"Past Life Crashing” signals his triumphant return to music after finally
sifting through the wreckage of the last two or more years of personal turmoil
and wrestled with enough demons to fuel this impressive body of work. The album
is a privileged look into the mind of an artist who journeyed to a dark place,
smoldered underground and returned victorious. This is the third album from
Herring and brings together elements of his alt. country Texan roots with
nuances of classic 60s rock and the in-your-face emotive essence of punk.
Bitingly honest, insightful and emotionally evocative, Past Life Crashing
conveys certain urgency in its description of life - songs about disintegrating
relationships, booze fueled lament and the search for emotional sobriety - all
drenched in Herring’s marked reverb laden guitar crunch.
Rife with song rewrites, production changes and misspent studio time, Past Life
Crashing took a little over 2? years to finish. What came out of those years is
an album that proves once again that to achieve true clarity in the midst of
self-destruction one must invariably hit bottom. What came out from this
clarity is a certain genius that only a true artist can capture, and Collin
Herring captures that genius flawlessly on Past Life Crashing. This wondrous
creation of sounds is sprung from the all-star collection of musicians and
producers working on the album including: Collin Herring (guitar/vocals), Ben
Roi Herring (pedal steel/backup vocals), Ken Coomer (drums) Audley Freed
(electric guitar) and Andrew Duplantis (bass guitar). The 11 tracks from this
immensely talented alt. country/alt. rock singer-songwriter will weld themselves
into your psyche, and cement Collin Herring’s position as one of the preeminent
songwriters of our time.
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