Биография

From 2005 until 2011, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Russo (together with alumni from Interpol, Mercury Rev, and a supporting cast of New York’s finest), put out four albums of sublimely beautiful songs. There was debut The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused which The Times of London called “a great hope of 2006,” and in which The New York Times saw “Brian Wilson’s legacy shimmering through.” Sophomore album Of Stars and Other Somebodies was, according to The Guardian, full of “bewitching, lush, orchestral beauty” that would “leave you craving more." And MOJO magazine described follow-up But You’ve Always Been The Caretaker as “a near-perfect neo-psychedelic wonder.” Afterward, Russo decided to take a much-needed break. He moved from Brooklyn into a house in the Catskills Mountains with pine trees and a pond. His wife gave birth to their first child. He reconnected with the place he was born and where his family still lives today. The truth is, The League’s geography was always misleading. While Justin was physically living in NYC, his heart was always upstate; The music of the Silent League was always the sound of the Catskills. And so, in a peculiar way, they’ve come back home. And what a homecoming. Some Things Go Missing (together with B-side First Train), the 1st single to appear in 8 years, is a melancholic ballad full of warm strings, lush guitar, and more mature vocals, but which retains the lyrical honesty of the earlier albums. - Alex Hannaford