Southern roots and big-band vibes meet with brutally honest, emotive song-writing – Atlanta’s Jordan Asher Armstrong rebrands as The Great Lands, and the music speaks volumes.
Soaring rhythms and a beautifully bright sense of identity light up the Americana honesty and uplift of The Great Lands – an aptly titled and boldly contemplative new project, driving with unstoppable passion and musical precision united.
Inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Band, Son Volt, The Jayhawks, Counting Crowes, and Bill Mallonee (just to name a few) The Great Lands offers hints of familiarity, but ultimately presents a refreshingly genuine twist on classic songwriting. Fearless in topic and promising vulnerability to a deeply moving degree, balancing pensive contemplations with outright rock and roll vibrancy, The Great Lands inject a heartfelt touch of personal turmoil and musical brilliance alike into the contemporary Americana scene.
Backed by a clear desire to face and understand the complexities of human emotion, of loss and, ultimately, hope, The Great Lands provides a powerful outlet for Jordan; an exhilarating and musically pristine look at expression and human depth alike. This is rock and roll with meaning, songs that connect, from an artist with a mighty sense of purpose and power to his sound.
For a limited time The Great Lands is giving away the latest single from the most recent album. Just enter your name and email address a little further up on this page and you will be immediately sent the download link to the free tracks.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT The Great Lands
Mark Druery (of IndieShark)
"He (Jordan Armstrong) has an undeniable soulfulness. It helps underline the wealth of specific detail in the lyrics but this song (Down The Line from the EP 1400 Piedmont), as well as others, sparkles in part thanks to his balance between such details and well-chosen generalities."
Garth Thomas (of Hollywood Digest)
"It isn’t often I can write I’ve heard and reviewed someone I can say, with great confidence, will one day be enormously popular thanks to their music. That popularity builds each day and another release like The Great Lands’ 1400 Piedmont will bring them wider notice than they’ve ever known."
Cleopatra Patel (of Big Celebrity Buzz)
"The songs are intensely personal, without question, but never obscure and the EP (1400 Piedmont) is his musical invitation to accompany him on the journey ahead. You will not regret accepting it."
