'Freedy
Johnston writes epic songs of loss & heartbreak and sings them with
unassuming earnestness, as though apologizing for intruding on a private
moment. He charmed his way into the hearts of rock critics with the opening
line from Can You Fly’s Trying to Tell You I Don’t
Know: Well, I sold the dirt to feed the band. Turned out to be true.'
-Tom Moon, Trouser Press
Freedy Johnston's songs are often open to wildly different interpretations,
but they always seem to ring true on some hidden level of the listener's
heart. From the cinematic jump-cut style of Responsible to the
metaphorical tale of love & death in Mortician's Daughter,
this second album firmly establishes Freedy's stature as one of America's
great songwriters. Can You Fly finds us privy to a rumble at
the crossroads where the Replacements, Pere Ubu, & the Mekons face
off against Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, & Tom Waits. What follows
are a few biographical notes by Freedy himself.. ..when you're done here,
listen up and take a trip inside your own piece of sky. Can you fly?