Common Children

Common Children was a Christian alternative rock band formed in Arkansas in 1995 by Marc Byrd, Drew Powell, and Hampton Taliaferro.

With new bandmate and producer Andrew Thompson, Common Children released their final album, The Inbetween Time, in 2001.

[3] Common Children's performance at the 1995 Cornerstone Festival caught the attention of members of The Choir and producer Gene Eugene.

[14] In addition to Christian themes like sin and the body of Christ,[2][13] the album explores suffering, including ending relationships.

[15] To support the album, Common Children toured with Eric Champion, Everybodyduck, and Rich Young Ruler.

[19][20] Stylistically, The Inbetween Time is a departure from Common Children's earlier music in that it features a more atmospheric shoegaze sound, with delayed guitars and ethereal vocals.

[8][4][11] Some reviewers wrote that it built on the style of Delicate Fade, particularly the song "Absence of Light" which they compared to "Stains of Time".

[21][20][4][19] After The Inbetween Time, Thompson and Byrd continued to explore atmospheric sounds through their ambient music project, Hammock.