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The Bunker Stories

by Country Code

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Shipwreck 03:13
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2.
Raven 02:26
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3.
Stranger Again 02:48
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4.
Morning Rain 03:19
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5.
Promised Land 04:48
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6.
You Keep My Love A Waitin' 02:25
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7.
Days 03:34
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8.
Why Even Love Me At All 03:10
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Country Code came to life in 2012, drawing on the members’ shared commitment to create an honest sound with few flourishes or filler that even allows for an errant note here or there if need be. Following April Recordings from 2013 and 1751 released in 2014, The Bunker Stories is an all-acoustic collection of original, previously unreleased material, each song manifestly a product of the times in its musing on the dissonance of our world and untold tribulations of just being here, now. This debut set opens with ‘Shipwreck’, a spirited ode to the ever-beckoning siren song of desire; ‘Raven’ follows as a lively interlude about the malice among boastful rivals; ‘Stranger Again’ is a mournful ballad on the hollowed routines of a backstairs liaison; ‘Morning Rain’ is another brooding refrain on the abandon of infidelity; ‘Promised Land’ is a somber serenade to those fleeing a devastated Aleppo in search of refuge somewhere beyond the borders of their homeland; ‘You Keep My Love A Waitin’ is pure country dirge, a barbed rebuff to unrequited love; ‘Days’, written on the very day of Donald Trump’s election, is a moody hymn to the pretenses of the post-factual era; ‘Why Even Love Me At All’ concludes the set, a bitter love song questioning the resolve of a worn relationship. With these stories told, Country Code will soon go underground once more,burning the midnight oil until that key, tempo, and style fits that mood, that vocal, and that lyric. And even though all is calm in the Bunker Studio for the moment, there will surely be plenty more fallout where this sound came from.

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released December 22, 2016

Recorded between March and December 2016
at „The Bunker“– Studios, Zurich, Switzerland.
Recorded, mixed and produced by Christoph Maurer,
kitCHentable PROductions, Zurich.
Microphone engineering and acoustic sound design by Andrew Whiteside,
Schlossberg Studios, Wädenswil, ZH.
Mastered by Michael Venia,
Soundmixology Studios, San Luis Obispo, CA.

All songs written by Cary Siress except "Why even love me at all written by Cary Siress and Christoph Maurer. All songs arranged and performed by Country Code.
Martina Imlig: Cello
Cary Siress: Vocals, Guitars
Andrew Whiteside: Vocals
Christoph Maurer: Vocals, Guitars, Blues Harp, Keys

©2016 by Country Code. All rights reserved.

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Cary Siress and Andrew Whiteside met while studying in NYC in 1989. Nights playing acoustic music evolved into a collaboration that spans four countries and more than twenty-five years. In 2002, Christoph Maurer met the two in Switzerland, merging his musical background into what became a trio devoted to acoustic Americana. In 2016, Martina Imlig added cello to the group's acoustic signature. ... more

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