Album Notes

Counterfeit Sunshine, the fourth studio release by Echo Revolution, was recorded in July 2009 with Grammy Award winner Steve Churchyard (INXS, Duran Duran, Pretenders) as producer and Alan Sanderson (Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello) as engineer. An honesty comes forth from the songs. Both tracks were recorded in live takes, because the band wanted to retain the energy of the songs and give the listener all the feeling of a stage performance. The band also did not use any "pitch correction" on vocals, so that the character heard by slight imperfections could be heard and felt by the listener.

The "Counterfeit Sessions" began with the assumption that "Counterfeit" would be the B-side to "Open Your Eyes." Touring by the band in the summer of '09 showed "Open" to be the overwhelming crowd favorite live. Still, the band felt there was something special and unique about Counterfeit Sunshine. After approaching Steve Churchyard "on a whim" (as Lee Harding puts it) about the possibility of producing two songs, Churchyard took a strong liking to "Counterfeit" as well. So it was clear that both songs had their selling points - the driving live sound and soaring vocals of "Open Your Eyes" and the introspective and flowing chords and vocals of "Counterfeit Sunshine."

The two songs on Echo Revolution's "Counterfeit Sunshine" Single present a duality of the band's songwriting. At times the message of one track seems to feed the other, regardless of the order played. Perhaps, that is because of a common underlying message shared by both songs. The band thinks so. What is the message? Well, the music leaves that up to you...