Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch was born on 2 July 1983, in Sedona, Arizona, and began singing at the age of three, enrolling in voice lessons at Northern Arizona University when she was eight. She received her first guitar for her 14th birthday, and after teaching herself chords, she composed her first song 'Fallen' within a week of receiving her guitar. She initially attended Sedona Red Rock High School, but finished the last two years of her high school education through home schooling so that she could focus on her music career, and to support her interests, her parents helped her book local gigs in Sedona, and later financed her independent album 'Broken Bracelet'. In December 1999, she posted two of her songs on the Rolling Stone website, which caught the attention of both pop rock band Hanson, and former Rolling Stone writer and Los Angeles record producer Jeff Rabhan, eventually leading to two gigs opening for Hanson in 2000. In June 2000, her 'Broken Bracelet' album was released on the independent record label Twin Dragon Records, and by 2001 she had signed to Maverick Records, where she began working with John Shanks to produce her major-label debut. 'The Spirit Room' was released in August 2001, and produced the hit single 'Everywhere', which was a commercial success, winning the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Viewer's Choice Award. The mainstream success of 'Everywhere' and her other singles helped propel 'The Spirit Room' to double platinum status, selling over two million copies in the United States. In 2002, Branch teamed up with Santana, alongside songwriters Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels, to produce the song 'The Game Of Love', which went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Her second major label album, 'Hotel Paper', was released in 2003, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, although it was met with mixed reviews, despite the lead single 'Are You Happy Now?' being a chart success. The following singles, however, 'Breathe' and ''Til I Get over You', did not match the first single's success, and it was at this time that she branched out into television, appearing in several shows, including 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' and 'American Dreams', and as herself in 'Charmed'. In July 2005, Branch began collaborating with her backup singer and long-time friend Jessica Harp, calling themselves The Wreckers, and released an album in 2006 that attempted to combine their respective genres or pop/rock and country. The Wreckers split in 2007, and in October Branch announced that she was working on a new solo album, to be titled 'Everything Comes And Goes', but when it eventually appeared in July 2010 it had shrunk to a six-track EP. In December 2010, she announced her return to her pop/rock roots for her album 'West Coast Time', and in early 2011 she released three previously unheard songs from the 'Everything Comes And Goes' sessions, being 'Texas In The Mirror', 'Take A Chance On Me', and 'Long Goodbye'. This meant that we now had nine of the proposed thirteen songs from the album, and so by tracking down the remaining few recordings we can piece together the full album version of 'Everything Comes And Goes' that should have appeared in 2010.
Track listing
01 This Way
02 Sooner Or Later
03 I Want Tears
04 Crazy Ride
05 Ready To Let You Go
06 Show Me A Sign
07 Long Goodbye
08 Summertime
09 Texas In The Mirror
10 I'm Not That Strong
11 Pretty Little Lyin' Eyes
12 Everything Comes And Goes
13 Take A Chance On Me
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