Artist Bio
FRENCH EXIT
-To leave early and without a goodbye.
The seeds for Coby Brown’s new record, French Exit, were sewn when Brown reconvened with producer Will Golden at Chalet Studios in Los Angeles in Spring 2010. Originally intending to be done inside of a few weeks, sessions were soon paused and eventually scrapped.
“As we listened back, it became clear we had one song, Living Proof, and the rest were going to have to get rebuilt around that.”
Sessions resumed over parts of 2010 and 2011, and almost two years later, the timing feels just right. For Brown, who became a new Father along the way, French Exit represents a seismic shift that finds him in full bloom. These songs are short and spare, dressed up in an echo and over before you’re ready.
And while 2008’s Stars & Curses, written after a bout with cancer, was a love letter to being alive, French Exit is a visit with ghosts; an exploration of the struggle of trying to hold on to things that are designed to disappear.
“I can’t shake the feeling that things are going to end; that once you walk through certain doors, there’s just no going back. I guess it’s liberating, but it feels like a smack in the face.”
French Exit once again features a stellar band, comprised of guitarist David Immergluck (Counting Crows, Camper Van Beethoven) and Fil Krohnengold (Sarah Bareilles,), as well as new additions drummer Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, John Cale) and Jonathan Ahrens on bass (Liz Phair).
Brown, for one, is grateful for all the time it took. He is funding the record through Pledge Music, with a portion of the proceeds going to i2y.com, an advocacy group working on behalf of young adult cancer survivors.
“These breaks gave me time to get involved with Pledge and to have my fans be a part of helping to release this. And I’m particularly excited to have a way to raise some money and awareness for i2y.com”
Look for Brown’s songs to make appearances in the features “The River Why" and the forthcoming “Answers to Nothing”, “Lo-Fidelity” and “Loosies”.