Drifting Ashore by CrossFire
CrossFire’s album « Drifting Ashore » refers to travel, exploration and to a universe where musical genres mingle and merge. With sounds bearing committed content and lyrics, the band pictures a troubled world in which the minorities’ problems and segregation take a very important part. The single « Buffalo », telling the tragic Native American tale, « Hard As They Try » singing through the voices of slaves in the south of the United States, summing it up with the electric and haunted cover of Bob Dylan’s « Masters Of War ». All make of this album a direct parabola where the injustice of the past and those of today’s world are but one; with, as culmination point, the song « Empty Minds & Prayers », written following the terror attacks on Paris and the world in 2015.
In addition to that, « Drifting Ashore » is also the story of an encounter, an introspection on love, with its disappointments and pains, but also an ode to life itself through the quest of an elusive ideal.
Tracklist
| 1. | Hard As They Try | 4:50 |
| 2. | Buffalo | 3:19 |
| 3. | Feathers | 3:01 |
| 4. | Damaged Goods (I Won't Settle For) | 4:15 |
| 5. | The Things We Shouldn't Say | 4:46 |
| 6. | Song To The Fisherman | 2:38 |
| 7. | Masters Of War | 5:24 |
| 8. | Drifting Ashore | 5:40 |
| 9. | Colours | 3:23 |
| 10. | Common Sound | 3:58 |
| 11. | Empty Minds & Prayers | 3:32 |
| 12. | A Better Home | 3:55 |
Credits
CrossFire is :
Allison Mareek : Vocals, Background Vocals
Etienne Prieuret : Vocals, Background Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide and Weissenborn
Jeff Ludovicus : Drums, Percussions
Thomas d'Arbigny : Bass, Double Bass
Nils De Caster : Violin, Mandolin, Lap Steel
Julien Grattard : Cello
Benoit Martin : Bass Clarinet
"Empty Minds & Prayers" Choir For Peace :
Géraldine Raquin, Laura & Emma Duquesnel-Raquin, Michel Lefebvre, Laure Becdelièvre Coll, Frank Loyen, Jeremy Taktouk, Cecile Ossieux, Lorraine Brice Akl, Jonathan Chabbey and Benoit Martin.
Produced by CrossFire.
Engineering and Mix : Thomas Demarle at Music Ô Pré Studio
Mastering : Pieter De Wagter for EQUUS Audio Mastering
Photography : pixellephoto.fr
Graphic Design : loudelorme.com
All songs written by CrossFire.
Except "Masters Of War" Written by Bob Dylan, Special Rider Music.
