3. Advent

Fehlt euch noch die richtige Musik um euch in Weihnachtsstimmung zu versetzten? Ich hab sie gefunden. Da fühlt man sich gleich viel Weihnachtlicher...

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"It’s impossible to separate the music of Andrew McMahon from the tragedy of cancer. Andrew might have never touched a piano if it weren’t for losing his uncle to the disease. “I was really young when I first started writing poetry, maybe nine,” the singer explains. “A couple of weeks after my uncle’s passing, a friend showed me a couple of chords on the piano. Two weeks later, I had my first song. I started my career at a very young age—with songs about death.”

His career quickly took off. He fronted Something Corporate, a piano-driven alt-rock outfit that inked a record deal when the vocalist was just 19, released two albums in as many years and then went on hiatus after burning out on a relentless touring schedule. Andrew then turned his attention to a solo project under the moniker Jack’s Mannequin, which took a step away from songs about high school girls and rivalries that marked Something Corporate.

Just months after completing Jack’s Mannequin’s major label debut, Everything in Transit, the demon that was the catalyst for Andrew’s songwriting returned—this time taking up residence in his own veins. Andrew was diagnosed with Leukemia. In a very strange twist, the album was released on the same day that Andrew received a life-saving stem cell transplant from his sister Katie."


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