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Lift to Experience was an American indie rock band from Denton, Texas, that formed in 1996 with vocalist 
and guitarist Josh T. Pearson, drummer Andy "The Boy" Young and bassist Josh "The Bear" Browning.
When the band performed at the South by Southwest festival in 2000, they impressed Simon Raymonde 
and Robin Guthrie so much that the duo decided to sign the band to their record label, Bella Union, that 
same day. The band's characteristic sound comes from a solo guitar with heavy use of effects pedals and 
a modified Leslie speaker. The band's major work, the double-disc concept album The Texas-Jerusalem 
Crossroads, was released in 2001. The music features a multilayered Wall of Sound and feedback-driven 
aesthetic. The band was not active as such for long. Pearson has pursued a solo career, while Young 
formed a project, Western Arms, with Elbow frontman Guy Garvey. Young now has a band, The Flowers of
God, which released a four-song EP in September 2010. As of late 2011, Browning plays bass in Fort 
Worth, Texas-based shoegaze-styled band, Year of the Bear. In 2016, Lift to Experience announced a 
reunion show to take place in June as part of the Guy Garvey-curated Meltdown Festival in London. 
It will be preceded by three warm-up gigs in Texas.

The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads mixes poetic imagery with controlled feedback and emotional expression 
like few albums outside of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. It's a magnificent yet somehow subtle work of 
genius that delivers its strange message with incredible innovation and an inspiring feeling of a 
groundbreaking mission accomplished.

Disc One: Texas
01. Just as Was Told 6:43
02. Down Came the Angels 5:40
03. Falling from Cloud 9 4:33
04. With Crippled Wings 9:58
05. Waiting to Hit 5:20
06. The Ground So Soft 7:06

Disc Two: Jerusalem
01. These Are the Days 8:41
02. When We Shall Touch 4:20
03. Down with the Prophets 6:41
04. To Guard and to Guide You 5:24
05. Into the Storm 28:56