Album Notes

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – April 2, 2007 – For two years, Los Angeles indie melodic, pop/soul artist Coby Brown has worked tirelessly to complete his four song EP aptly titled Time is Now. For most musicians, that is not a huge accomplishment, but for Brown -- who spent most of his energy in chemo therapy battling Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer -- it is a miracle.

Out June 2, 2007, the disc will be released independently and available on CDBaby.com, iTunes and at shows, including his CD release party at the Hotel Café the day of release. But to Brown, it is more than a celebration of an EP but also a new start.

“I’m extremely grateful for the support friends, and family have offered over the years. I feel like I’ve been in limbo too long and I’m restless to get out and give back through my music.”

A Boston native, Coby moved to New York City where he spent a year, “forcing myself up on stage every couple of weeks until something good came out.” Forming the Coby Brown Group, he released a disc in 2001, titled Homesick and toured “a lot of places that looked like Blair Witch country.”

Splitting from his band, in 2005 he released a solo EP produced by Gregg Wattenberg (Five For Fighting, Eve 6, Chantal Kreviazuk) called Truth
Shines.

But soon Coby met a girl (his wife) and found himself in Los Angeles. “Everyone says how miserable it is in LA, but try a couple Februaries on the New York State Thruway.”

Time Is Now was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Justin Stanley (Nikka Costa) and the 11:11’s, whose mesmerizing melodies create the intimate atmosphere for Brown’s soaring, soulful vocals -- on the opening track “Man Burning Down” he pleads “Man Burning Down, Man Burning Down, It Seems That I Have Lost Control.”

Rounding out the set, “Ballerina In A Bullfight,” “Swim For Shore,” and “Dangerous” chronicle the fumblings - romantic and otherwise - of an East coast kid dodging winters out West.

For more information on COBY BROWN, please contact THINK PRESS:
Monica Hopman / (818) 291-9513 / monica@thinkpress.net

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