It’s been a little over two years since Eli Young Band released their last album, 10,000 Towns.  They also took a little time before releasing their new single, “Saltwater Gospel” off their new album, but the guys say they weren’t just sitting around doing nothing.  According to Mike Eli, “The new record’s been done for a while, we finished it back in February and so it was one of those things that over the last year while we were working on the record, it was more about finding the right moments to write music and find the right songs.”

It’s been 14 years since Eli Young Band released their self-titled debut album back in 2002, and Mike says, “I think that this is an important record for us without being cliché, they’re all important, but this record especially is an especially important one, and we wanted to make sure we found the right songs for it.”

If “Saltwater Gospel” is an indication of the kinds of songs they found for their new album, they definitely found the right songs.

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Mike Eli – “The new record’s been done for a while, we finished it back in February and so it was one of those things that over the last year while we were working on the record, it was more about finding the right moments to write music and find the right songs.  I think that this is an important record for us without being cliché, they’re all important, but this record especially is an especially important one, and we wanted to make sure we found the right songs for it.”