Byland

Join Byland on their record release tour along Ronboy after the Songwriter Spotlight presented by Cascade Music Alliance. Full Record here: https://songwhip.com/byland/heavy-for-a-while The old adage, You can’t go home again, certainly held true for Byland – the acclaimed musical project from Seattle-based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Alie Renee Byland and her husband and co-writer Jake Byland. Born of a dream of home but then waylaid by disappointment, frustration, and eventual acceptance, the couple’s journey through the past led to Byland’s extraordinary new album, Heavy For A While. Fueled by Byland’s spirited, eclectic musical approach, songs like “Settle My Mind” and “Postcard” are widescreen expressions of longing and isolation, weaving deep-rooted melodies, candid lyrical communication, and sophisticated arrangements with whispers of nostalgia and an unstoppable sense of forward motion. The result is a singular vision both familiar and unprecedented, bittersweet yet strikingly life-affirming. With its shrewd sonic template and Alie’s striking vocal performance at its center, Heavy For A While expertly marries themes of intimacy and heartache, nostalgia and hopefulness, the quest for home and the complexity of holding onto it once it is found. At once finely etched and strikingly direct, songs like the celestial “Two Circles” and the kinetic ode to Alie’s childhood best friend, “Monstera,” are ideal distillations of Byland’s approach, balancing multiple shades of emotional nuance with an uncluttered sentimentality that ultimately leads to a greater truth. Heavy For A While stands as testament to Byland and her husband’s continuing evolution as musicians and human beings, marking both a personal milestone as well as a universal expression of longing for a sense of community in an increasingly detached world.