. ("Swear You're Out There," for example, could be an outtake from Murmur.) Because Byrd is a singer/songwriter, however, the arrangements never rock out so hard that they overwhelm the lyrics (not that he is above finding a hook and repeating it half a dozen times). And those lyrics reveal a writer largely concerned with himself and whether or not he's going to make it. Occasionally, there is an external subject to a song, such as "Never Came Back," in which the singer is separated from his girlfriend (she's in New York; he's in Los Angeles) and wonders what she would do "if I never came back." One suspects that she'd manage, if only because her self-centered soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend seems more interested in his career than in her. "You're Good," the album's best song and potential hit, reassures an uncertain friend that he or she is talented, even if the hook is "Who do you think you're foolin'?" When he isn't commiserating with friends or lovers, however, Byrd doesn't have much to say beyond pondering his potential future as a rock star. At album's end, in the title track, he is still undecided: "Do I stay in New York City/Should I move to L.A.?" (He moved, of course.) That those are the two possibilities he considers tells us something; he certainly isn't going to move to Dayton, OH (or even Chicago), because that's not where music industry showcases are held. The Ever Changing Picture demonstrates that Brad Byrd is talented. Maybe on subsequent albums he'll find something beyond his own ambition (and his doubts about that talent) to write about. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Los Angeles, CA January 14, 2005 - - Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Brad Byrd knew from an early age that music was his calling. During his years at Syracuse University, he refined his songwriting skills and found his voice. While in college, he formed a bond with fellow students Adam Cohen (son of the legendary Leonard Cohen) and Pete Yorn. After graduation, they would go their separate ways with Brad relocating to New York where he would find his own way cutting demos and immersing himself in the East Village music scene. Life in NYC would form the genesis of The Ever Changing Picture and fuel tracks like “Better Days”, “Weird Enough” and “Driven”.
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