Edwin McCain Catches A Second Honeymoon With A 'Scream and Whisper'

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 18, 2004 -- Edwin McCain Catches A Second Honeymoon With A 'Scream and Whisper'



Edwin McCain's new album, Scream and Whisper, catches him on a second honeymoon. It's a group of songs that arrived while he was falling in love with music all over again, and thus finds him renewing his vows with his life's passion.

If not lyrically, that's what this album is all about spiritually for McCain. His first proper studio release since the end of a long tenure at Lava/Atlantic Records, Scream and Whisper was created at a time when the Greenville, South Carolina, singer/songwriter was at a crossroads both personally and professionally.

Over 10 years with Lava, McCain tasted life at the top, racking up platinum and gold albums on the backs of such popular singles as "Solitude" and "I'll Be." As he experienced life as a hitmaker, McCain also eventually saw his spirit and enthusiasm for making records ground up in the gears of the bigtime music biz.

As he became more and more disappointed with how little the business at that level actually had to do with music itself

In its positivism and more so in its spirit, Scream and Whisper documents that awakening, that realization. It finds McCain and his longtime bandmates playing with perhaps more conviction than they've displayed in years. I approach the rest of my musical life like it belongs to no one but me and my guys, the guys that committed 10 years of their lives to me," McCain says.

And Scream and Whisper belongs to those guys more than perhaps any of McCain's previous five albums. In addition to tracks penned solely by McCain, the new album includes songs written or co-written by guitarist Larry Chaney and new guitarist Pete Riley (formerly of Treehouse). As a result, the album is a real affirmation of how much of a true band he and his brothers in arms have become, McCain says, noting, "It's so special to be able to share this gift with them."

On album opener "Coming Down," McCain sings about his struggles over the past few years, and about regaining his career and spiritual footing: "I'm just glad to be here/And most of all I'm thankful I'm alive." If you didn't already know, you wouldn't necessarily pick up on exactly what the song is documenting. "Turning Around" also carefully touches on his personal reinvention.

Provided by the MusicDish Network. Copyright � Tag It 2004 - Republished with Permission



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