Wednesday, January 30, 2008

EGWM's favourite bands: page france


Page France is an American indie folk-pop music band that plays melodic and emotional music.

The band was started as a solo project in 2004 by Michael Nau, but quickly evolved into a full-time project with a somewhat revolving lineup of friends and collaborators. The band self-released their debut album, Come, I'm A Lion. Their second album, Hello, Dear Wind.

The band released a double-EP in 2006, entitled Pear and Sister Pinecone. Immediately thereafter, the EP was abandoned and declared a "limited release" of 1,000 copies.

Page France's newest album and third full-length, ...And The Family Telephone, was released on 08/05/2007.

The band has been characterized by some as Christian due to references in song lyrics and titles. However, lyricist Michael Nau counters: "The 'Christian band' inquiry wears me out, to be honest. As for the Christian symbols in my writing - sometimes I don’t even realize that they exist until someone points them out to me. There’s really no reason; it just rolled out that way." Songs such as "Jesus", "What Have I Done", and "Bush" are among many that contain Christian symbols.

Discography

Side-project of Michael Nau: The Cotton Jones Basket Ride


*to download the cd click on the name of the album.

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