Mynd Reader Goes For A ‘Sunday Drive’
Mynd Reader released their new EP Sunday Drive, a six-song acoustic EP pairing reworked songs from their self-titled debut with new material. With the EP, they’ve also released a new music video for focus-track “Soundtrack of Life,” an upbeat, soulful track preaching that life’s soundtrack goes on and on, while delving deeper into the themes of mortality and celebration through music.
Mynd Reader is a roots-rock band featuring acclaimed drummer and band leader, now deft songwriter, Brian Sachs. Sachs’ remarkable second-act story fuels every song, a second chance that is justly deserved.
Sachs’s near-miss at success with 1990s New York band The Authority, followed by decades away from music — gives the songs their weight. Sachs rediscovered his creative calling decades later, and with Mynd Reader is proving it’s never too late for the redemption of rock and roll.
Brian Sachs shared,“This EP came about completely unexpectedly. We never expected to be writing and playing music… after walking away from music for 25 years, Tonin and I came together just because of our love of music. Neither of us were songwriters and we never had any intention of writing songs… simply creating for the joy of creation… and much to our surprise, songs started arriving, telling the story of Love, Joy, Fear, Loss and Loneliness… and what connects us in our humanity. We both never dreamed any of this was possible… Sunday Drive is proof that it’s never too late to come home.”
On focus-track “Soundtrack of Life,” Sachs continued,“I have so many songs in my life that have become my best friends, and they will remain after I’m gone, telling the soundtrack of my life. This song is about the soundtrack of each of our lives and the songs that are always there for us.”
The new EP marks a rare event: a legendary mixing engineer in the form of Michael Brauer (The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, My Morning Jacket) produced and mixed the project.
Mynd Reader previously released singles “Still Uncertain” and “Straight on Through,” already gaining support from American Songwriter, Songs Behind The Music, New Noise Magazine and more.
The band is playing upcoming shows including stops in Boulder, Chicago and more. Further information and tickets can be found at https://www.myndreadermusic.com/tour