The Ericksons Join CBFM!

The Ericksons debut album grew out of countless late nights playing in the bars of South Brooklyn. After much urging from fellow musicians, the sisters, Bethany and Jenny, laid down the thirteen tracks making up Middle of the Night, live in a basement studio. This exquisite and haunting album showcases the duo’s soulful vocal melodies and honest songwriting. After releasing Middle of the Night to a sold out crowd at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC they took to the road touring their way back home to the Midwest.

In 2010 The Ericksons met producer and sound engineer Beau Sorenson (Death Cab for Cutie, Sparklehorse, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin) at Smart Studios in Madison, WI with a handful of new material. This trust-filled opening of The Ericksons’ transformative music to an undercurrent of rhythm and bass became the album, don’t be scared, don’t be alarmed. The result is a gift of creativity, beauty and truth that transcends musical genres. Since arriving in Minnesota, don’t be scared, don’t be alarmed has been featured on MPR’s Radio Heartland, KFAI’s Womenfolk Radio, and in MPLS/St.Paul Magazine as a Twin Cities CD of Note.
PRESS

“The Erickson sisters have a sophisticated harmonic connection.”
MPLS/St. Paul Magazine

“The sisters’ unique vocal harmonies make for music that sounds like it tumbled down from a mountain somewhere…The Ericksons cultivate a sound that is sparse and dark, a little Appalachian and a little bluegrass. Their lyrics are humble but with heart and soul, and the sisters share an impeccable intuition for melody.”
Citypages

“don’t be scared, don’t be alarmed,… immediately captures the band’s growth and creativity. The songs here receive a smart, but subtle upgrade in production and a steady dose of welcome percussion which only accentuates the honesty and poignant messages the sisters sing throughout.”
girlysounds.com

“There is something really unique about your sound…your harmonies, I’m hearing Chrissie Hynde, Grace Slick, Stevie Nicks.”
MPR/Radio Heartland

“Box of Letters, which sounds like a cheery pop tune borrowed from the Cities 97 morning programming, quietly carries a theme out of Camus’ Myth of Sisyphus without pouring a bunch of gloom and doom into the listener’s ear. “You’re glad to be alive,” they even sing.”
www.hymiesrecords.com