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The Innocence Mission

About

The members of the innocence mission were still in high school when they met and started making music together. 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. And they have grown immeasurably as songwriters, singers and musicians.

"Through their 18-year career, Don and Karen Peris have trodden a path of hushed and achingly beauteous songcraft with a devastating purity at its heart." - Time Out London

ALBUMS

We Walked in Song

With eleven new songs that are memorable and genuinely moving, the album continues their progression toward intimate recordings where each note played and sung seems essential. From the shining opening track, "Brotherhood of Man", in which she speaks of connectedness to strangers in everyday moments, to the longing of the closing lines of "My Sisters Return from Ireland”, Karen Peris’ hauntingly beautiful voice communicates with immediacy. The LP version has a bonus track.

Birds of My Neighborhood

"Panic and joy, a terrible sense of awe, the dark indentations of memory all come together at once, accompanied by the joyful strum of an acoustic guitar." - Sufjan Stevens. Remastered!

Now The Day is Over

Jazz-tinged and dreamy, this new offering from the innocence mission collects standards and traditional songs that singer Karen Peris has sung to her children as lullabies since they were born. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to organizations working to aid impoverished children throughout Africa. Poster available now.

Befriended

Arguably their best work to date, their new album, befriended, is a haunting collection of 10 songs that features the interplay of Don's gorgeously warm and shimmering electric guitars with Karen's transcendently lovely vocals and moving lyrics. CD and UK import LP available now.

MORE INFORMATION

Band website: theinnocencemission.com
Innocence Myspace: myspace.com/theinnocencemissionPA
Booking: trey@aerobooking.com
Publicity: m.roche@charter.net