Description

Sound description: Dynamic acoustic rock that's melodically gentle.

Influences: The Beatles, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Damien Rice, U2, Death Cab for Cutie

Genres

Acoustic, Alt / Indie rock, Pop/Rock

Related links

• PHOTOGALLERY: JD Eicher and the Goodnights at Barleys March 23, 2009
• V24 PHOTOGALLERY: Save The Music
• JD Eicher's Facebook

History

“The music that I’m writing and releasing is really mirroring who I am and where I am at that time in my life. It’s easy to perform songs when they’re very true.” So says JD Eicher, the Youngstown, OH-area born and bred musician who is set to release The Middle Distance via Rock Ridge Music on May 6, 2016. “I’m really glad that my career has taken the longer, ‘scenic’ route, because the music I’m writing now has a certain truth to it that I’m not sure I would have found otherwise.”

The Middle Distance marks the first album Eicher will issue since sunsetting the moniker, JD Eicher & the Goodnights, used on the trilogy of titles, The Shape of Things, Shifting, and Into Place, released previously. Why the change? Eicher explains: “It's really just a shortening of the name. The band is still together, and this was a careful decision we made together. It felt natural with the conclusion of our album trilogy project, the personal nature of this new music, and a desire to simplify.”

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