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Tones Behind The Tracks

Artist: Kris Barras

Album: Death Valley Paradise (Mascot)

If I could take anything positive out of the lockdown experience, it was the fact it actually gave me time to spend time on songwriting,” Kris Barras tell us. “The thing is, I’ve toured so much over the past few years I would always have to squeeze the songwriting in. But lockdown meant it was literally the only thing I had to do. So it meant I could really hone in on the songs and hone in on the sound. There are some tunes on the album that we rewrote five or six times. And while sometimes that can be detrimental because you can overthink things, actually, in this instance, it was always making the songs better. I’m pleased it’s over, but if I had to

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