13 or So People Who Need Chances

Chicago Reader
"...Vollmar's boyish voice has a quality that lends the tunes fragility...yearning for the next image."

Product Description:
Vollmar is from Bloomington by way of West Virginia. He’s made an album of obvious songs (recorded at home) with obvious sounds (recorded elsewhere). At the same time less and more than his first record, "13 Or So People In Need Of Chances" is an exercise in traditional folk-song storytelling with contemporary structural elements. Sounds narrate the songs and direct the listener into new settings while allowing Vollmar to create pieces that are both surreal and expressionistic. Musically, he sounds simultaneously old (Donovan or Townes Van Zandt) and new (Warn Defever or The Microphones). Structurally, the record has more in common with the experimental films of Stan Brakhage or Hollis Frampton than with any particular musical artist of our time. And like J.D. Salinger’s 9 Stories, each of the songs is about separate people who collectively make a family of sorts; 12 songs exploring 13 or so characters’ weaknesses, vulnerabilities and sensitivities in search of! some glimmer of light.

13 or So People Who Need Chances,Justin Vollmar,Bluesanct Music,Folk,Pop,Rock

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13 or So People Who Need Chances Justin Vollmar Manufacturer: Bluesanct Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002PMF56 Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Who Have You Never Spoken With (Spilled Upon The Ground)
2. Dove For Sale
3. A Widow
4. Beside The Sea From You And Me
5. Lover, Won't You Bring Those Berries
6. Instrumental (Nothing's Different)
7. William, Go Away
8. A Man Talking To His Dog
9. Henry's Unprepared
10. Daisy's Out Of Line
11. Joseph And Rosemary
12. Lucy Of The Blue Hills

Album Description

Vollmar is from Bloomington by way of West Virginia. He's made an album of obvious songs (recorded at home) with obvious sounds (recorded elsewhere). At the same time less and more than his first record, "13 Or So People In Need Of Chances" is an exercise in traditional folk-song storytelling with contemporary structural elements. Sounds narrate the songs and direct the listener into new settings while allowing Vollmar to create pieces that are both surreal and expressionistic. Musically, he sounds simultaneously old (Donovan or Townes Van Zandt) and new (Warn Defever or The Microphones). Structurally, the record has more in common with the experimental films of Stan Brakhage or Hollis Frampton than with any particular musical artist of our time. And like J.D. Salinger's 9 Stories, each of the songs is about separate people who collectively make a family of sorts; 12 songs exploring 13 or so characters' weaknesses, vulnerabilities and sensitivities in search of! some glimmer of light.

Music Album:

1. 1981-1984 [Import]
2. 1981-83-Eponymous [Extra tracks] [Import]
3. A Whisper
4. Australia Aquaria
5. Bad Daze
6. Basement Monkey
7. Beatitude: Harp Music for Christian Meditation
8. Beginner's Guide to American Roots [Import]
9. Bodjal
10. Call the Question

Music Album