Describing themselves as indie-folk, National Park Radio have slowly and determinedly been building their profile since being formed by husband and wife duo, Stefan and Kerrie Szabo. Having roots in the Ozark Mountains has meant that the band are more than adept at using America’s many and varied landscapes as metaphors for age-old human conditions and challenges. ‘Canyons’ is National Park Radio’s first full-length album in over five years. Moreover, in 2022 the band’s fans raised $60,000 to enable them to go to Nashville to record their songs with a fully developed sound, rather than their previous DIY approach. They spent their money with Nashville-based producer Nick Bullock and ‘Canyons’ is the result. Existing fans of the band will probably have heard most or all of the songs on the album because each track has been released as a single prior to the full album’s formal release.
National Park Radio state their manifesto from the get-go with the opening track and lead single, ‘Wander’, which is about the journey and not necessarily the destination. The sound echoes the current-day sounds of Mumford And Sons, but there is also a more timeless older element to the voices of the Szabos riding on top of drums, bass, piano, keyboards and a hint of banjo. From: https://americana-uk.com/national-park-radio-canyons
