OUT TODAY : MARKET JUNCTION’S NEW LP BURNING BRIDGES

OUT TODAY :

MARKET JUNCTION’S NEW LP  BURNING BRIDGES 

The Houston band has been a fairly successful country dancehall act for years, but the members recently found themselves wanting to get away from that designation in favor of a more Americana approach. That’s wonderfully apparent on Burning Bridges…which comes across much more like a lost classic album from the late ‘60s than the electric honky-tonk sound that’s so prevalent these days - The Houston Chronicle   

The 10-track album was born out of trials and triumphs, stops and starts and major life changes. The result is a sweeping soundtrack to heartaches and starting over - Wide Open Country 

Reminiscent of the Lumineers…Prolonged sadness and heartache are palpable in Market Junction frontman Matt Parrish’s voice - The Boot 

Particularly poignant…the album features the kind of deft songwriting that has earned [Matt] Parrish and guitarist/keyboardist Justin Lofton accolades since the band’s debut - American Songwriter 

Market Junction plays smooth, thoughtful country folk that’s sure to appeal to fans of John Baumann, Adam Hood, and Jason Eady…beautiful, understated harmonies and a pointed loneliness that saves its sharpest arrows for the final lines - Farce The Music   

On the new album Burning Bridges, the band delivers lyrical depth and beautiful melodies that are well worth the nine years it took them to arrive at this point - Americana Highways   

A melodic, well-crafted collection - Americana-UK 

  It’s not long before you’ll be making comparisons to The Eagles with their lilting country rock and flowing melodies...it’s Market Junction’s lyrics, their sense of humor and relatable insights that make Burning Bridges striking and endearing - Making A Scene 

  'Nebraska' is a beautifully vulnerable account of brotherhood, and stepping firmly on whatever path is  placed before you - Underground Music Collective   

Folk-infused, alt-country...worthy of being on everyone’s playlists - Mother Church Pew   

A thoughtful exploration of love, longing and consequences, the songs here connect to the roaming souls and aching hearts we’ve all experienced, and make for a beautiful and moving collection...Burning Bridges has everything to break a heart while also acting as a salve for the wound - The Indy Review  

Americana is a genre often dismissively generalized as a sibling of Country, if not Country in shabbier clothes. Market Junction, like any legit practitioner of Americana proper, shatters these perceptions with the power of their lyricism and soulful vocals - Gas Mask Magazine 

  The vocals are fabulous and the musicianship comfortably on par - Beehive Candy   

Rich, lush…really showcases the beauty of Matt Parish's vocals - Chimeo 

The combination of golden-voiced frontman Matt Parrish and fretboard wizard Justin Lofton is a match made in music heaven - USACOUNTRYUK 

Today, Houston, Texas-based Market Junction released their new album Burning Bridges. Produced by co-produced by band founders Matt Parrish and Justin Lofton with Richard Barrow and Ty Robins, its 10 carefully-crafted tracks tell the story of a young man learning about love.   

LISTEN: BURNING BRIDGES   

Album opener “When Your Heart Begins To Ache” begins with a young man about to marry his high school sweetheart - unsure about love’s depth and its consequences. “Out of Love” finds the young man a bit older and having been married for a while. The spark is gone and the love has soured, which causes him to make the difficult decision to leave in “I Hope It Breaks Your Heart.” He hits the road searching for his “new normal” while dealing with a simmering sense of regret in “Nebraska” and “Western Coast.”  

Burning Bridges begins its second act with the reflective “A Stone Will Sink” and “Hello My Dear” as the man comes to grips with the casualties of love and dealing with his damaged relationships. Now much older, the man reflects on life and begins to accept its broken nature, owning his shortcomings in “Bird In A Cage” and “Livin’ A Lie,” as the heartbreaking story comes to an end with the album finale and title track.   

The electrifying combination of golden-voiced frontman Parrish and fretboard wizard Justin Lofton are a rock-solid foundation for the band, their folk-infused alt-country style has resulted in some of the most beautiful music in the current landscape. Burning Bridges was forged in the midst of the members' personal tribulations - changing direction in the middle of recording, a trip to the emergency room, a divorce, the births of children, a hard drive crash costing weeks worth of work, and releasing a record in the middle of a global pandemic. The band was still able to create magic in the midst of the struggle. 

