Christian Beach, a longtime fixture of the New Jersey music scene, today released a new studio version of his song “Paper Ships” as a standalone single, which is available for streaming or download at ChristianBeach.net along with an accompanying music video. “I wrote ‘Paper Ships’ after reading a short story by Anton Chekhov, but it was so long ago I don’t even recall which one it was,” said Beach. “I wanted to write in a style that resembled Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ where the character in a song symbolizes various states of the human condition, including love, love lost, birth, re ..read more

Artwork by Jenny Jaybles UPDATED: Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET Christian Beach will once again take part in BlowUpRadio.com‘s annual Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. The three-day event takes place Friday, October 13, through Sunday, October, 15, on BlowUpRadio.com and consists of over 30 artists performing virtual live sets throughout the weekend. Beach will perform a live set that can be heard on BlowUp Radio on Sunday, October 15, at 1:30 p.m. ET. The full artist lineup and performance schedule can be found here. In addition, Beach has contributed a ..read more

Beach offering 35% off his entire Bandcamp discography from April 7-10 DoubleLife EP (2020) Christian Beach, a longtime fixture of the New Jersey music scene, is celebrating the third anniversary of the release of his DoubleLife EP by offering fans (a little over) a third off his discography available on Bandcamp from Friday, April 7, through Monday, April 10. April 7 is another Bandcamp Friday, when the music distribution service waives its revenue share to help support artists, while April 10 marks the date DoubleLife was released in 2020. The six-track DoubleLife EP represented Beach’s firs ..read more

Christian Beach will once again take part in BlowUpRadio.com‘s annual “Banding Together” benefit webathon for the Spondylitis Association of America. The three-day virtual music festival takes place Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October, 18, and consists of over 50 live performances, which — this year — have been pre-recorded at the artists’ homes or at rehearsal spaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Christian’s live set can be heard Saturday, October 17, at 6:05 p.m. ET on BlowUpRadio.com. In addition, Christian has contributed the previously unreleased track, “Stuff We Don’t Use,” to an ..read more

4-track collection marks Beach’s first release of new music since 2020’s DoubleLife EP Direct and Free EP artwork (photo by Christian Beach; design by Brian Kelley) Christian Beach, a longtime fixture of the New Jersey music scene, today announced a release date for his new EP, Direct and Free, and posted a video for the previously released single “Richard Bandler,” which is now widely available on most streaming/download platforms at ChristianBeach.net.  Direct and Free will be released Feb. 25, 2022. The 4-song collection marks Beach’s first release of completely new material since 20 ..read more

Christian Beach will once again take part in BlowUpRadio.com‘s annual Banding Together benefit webathon for the Spondylitis Association of America. The three-day virtual music festival takes place Friday, October 15, through Sunday, October, 17, and consists of over 40 artists performing 30-minute virtual live sets throughout the weekend. Beach’s live set can be heard at 2:45 pm ET on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. In addition, Beach has contributed a previously unreleased track, “The New Brigade,” to an exclusive compilation available to those who donate at least $10 to the Spondylitis Association o ..read more

“Missing Link” by Christian Beach Christian Beach has released an official music video for “Missing Link,” the third single off his recently released album, Basement Noise. “The song began as an experiment in lyric writing,” said Beach. “I was reading an article in a songwriting magazine about breaking down various rhyming schemes in a way that causes tension in the listener, so that’s really how ‘Missing Link’ came about.” The video was shot at the Abbott Marshlands at Roebling Memorial Park just outside Trenton in Hamilton Township (Mercer County), N.J. Featured prominently are the remains ..read more