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The Innocence Mission: We Walked In Song

Posted by Flick - 02/02/07 at 03:02:26 pm

The Innocence Mission is releasing their first album of original songs in four years since the critically acclaimed release of Befriended. We Walked In Song is due out March 13 through Portland's Badman Recording, and promises to reveal some of The Innocence Mission's best work to date. We Walked in Song continues the band's unmistakable sound, with a pump organ sifting in and out. The entire album was recorded and produced by the band.

Karen Peris wrote all eleven tracks on We Walked in Song, each with a tinge of sadness and reflection. Karen lost her father in 2006 when she began writing songs for the album. Badman Records writes, "Sometime after the passing of her father, Karen began to write some of the most beautiful and heartfelt material I have heard from the band. I believe she turned to songwriting as a way of coping with this great loss, which was compounded with the loss of her mother a few years ago, and celebrating those she loves in her life."

Expect to see The Innocence Mission on tour this spring in support of We Walked In Song. This comes a year after Don Peris released his solo album Go When The Morning Shineth and toured with Denison Witmer.

After the three members performed together in their high school play, Godspell, they decided to continue playing together as The Innocence Mission. They released their first album, self-titled, in 1989. We Walked In Song is their ninth album and follows Now The Day Is Over which featured an album of covers and lullabies they recorded for Karen and Don Peris' child. The 2003 release of Befriended was selected by NPR as Album of the Year, just one example of the acclaim this band has received. "Through eighteen years of recordings and tours, both on their own and with Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris and 16 Horsepower, the band has gained legions of devoted listeners."

The Innocence Mission - We Walked In Song We Walked In Song track listing:
Brotherhood of Man
Happy Birthday
Love That Boy
Into Brooklyn, Early In The Morning
Lake Shore Drive
Song for Tom
Since I Tell You My Every Day
A Wave Is Rolling
Colors Of The World
Over The Moon
My Sisters Return From Ireland