Genre: Pop/Rock
For fans of: All Star United, Oasis, Keane, The Monkees, Steve Taylor
Label: Inpop Records

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"I don't know if it's uncool for someone in rock music to just be really happy, but I am." —Ian Eskelin

Remember when "happy" used to be a good thing? Back before it became chic to be "dark and moody" and the whole existential angst thing got way out of control? Well, apparently it's okay to be happy again.

Save The Humans is Ian Eskelin's first solo venture in ten years and his first release on the Inpop label. Co-producing the record in LA with the Wizardz of Oz (Avril Lavigne, Jason Mraz), Eskelin spent a good twelve months massaging the ten song project into one of the tightest and brightest alt-pop offerings in recent memory. Majestic hooks, honest sentiment, expressive instrumentation and a disarmingly upbeat outlook combine in a way that makes Save The Humans imminently original as well as immediately accessible.

"I really wanted to write a project with ten potential radio singles," Eskelin says. "I wanted it to be that musically charged and that happy. It has a bit of humor and a bit of introspection, but it never turns cynical or moody. It's very positive all the way through. That's just where I'm at in my life. I'm content. I'm eager to express my faith. I'm happy."

That happiness rides shotgun in the humorous lyrical approach of songs like "Taboo"(which challenges the PC notion that faith should be barred from the public square), "American Idle" (which asks us where our treasure really is), and the title track, "Save The Humans" (a reminder that the greatest need in the universe is in our own souls). But it finds deepest expression as a fusion of passion and contentment in the sparkling remakes of beloved hymns "The Solid Rock" and "I Love To Tell The Story," and in the soaring worship of the original praise tune "Magnify."

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