WATCH: "NEBRASKA"   

WATCH: “A STONE WILL SINK” 

WATCH: “OUT OF LOVE”   

WATCH: “WESTERN COAST”   

Parrish and Lofton, both award-winning songwriters, set out on a journey to create the kind of music they not only loved to listen to but music that they loved to play. Since those early days, the band expanded its lineup to include Taylor Hilyard on bass guitar and Michael Blattel on drums, sharing stages with Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster and more. Their sound is rooted in place and time, but transcends both.   

Burning Bridges is available on CD and vinyl at their website, and for download at iTunes and Amazon Music. On Saturday, August 8th, Market Junction will celebrate the release of Burning Bridges with a full-band show streamed live from their studio at 10pm EDT/9pm CDT. Click HERE for more details. 

BURNING BRIDGES  TRACK LISTING    

When Your Heart Begins To Ache 

Out Of Love 

I Hope It Breaks Your Heart 

Nebraska 

Western Coast 

A Stone Will Sink 

Hello My Dear 

Bird In A Cage 

Livin’ A Lie 

Burning Bridges 

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MARKET JUNCTION UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “A STONE WILL SINK” & MORE ...

Photo: Jason Allison

MARKET JUNCTION UNVEILS NEW SINGLE  “A STONE WILL SINK” 

SHARES NEW VIDEO “WESTERN COAST”  VIA FARCE THE MUSIC  

BURNING BRIDGES  LP SET FOR RELEASE  ON AUGUST 7TH

Houston, Texas’ own Market Junction released new single “A Stone Will Sink” a track from their forthcoming album Burning Bridges, due out August 7th. The band also shared a new video for album track “Western Coast” this week. “If a heart has loved, it has been broken," says frontman Matt Parrish of “A Stone Will Sink.” "This is old news, yet we speak of love with a romantic grandeur that implies we are oblivious to the inevitable. Just as we expect a stone to sink, we should expect a heart to break. It’s what hearts do.”  

 LISTEN: “A STONE WILL SINK”  

“Market Junction plays smooth, thoughtful country folk that’s sure to appeal to fans of John Baumann, Adam Hood, and Jason Eady,” says Farce The Music, who premiered the band’s new video “The Western Coast,” calling the song “a wistful tune with beautiful, understated harmonies and a pointed loneliness that saves its sharpest arrows for the final lines.” “You can change the scene, chase a dream, leave your hometown, put a couple thousand miles on your old truck, and even put down new roots...but you can’t outrun a heartache,” adds Parrish. “Even a prize fighter runs out of gas in the later rounds. Old habits are hard to break, so just plan on waiting them out.”  

WATCH: “WESTERN COAST” 

The electrifying combination of golden-voiced frontman Parrish and fretboard wizard Justin Lofton are a rock-solid foundation for the band, their folk-infused alt-country style has resulted in some of the most beautiful music in the current landscape. Burning Bridges was forged in the midst of the members' personal tribulations - changing direction in the middle of recording, a trip to the emergency room, a divorce, the births of children, a hard drive crash costing weeks worth of work, releasing a record in the middle of a global pandemic. The band was still able to create magic in the midst of the struggle. “A Stone Will Sink” and “Western Coast” follow album singles “Out Of Love,” and “Nebraska.” 

LISTEN: “OUT OF LOVE” 

LISTEN: “NEBRASKA” 

WATCH: "NEBRASKA" 

Parrish and Lofton, both award-winning songwriters, set out on a journey to create the kind of music they not only loved to listen to but music that they loved to play. Since those early days, the band expanded its lineup to include Taylor Hilyard on bass guitar and Michael Blattel on drums, sharing stages with Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster and more. Their sound is rooted in place and time, but transcends both. Each of the 10 tracks on Burning Bridges tell one story - one of a young man learning about love and its consequences. Sometimes the heartbreak spurs the traveling, and other times the traveling is the cause of the heartbreak. Either way, Burning Bridges will break your heart in the best kind of way, and have you reaching for the keys.    

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MARKET JUNCTION RELEASES NEW SINGLE “OUT OF LOVE"

MARKET JUNCTION RELEASES NEW SINGLE 

“OUT OF LOVE" VIA THE BOOT

NEW LP BURNING BRIDGES SET FOR RELEASE ON AUGUST 7TH

Market Junction has released “Out Of Love,” the second from their forthcoming album Burning Bridges, due out August 7th. "Out of Love" tells the story of a couple that's, as the song's title track suggests, fallen out of love and are just going through the motions,” says The Boot in its premiere, calling the song “delicate” and “a cautionary tale.” “Melodically, ‘Out of Love’ is reminiscent of the Lumineers' hit "Cleopatra": A quiet piano opens the track, and is eventually joined by an acoustic guitar and simple drums. Prolonged sadness and heartache are palpable in Market Junction frontman Matt Parrish's voice. "When romance turns to routine, love gets flipped upside down," Parrish tells The Boot. "We see it all around us: nice family/home/job, little league, carpools, Sunday school, yet, another marriage eaten by the system. They pretend. It’s easier that way."

