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HEARTS AND STARS NO GREATER SKY

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No Greater Sky recently claimed the title of 2007 Unity Fest Artist Ovation winner. As the highest rated band in the online fan voting stage, the band moved on to the final round where they were chosen as overall winning artist by Word Records. The win earned them two prime stage spots at Unity Fest in Muskegon, Michigan, including an opening slot on the Main Stage, playing with artists including Newsboys, Sanctus Real, MercyMe, Casting Crowns, Jars of Clay and Nevertheless.

During the summer of 2006, their loop-heavy ear-catcher "Take Me Away (of Sonnets and Snowflakes)" was picked up for the August rotation at an Indiana regional rock station. During the first month of airplay, the song jumped twenty spots (48 to 28) in the station’s

listener request chart. Four months in, no greater sky climbed another nine spots and remained a top song on the station’s playlist. September 2006 saw the song featured in Europe on bigFM's "LA Music Pipeline," a weekly radio show featuring the best independent artists out of the United States.

No greater sky's debut full-length album "HEARTS & STARS" has been met with praise from fans both old and new. It was co-produced by Mark Pay (also produced Island/Def Jam artist Jon McLaughlin's first two albums) and band member Curt Anderson, engineered by Grammy Award winner Ronnie Brookshire (Rob Thomas, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman), and mixed and mastered by Grammy Award winner Chad Evans (Gaither Vocal Band). Creativity runs rampant on the album, giving listeners a diverse, genre-blending sound.

With songs like "Lift Your Gaze," Anderson shows a little bit of his lazy hip-hop flow on an atmospheric bed of sound, as "I Step Into You"explores a more jazz-influenced pop sound, while "Awake, My Cherished" begs

listeners to sing along at the top of their lungs. No Greater Sky have sought to give their listeners a passionate blend of musical creativity and pop/rock accessibility. With the foundation of Hubbard's crafty drumming and Byron's driving bass, Ande rson and

Lloyd's catchy guitar, piano, and vocal writing takes full-shape. Their euphony blends luscious, yet aggressive layers of sound with catchy hooks and poetic lyricism reaching beyond the commonalities of the pop/rock genre to create sounds for every age listener.

"We really want to engage people with our music," said Anderson. "Sure, we want it to be catchy--we want our songs stuck in people's heads at school, work, in the car, on the plane, in the space shuttle--but with that, we also strive to give our listeners some lyrical and musical substance. Hopefully

something they aren't hearing in every other band they listen to."

TRACK LIST

1 Silhouettes

2 Worthless Desire

3 Lift Your Gaze

4 For the Fight

5 Awake, My Cherished

6 Step Into You

7 As I Write You

8 A Pastel Sunset

9 Take Me Away

10 Love Doesn't Die