Биография

On April 28th, 1992, Chris McCandless was last seen alive entering the head of the Stampede trail with minimal gear and nothing to eat except a ten pound bag of rice. McCandless donated all of his assets and left behind the comforts of everyday suburban life in hopes that the silence and loneliness of the wilderness would answer a question that had haunted him most of his life: What is true freedom? A little more than 4 months later, his body was recovered from a sleeping bag in the back of an abandoned bus weighing only 67 pounds. Since his death in the summer of 1992, McCandless has become a folk hero to many, not only for his willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice in the search for true freedom, but for his many journal entries that read more like proverbs and psalms than the last words of a dying adventurer. On his sophomore album release titled "A Ten Pound Bag of Rice," Lucas Powell loosely pursues a concept album that uses McCandless as an analogy in his own pursuit of what a life of freedom looks like. He explores his own necessary religious, spiritual, metaphysical, and relational sacrifices to experience a life free from the expectations of others. The album was recorded predominantly remotely, with all drum tracking and some instrument tracking done at Eureka Records, and features contributions from many renowned Michigan indie musicians.