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Ryan Bingham began writing songs when he was 17 to get away from his troubled Texan home life. The escape transformed from emotional to literal as soon as he figured out a way to sustain himself. And now, with touring and recordings chops and a mantel full of awards, the 31-year old Bingham finds himself, in many ways, back at the beginning with his most recent album, Tomorrowland. Tomorrowland contains plenty of the pliant acoustic guitar work that has marked Bingham’s previous studio sets, but expands his musical landscape exponentially: Guitars howl into keyboards and drums stomp against strings, all bolstered by Bingham’s jagged, weather-beaten vocals.