No Resolutions is both fact and fiction. The song is just one piece in the cohesive narrative that is Lake Effect, but it's is a particularly personal one for me. The song was inspired by my own problems with addiction, more specifically how isolating it can be during the holidays when almost every social engagement is based around excess. For the main character in Lake Effect, No Resolutions is his rock bottom, his moment of reckoning where he's decided to do whatever he has to do to get better, even if it means cutting off the people he cares about most.
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released February 2, 2018
Lake Effect was recorded and mixed by Charles Huber at Drifting Sun Studios
Produced by JD Wright & Charles Huber
All songs written by JD Wright
JD Wright: Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Harmonica, Keys
Alex Errington: Guitars
Cory Fuller: Bass
Drums: Jordan VonZynda
JD Wright, at face value, lives the life of your typical American man—a librarian who resides just outside of Detroit, Michigan with his wife and dog. However, his music breeds as much experience and storytelling elements as the books he spends his time tending. Wright experienced his upbringing in Northern Michigan, often cold, isolated, and with little cultural advancement, but through the years shifted the dynamic entirely to playing in Detroit rock bands for the better part of the last decade. In his time off, JD Wright revisited his hometown in the more desolate part of the state and spawned the idea of his latest solo project, which tackles the harsh, ugly, and unforgiving realities of the opioid epidemic in a place that is so beautiful on the surface. ‘Lake Effect,’ Wright’s debut as a solo artist backed by musicians from local rock and punk outfits, is a cohesive collection of 8 songs that form a compelling and enticing narrative. Recorded in Winter 2017 in Ferndale, Michigan, ‘Lake Effect’ is due to be released in Spring 2018 through Save Your Generation Records. (Chris Freeman)
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