When North Carolinian songwriter Jeremy Squires started production on his new album Hymnal, it became apparent that a big to-do would only get in the way of the words and melodies he’d written. “These songs are true stories that I wanted to tell without any clutter,” says Squires, who recorded his parts at his home studio and sent them over to violinist and vocalist Autumn Rose Brand to add her contributions. Done and done.
What sounds like a simple process, though, is anything but. The events, trials, and tribulations that led up to Hymnal center around his dissolving marriage, and the music, reflecting the subject matter, is scaled back compared to his previous full-length efforts.
