Hearken to Two New Eric Johnson Songs

Eric Johnson launched two new songs, one every from a pair of albums he’ll put out on July 29.

The instrumental piece “Soundtrack Life” is taken from The Ebook of Making, whereas “Yesterday Meets Right this moment” is the title tune of the different LP.

Each songs could be heard beneath.

Johnson stated he spent his lockdown “trip” exploring his archive of partially written materials, ensuing within the completion of items that span 25 years of his artistic historical past. Noting that “Soundtrack Life” had been round since 2017, he defined that “it feels like basic me, I feel what folks would possibly count on from me. … Whereas a few of the different stuff is just a little off the crushed path, it’s at all times been in my coronary heart and in my repertoire since I used to be a child. However that does not essentially imply folks affiliate that with me.”

The recordings he discovered, he famous, had been a mixture of skilled productions, “scratch tapes” and “rehearsal recordings on cassette.” The expertise of working them up into 18 full songs led him to suppose. “As life’s street over the past couple of years has been unpredictable for all of us, I actually consider it results in a brighter street of potentialities,” he stated. He expressed hope that the “ideas, aspirations and revelations I had in making this undertaking will assist make my future music as emotionally optimistic and uplifting as I can.”

You may see the observe listings for each albums beneath.

The Ebook of Making and Yesterday Meets Right this moment are each out there for pre-order in quite a lot of codecs and bundles. Johnson has additionally introduced an in depth U.S. tour working from Feb. 11 to Oct. 12, 2023.

Hear Eric Johnson’s ‘Soundtrack Life’

Hear Eric Johnson’s ‘Yesterday Meets Right this moment’

Eric Johnson, ‘The Ebook of Making’ Observe Itemizing
1. “Soundtrack Life”
2. “Floating By means of This World”
3. “Love Will By no means Say Goodbye”
4. “Greater Than My Life”
5. “Simply To Be With You”
6. “To Be Alive”
7. “One other One Like You”
8. “My Religion in You”
9. “A Thousand Miles”

Eric Johnson, ‘Yesterday Meets Right this moment’ Observe Itemizing
1. “Transfer On Over”
2. “Yesterday Meets Right this moment”
3. “It’s Simply the Rain”
4. “Maha”
5. “Maintain On To Love”
6. “Sitting on Prime of the World”
7. “Dorsey Takes a Day Off”
8. “JVZ”
9. “Till We Meet Once more”