If you saw 11-member symphonic pop group Mount Righteous do its thing outside the Palladium before Quick's Big Thing, you know how exciting it is to get to hear an unreleased track from the group's forthcoming CD.

When the Music Starts comes out June 6, and was recorded over a two-day period in March at the Oak Cliff studio of producer John Congleton (frontman for the Paper Chase). Band spokesman and guitarist Justin Spike told me on the phone today that Congleton and the players tried their best to capture Mount Righteous' unplugged, marching-band vibe in the recordings.

"We recorded the instruments live, all together, one day, and then did the vocals live the next day," Spike said. "And John set up some ambient mics to get those big room sounds."

The track, you're about to hear seems fitting as a sort-of thesis statement for the band's musical mission. "At least for how this album will be, the song gets at how we are all about community and the power of friendship. And positivity," Spike said.

Mount Righteous, "The Feeling You Bring":

Mount Righteous leaves for a U.S. tour on Thursday and will be back to play KTCU's The Good Show June 1 and a CD release concert with Fishboy at Rubber Gloves in Denton on June 6.

P.S.: Thanks to Cindy at Fine Line for turning us all onto this band months ago.

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