THE AFTERS
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2010-04-14
THE AFTERS’ LAND SPOT ON “SECRETS OF THE MOUNTAIN” SOUNTRACK HELMED BY GRAMMY ® AWARD WINNING PRODUCER AND AMERICAN IDOL JUDGE RANDY JACKSON
Third Studio Album Light Up the Sky Set For Fall Release Date
Nashville, Tenn. April 14, 2010… The Afters’ “Never Going Back to OK” will be featured on the upcoming soundtrack of the family friendly film “Secrets of the Mountain.” Hand-picked for the soundtrack by GRAMMY ® Award winning producer and music supervisor for the film and soundtrack, Randy Jackson, The Afters’ music will be featured with the likes of Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and more on the soundtrack.<p>
To hear more about the film from Jackson, visit http://www.vocalpoint.com/secretsofthemountain/soundtrack.html. You can also check out http://www.vocalpoint.com/secretsofthemountain/home.html to watch a trailer of the film as well as find out more about their efforts to bring back family movie night.<p>
The “Secrets of the Mountain” will debut on NBC Friday April 16 at 8pm EST/7pm CST. The movie focuses on a single mother who brings her family to a mountainside cabin. The film highlights values such as generosity, honesty and togetherness.<p>
The DVD version of the film bundled with the soundtrack will be available exclusively at Walmart.<p>
The Afters are currently working on their third studio project titled Light Up the Sky set to hit retailers on Aug. 24. “This record is new and exciting territory for us,” says Josh Havens, band front man. “We're thrilled with how the songs are turning out! I hope you guys are ready to join us on this journey.”<p>
Texas-based band The Afters were propelled into the national spotlight with their INO/Sony Music Label Group debut I Wish We All Could Win. The project spawned the swirling, melodic hit “Beautiful Love,” earning the band an enthusiastic following when the song was selected as the theme track for MTV’s “8th and Ocean”. “Beautiful Love” was also the most downloaded track of 2006 on the iTunes ® Inspirational charts and garnered the band an mtvU award as well. With their debut exceeding the expectation, status quo simply would not do for their second album. It is this powerful transformation that lies at the core of The Afters’ sophomore release Never Going Back To OK (INO/Columbia Records). Among a street week hit with placement in the Top 50 on the Billboard Top 200, Never Going Back to Ok proved to be sensation on the silver screen with Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Dr. Phil, Army Wives (Lifetime) and Rachael Ray using music from The Afters’ sophomore project in promotion for their programming. A slew of media including Rolling Stone, Seventeen.com, E! News Live, TV Guide, Premiere Radio and more also picked up on covering The Afters’ latest releases as well.<p><p>
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Every year, scores of new artists get pegged as “The Next Big Thing.” Few live up to the hype. Some exceed it. Even before their album hit streets, The Afters were generating a positive buzz in the Christian music scene and beyond—buzz their debut album lives up to.
Consider: The band is the first signing on Simple Records, launched by MercyMe’s Bart Millard and producer Pete Kipley in cooperation with INO Records. They were the opening act for MercyMe and Jeremy Camp’s Undone Tour hitting 40 cities in Spring 2005, and veteran Brown Bannister and up-and-comer Dan Muckala produced their album. Their debut project was released on Epic to the general market simultaneously with the Christian release.
But it hasn’t happened overnight for these Dallas-ites. The foursome has spent seven years as an indie act, honing their Smashing Pumpkins-meets-Coldplay style rock as the house band at Dallas’ legendary hotspot The Door. They consistently packed out that club, drawing 800 plus fans to their monthly gigs and sold more than 25,000 units of their indie project. The band’s lineup includes Josh Havens on vocals, keys and guitar, Brad Wigg on bass and vocals, Marc Dodd on drums, and Matt Fuqua on guitars and vocals.
Havens and Fuqua came together to play for a missions conference at Dallas Theological Seminary. After their show earned a positive response, they graduated to a club show. They later added Wigg, who had fronted a blues band, and Dodd, who worked with the guys at Starbucks.
The band first came to Millard’s attention when they opened for MercyMe at a Halloween show in 2001, recalls Fuqua. They made an instant impression on Millard, who says, “I was really nervous to follow them because they were so amazing. They’re one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen.” Accordingly, The Afters, formerly called Blisse, were hotly sought after by several established Nashville labels when Millard came calling. Months later, they ended up signing with him.
“As a band, they represent everything we desire to be about as a label,” says Millard. Says Havens, “We really clicked with Pete and Bart. Their vision for us musically really lined up, and because they were both artist and producer, they saw more what we saw.”
Their debut, I Wish We All Could Win, draws its title from track “Someday.” Josh Havens says, “It’s about somebody close to me who turned their back on the truth. You know, we’re all in this race. We’re all trying to figure out why we’re here, and ultimately when we get to the end, there are winners and losers. I wish we all could win.”
Havens’ father passed away in November 2004, and his death after a long illness brought home to him that the brokenness we experience was not the way the world was intended. “We were not created to die, to face these things, but when we die and receive God’s grace, we’ll be restored to the way He intended it to be,” he says.
Speaking about the chiming first single, “You,” Havens said, “We should not find our identity in things of the world, but rather in Christ. If we live with Christ in us, He will give us confidence, strength and love. In difficult times, we can feel safe and secure knowing that our lives are in the hands of the very One who created us. And His love for us is greater then our minds will ever comprehend.”
Among other highlights on the album are the driving opener “Beautiful Love,” which is currently #30 on the mainstream HAC Chart, along with the blazing rocker “The Way You Are,” with its clever wordplay.
Says Havens, “We want to encourage our listeners and ourselves to live our faith out in the world every single day—not talk about it, but back it up with our life. I hope we encourage people to live for something greater than themselves.”
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