Artist Info:Discography Album length: 11 tracks: 36 minutes, 4 seconds Street Date: 1999
1996 saw its good and bad occurences. The ones that come to mind are the sad exit of
the great PfR and the triumphant entrance of their brother band, Believable Picnic. Lead singer
of BP just happened to be the older brother of lead singer Joel Hanson from PfR, and coincidentally
shared a relatively similar voice. But BP wasn't (and still isn't) a PfR: The Next Generation,
and won't be, for they entered the scene with a fun modern rock sound that gathered a following
quite quickly. But shortly after their album release, the band was barely heard of, and nearly
three years passed by before anything was heard of from this 3-piece band. A new album
was scheduled for this March and before long, the release date came and went with no trace of
disc. Months passed with no sign, until...
On July 21st, the newest BP member, Nick Ayres, filled us in on their whereabouts, "As far as why
it's been so long between albums, there's a lot of story in
that too. However, once the album was finally conceived and we decided to
do it, the big hold up was distribution. Absolute [Records] had been distributed by
WCD (Warner Christian Distribution), and our album was set to drop like
March 15th, but WCD closed it's doors like 5 days before our album release.
So, since then, there has been a mad distribution scramble, and things are
just beginning to work out. In any case, we have actually seen fully
completed CDs, so in all likelihood, it should be in stores in the next two
weeks."
Since then, we got our paws on a copy of this Picnic's 2nd helping and after many listens, have realized
the album was worth the wait. This modern rock disc stretches the boundaries of different styles for one
album with everything from killer modern rock ("Shed My Skin") to 70s music ("Easy Chair") to Beach-Boyish surfer
music ("Ride the Wave"). 'Fun' sums up this album with the bouncy "New Year's Eve," to the songs that repeat like
broken records through your head like "Little Ditty @ 108bpm" or "Easy Chair."
Welcome to the Future is one of the best albums this summer and is a must to
check out for all music fans (BP lovers and non alike!)
Record Label: Absolute Records
