Comes Undone, by Ryan Costello

Comes Undone

by Ryan Costello

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1.	Light Me a Candle 04:18	buy track
2.	Setting Sun 04:07	buy track
3.	The Jordan 06:49	buy track
4.	Wave a Weary Flag 04:10	buy track
5.	War (feat. Janine Bracewell) 04:24	buy track
6.	The Fire 04:12	buy track
7.	Lament of a Cityboy 02:23	buy track
8.	Let Me Hold You Close 04:22	buy track
9.	Job's Song 04:52	buy track
10.	Comes Undone (feat. Kelly Morris) (free) 04:59	download
11.	Western Sky 03:42	buy track
12.	Overcome 03:48	buy track
13.	Abide With Me 04:50	buy track
14.	River 02:56	buy track

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Comes Undone is an album born of pain and struggle. In 2013 Ryan Costello, former lead singer of FL indie-folk band The Oaks, was diagnosed with a health condition, the effects of which had been building for the last year. That diagnosis was the beginning of a descent into a personal darkness. Unable to write, or even play guitar without pain, it seemed as if everything valued was lost.

Slowly, over the next few years, Costello began to climb out of that hole and even write music again in late 2016. Comes Undone is about that slow climb. The songs delve into loss (Setting Sun), fracturing relationships (War, Wake Me Up), reconciling faith and suffering (The Fire, Job's Song), and even the attraction of suicide (The Jordan). Some songs, like Setting Sun, were recorded within an hour of being written, two microphones and a raw capture of immediacy of emotion in one take.

Comes Undone combines this raw lyrical honesty with Costello's melancholic and at times complicated acoustic guitar, banjo, and mandolin riffs. Featuring Greg Willson on baritone and alto saxophone and Jason Morris on drums, the arrangements are underpinned with jazz chordal elements, atmospheric synths, and echoing electric guitars. Mournful, but at times hopeful, the album is a journey from darkness into faint glimmers of light.

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released July 31, 2017

Featuring:
Greg Willson - baritone and alto sax, mandolin
Jason Morris - drums
Kelly Morris - backing vocals
Janine Bracewell - duet (on War)
Brittany Ranew - backing vocals

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Ryan Costello Olympia, Washington

Ryan Costello is the former lead singer of FL indie-folk band the OaKs. His solo albums weave folk, jazz, and indie elements to mine themes of contemplation, loss, regret, and ultimately hope.

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