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This is Liberation Prophecy's first video. It is entitled, "Let's Not Pretend," stemming from a late winter living room conversation over Darjeeling tea. "Let's Not Pretend" is an evenhanded collaboration between two artists, Will Oldham, (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Jacob Duncan, composer for Liberation Prophecy. Liberation Prophecy is a pioneering ensemble in cross-genre composition and improvisational music. Over the years it has undergone constant evolution. Beginning in the late 1990s, Liberation Prophecy was a small avant-garde jazz group. During performances members would be hidden around the room creating stories and soundscapes for a few unassuming listeners. Early on, Liberation Prophecy meant jazz and abstract musical expressionism. As the LP collective moved from Louisville to Texas to Brooklyn, NY, it grew. After acquiring a singer, the ensemble began to tackle original songs, as well. Their serious and humorous first release from 2006, "Last Exit Angel" (which featured vocalists Amber Estes and Grammy award-winner, Nora Jones) explored the ideas of existentialism and the darkness of reality.
Now, with their upcoming new release, "Invisible House," the Liberation Prophecy collective has taken an evolutionary new turn. With Carly Johnson at the vocal helm, the ensemble sings and compositionally breathes by not defining an end or a beginning, but by a constant connection that sees and engages in love everywhere. The songs and compositions have a depth which is rooted in tradition and the songbooks of the world, but extend forward beyond trend, genre, and immediate culture and society. The stories of Liberation Prophecy do not strain to invent a moment, but bask in the moment which is already there via the tools of collaborative beauty, and a reveling in the confusion of what is and who and how we are being. 

Carly Johnson-Our Lady of Song
Jacob Duncan-composer/flute
Steve Goode-clarinet
Chris Fortner-trombone
Kris Eans-trumpet
MIchael Hyman- Drums
Craig Wagner-guitar
Chris Fitzgerald- Double Bass