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Zac Mason-Lead Vocals, Piano/ Stephen Donley- Lead Guitar/ Andrew Luttrell, bass/Philip Sanchez, Rhythm guitar/ Michael Bjur- DrumsSalvation can come in many different guises. For some, it comes through religion –the belief in a higher strength that sustains you when you're weak and offers signswhen you're searching. For some, salvation comes through friendship –the kind of support and guidance that can only be found in people who truly know you.The members ofRun From Coverare familiar with both.They tell that story in songs that are sometimes elegiac, sometimes triumphant.It's music that recallsKeaneat their most tender, with the melodic ease ofTravis,the raw emotion ofElbowand the brilliant glow ofColdplayat their brightest.In Run FROM Cover's songs is the story of their formation – a direct and honestnarrative that finds room for both the depths of despair and the unmistakable shimmer of hope.The group's story begins -- as any good story of redemption does -- at church.The members of Run For Cover, then teenagers, were serving as the in-houseworship team for a large congregation in the Pacific Northwest, channeling theirmusical prowess and innate chemistry to rally a formidable weekly audience.Other bands build their chops in dingy bars (and then dissolve due to drinking and infighting);Run From Cover grew as musicians in the safety of A WED NIGHT church service."When you're playing in front of that many people every week, you really learn fast, becausewhen you mess up, it's really embarrassing," explains frontmanZac Mason.But while the stability of the church was valuable to the group as musicians,it wasn't long before disillusionment started creeping in. As time went on, Masondiscovered he and certain members of the church leadership were no longer seeing eye-to-eye."I ended up being really disappointed with the way organized religion could get," he explains."In the end, I knew I had to leave the church for the time being. And so, he left; he got marriedand lost contact with his old friends, going on a search for his own version of spirituality.But just a few years later, a barrage of outside pressures caused his marriage to collapse,leaving Mason adrift and out of touch with the people who had been so close to him.But that's the other thing about salvation: it has a way of finding you when you need it most."Around the time everything was at its darkest, I ran into all the guys from my old worship team," Mason recalls."All of the same things that had happened to me happened to them: the church got really controlling, and theyall ended up leaving." Lead GuitaristStephen Donleyhad himself found major parts of his life dropping out fromunder him without warning; the best friend of both drummerMichael Bjurand rhythm guitaristPhilip Sanchezdiedsuddenly and tragically, leaving behind a wife and four children. BassistAndrew Luttrellwas in the midst of a longbattle with alcohol and drugs. "We were all in this low state," Mason says, "So we started hanging out again becausewe all needed each other." Remembering their days as a church band fondly, they decided to start making music againin a different setting. The result is a collection of songs that tells the group's story without sacrificing any of the passionor conviction they perfected on the church stage.You can hear it in the taut, tense "Dangerous Way," where Mason observes a lovedone's self-destructive behavior helplessly, warning "You're coming undone in a dangerous way"as greasy guitars grind away behind him. Or in the light, breezy "Waiting on My Heart," whichsparkles like primeJamesand matches the delicacy of groups likeThe Fraynote for note.In it, Mason swears "It's your love that sets me free" – the bold declaration of someone willing togive trust another chance. That theme shows up again in the stirring lullaby "On Your Side," whichMason wrote for his girlfriend. He lets his falsetto float like a feather atop what he describesas "a big, weepy electric guitar," the whole band exercising impressive restraint and simplyallowing the song's aching melody to take center stage. This is what Run FROM Cover do best,clearing out anything extraneous and making room for the heart."When I was involved with music at church, the one thing I learned was how to build emotion.We took that same principle into the music we're making now – we're really trying to capturean emotional vibe." And more than simply stirring the heart, Mason, hopes listeners can findin their songs the same rescue and release that he and the other members of the group have found."We hope that when people hear these songs, maybe they'll hear something that relates to anissue they're going through in their lives, and they'll find release through the music.We want people to hear our songs and think, 'I've been looking for something to express that feelingthat I've been having, and this is it.' And they can grab on to music in the same way that we grabbedon to it, and they can use it to get them through whatever they're going through in their life."