LISTEN: “OUT OF LOVE”

“Out Of Love” follows the release of lead single “Nebraska,” which explores the idea that home is not a physical place, but rather a connection to others, and that when we lose those connections, we feel uprooted. “Being out on the road is hard on a relationship, yet the constant war inside us wages between the dreams we chase and the people we love. Sometimes the road wins and we are left with nothing but our own wanderlust,” Parrish told American Songwriter, who called its lyrics “particularly poignant,” saying they “perfectly capture this sense of lonely restlessness.”

LISTEN: “NEBRASKA”

WATCH: "NEBRASKA"

Parrish and Market Junction co-founder Justin Lofton, both award-winning songwriters, set out on a journey to create the kind of music they not only loved to listen to but music that they loved to play. Since those early days, the band expanded its lineup to include Taylor Hilyard on bass guitar and Michael Blattel on drums, sharing stages with Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster, and more. 

“We’ve done nothing the conventional way”, says Parrish. “It’s taken us nine years to figure out who we are and what direction we want to take our careers,” adds Lofton. The combination of lyrical prowess and Lofton’s fretboard mastery has resulted in a sound that is rooted in place and time, but that transcends both. While the band has found success in their beloved home state of Texas, they are ready to show the rest of the world what they can do. The wait will have been well worth it for Americana music fans across the country - each of the 10 tracks on Burning Bridges tell one story, one of a young man learning about love and its consequences. Sometimes the heartbreak spurs the traveling, and other times the traveling is the cause of the heartbreak. Either way, Burning Bridges will break your heart in the best kind of way, and have you reaching for the keys.

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MARKET JUNCTION ANNOUNCES NEW LP WITH THE RELEASE OF LEAD SINGLE "NEBRASKA"

MARKET JUNCTION UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “NEBRASKA” VIA AMERICAN SONGWRITER

NEW LP BURNING BRIDGES SET FOR RELEASE  ON AUGUST 7TH

Photo Credit: Jason Allison

Houston, Texas-based folk/Americana band Market Junction has announced their forthcoming album Burning Bridges, due out August 7th, with the release of lead single “Nebraska.” “Home is not a place. It is a connection to another person,” golden-voiced vocalist Matt Parrish told American Songwriter of the songs’s inspiration. “When you lose those people, you feel uprooted, disconnected, and lost. Being out on the road is hard on a relationship, yet the constant war inside us wages between the dreams we chase and the people we love. Sometimes the road wins and we are left with nothing but our own wanderlust.” American Songwriter called its lyrics “particularly poignant,” saying they “perfectly capture this sense of lonely restlessness.”

LISTEN: “NEBRASKA”

Burning Bridges“features the kind of deft songwriting that has earned Parrish and guitarist/keyboardist Justin Lofton accolades since the band’s debut,” adds American Songwriter. Parrish and Lofton, both award-winning songwriters, set out on a journey to create the kind of music they not only loved to listen to but music that they loved to play. Since those early days, the band expanded its lineup to include Taylor Hilyard on bass guitar and Michael Blattel on drums, sharing stages with Cory Morrow, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Radney Foster and more. 

“We’ve done nothing the conventional way”, says Parrish. “It’s taken us nine years to figure out who we are and what direction we want to take our careers,” adds Lofton. The combination of lyrical prowess and Lofton’s fretboard mastery has resulted in a sound that is rooted in place and time, but that transcends both. While the band has found success in their beloved home state of Texas, they are ready to show the rest of the world what they can do. The wait will have been well worth it for Americana music fans across the country - each of the 10 tracks on Burning Bridges tell one story, one of a young man learning about love and its consequences. Sometimes the heartbreak spurs the traveling, and other times the traveling is the cause of the heartbreak. Either way, Burning Bridges will break your heart in the best kind of way, and have you reaching for the keys.   

TRACK LISTING

   When Your Heart Begins To Ache

Out Of Love

I Hope It Breaks Your Heart

Nebraska

Western Coast

A Stone Will Sink

Hello My Dear

Bird In A Cage

Livin’ A Lie

Burning Bridges

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