{"id":19072,"date":"2020-07-29T05:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=19072"},"modified":"2020-07-07T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T19:33:10","slug":"the-broadcast-looking-outward-looking-inward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/the-broadcast-looking-outward-looking-inward\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broadcast: Looking Outward, Looking Inward"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shorter, edited version of this story appeared previously in<\/em> Mountain Xpress.<\/span><\/p>\n

After an extended period of focusing on touring and business matters, Asheville-based soulful rock band The Broadcast has put a series of delays behind to release its third studio album, Lost My Sight<\/i>. With restrictions related to the pandemic still in effect, live dates in support of the record are in doubt, but leader Caitlin Krisko feels that now is very much the right time to release the album.<\/p>\n

Krisko moved to Asheville from her native Manhattan in 2010. \u201cI love my city, and I love my people,\u201d she says. \u201cI love the whole vibe of New York. But I realized that I love people in general. And it was a really intriguing idea to go out on the road.\u201d Those travels included a weekend in Western North Carolina, after which Krisko made the decision to relocate. Re-establishing her band here, she led the group through the making of its debut studio album, Dodge the Arrow<\/i>, released in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Eric Rayburn<\/p><\/div>\n

A decade later, many things have changed, including the band lineup and the music scene in Asheville. And despite her self-confessed wanderlust, Krisko appears relatively settled in her adopted home. \u201cNormally, at the ten year mark, the spirit says to me, \u2018Yeah, you better go,\u2019\u201d she admits. \u201cBut I actually feel an incredible sense of, \u2018I can\u2019t think of anywhere else I\u2019d rather be.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Working with Wilco and Tedeschi Trucks Band producer Jim Scott, The Broadcast made its second album, From the Horizon<\/i>, in 2016. Like its predecessor, that record was self-released. And while The Broadcast maintained a steady and energetic schedule of live dates \u2013 including multiple tours of Europe \u2013 the group operated outside the traditional machinery of the music industry.<\/p>\n

Though it wasn\u2019t apparent to those outside the group\u2019s immediate orbit, The Broadcast had neither a manager nor booking agent. \u201cUp until June 2019, I was managing and booking the band under a pseudonym,\u201d Krisko admits. That all changed recently, the culmination of a focused effort on the part of Krisko and her band mates. \u201cHaving a management and booking agency this last year has relieved an incredible amount of pressure to deliver on something that I\u2019m not really qualified to deliver on,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

But the transition had another, unintended effect: release of The Broadcast\u2019s third album \u2013 already postponed \u2013 would be delayed yet again. And not for the last time.<\/p>\n

Recording sessions for the album being released in July 2020 as Lost My Sight<\/i> were completed by summer 2018. But Krisko says that as the band worked on post-production activities \u2013 mixing, mastering and packaging \u2013 they faced a question: \u201c\u2019Do we release it [in summer 2019], or do we use this as a calling card for managers and agents?\u2019 That was a really tough call for us, because we really wanted to get the record out.\u201d She felt that her own booking skills wouldn\u2019t yield the kind of tour that Lost My Sight<\/i> deserved.<\/p>\n

So they waited, deciding that if new management wasn\u2019t in place by fall 2019, The Broadcast would self-release the album. Happily, the group soon signed on with the booking agent that schedules dates for the Avett Brothers, and inked a deal with a New York City-based management team.<\/p>\n

\"\"But the new management was impressed enough with the still-unreleased Lost My Sight<\/i> that they wanted to shop it to record labels. Krisko agreed, but that meant yet another postponement. She says that after meeting with several labels, an agreement with one was imminent in early 2020. \u201cThis whole lead-up was in evolution,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd then, coronavirus.\u201d The deal was off the table.<\/p>\n

As the two-year anniversary of its recording approached, Krisko made the decision to move ahead with a self-release of Lost My Sight<\/i>. With the pandemic having forced the hard-touring band off the road, she decided, \u201cI don\u2019t want [to wait] another year; let\u2019s just release this baby, do it digitally and call it a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Produced by Tim Lefebvre (formerly the bassist in Tedeschi Trucks Band) and TTB drummer Tyler \u201cFalcon\u201d Greenwell, Lost My Sight<\/i> is at once more streamlined and confident that its predecessors. The horn charts that characterized much of From the Horizon<\/i> are largely absent, and new keyboardist Mike Runyon takes a prominent role. And while Krisko\u2019s powerhouse vocals have long been a trademark of the Broadcast, on the new release she proudly displays greater stylistic range. Recalling previous album sessions, she says, \u201cEveryone\u2019s always been like, \u2018Go to a 10!\u2019 So it was really nice to have a producer who says, \u2018I want you to be as quiet as you possibly can right now.\u2019\u201d She believes that Lefebvre gave her \u201cthe permission to have confidence to be subdued, to really lean into the dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krisko says that the theme that unifies the music on Lost My Sight<\/i> is one of unity. \u201cI have to start looking outside of myself, beyond my own experiences, in order to relate to other people more,\u201d she says. And the new songs build on that realization. \u201cA lot of people use social media and meme culture to express their feelings,\u201d Krisko observes. \u201cI feel really blessed that I have been gifted with the ability to write music. And we made a record that felt real, raw and honest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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