ARTIST: Herman Jolly
TITLE: Bunker Life
LABEL: Citrus to Citrus/Fortune Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 183kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 27m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-06-11
RIP DATE: 2007-06-04
Track List
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1. Key On A Kite 1:53
2. 1,000,000 Feet Below 2:48
3. Negative Blues 3:07
4. Sewer Train 2:34
5. Yesterday 1:41
6. Glowing Wires 2:19
7. Days Are Long 3:03
8. Candy Stairs 3:42
9. Get Dizzy 2:38
10. Captainette 3:40
Release Notes:
Herman Jolly is a Northwest Prodigal Son. Having had his taste of the bigtime
with his band Sunset Valley back in the late 90's, headling big shows and living
the rock star life got tiresome for Jolly and he moved to Montana with his wife
and child, as any authentic WIlle Nelson type would do. Settling down there e
continued to make records and release them at his own pace, occasionally
regrouping with Sunset Valley for a show or new recording here and there, Jolly
knew that the music business would welcome him back when he was ready, and it
has.
His new record Bunker Life may be best represented by the song Negative Blues.
Known for his skill with wordplay, Jolly is relentlessy good at it and will
always leave you with a gem or to think about long after you heard the song.
Lyrics like "harbor a grudge, my walk is a trudge, my harbor is sludge" trick
your mind, paint a little picture, and almost always give the listener something
to relate to. Bunker Life is an interesting record in that Jolly can't keep the
New Wave element out of his music - the early Elvis Costello, the Pixies - but
as a "bedroom" record those influences are coming through in a sort of lo-fi
way, a distorted microphone, a dirty guitar, but direct pop songs coming through
just fine anways.