ARTiST: The Deep Vibration
ALBUM: Vera Cruz
BiTRATE: 195kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Dualtone Records
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 30.29 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 21min 01sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-10-31
STORE DATE: 2008-10-21
Track List:
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01. Oklahoma City Woman Blues (Vera 3:59
Cruz)
02. Third Day Of July 3:53
03. Thanks To You 2:57
04. Mississippi Women 4:12
05. Tennessee Rose 6:00
Release Notes:
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The Deep Vibration is a rock and roll band playing American music. In a time
when it might be more popular to play pitch perfected, pop or distanced, æhipper
than thouÆ indie rock, their sound calls a listener back to a stark simplicity
and authenticity. A lean and gritty four-piece, The Deep Vibration has surprised
Nashville with their heartfelt explorations and maturity, earned from years of
listening and learning from the classics.
Matt Campbell (vocals, guitar) and Jeremy Fetzer (guitar), the bandÆs founding
members, began collaborating while attending college in Nashville. Their
original visionùplaying blues and rock music as explosively as possibleùhas been
enhanced over time with explorations of wild and lonely folk tales and soul
powered rave ups. After shuffling through a handful of members, the band finally
meshed with Adam Binder (whose bass has been heard backing bands in Nashville
for years) and Luke Herbert (a drummer from Sydney, Australia who has studied
with drumming greats Bernard Purdie and Joe Morello in New York). After signing
to Dualtone Records, the band changed their name from ôThe Attack!ö upon
discovering that a 60Æs British psych-outfit bore the same moniker. In searching
for a new name, the group had to look no further than to their collective hero
and indie pioneer Lou Reed for inspiration. The band approached Reed for some
advice after his performance in Nashville on May 2, 2008. After a moment of
thought, he christened them (in characteristic growl) "The Deep Vibration."
With an arsenal of Americana tinged rock songs, the band recorded live onto 8
track one-inch tape at NashvilleÆs Masterlink Studios for their first EP,
Veracruz. At the helm were Niko Bolas (Neil Young, My Morning Jacket) and Rob
Clark (Neil Young), who took care to faithfully capture The Deep VibrationÆs
naturally classic aesthetic. Matt CampbellÆs eccentrically soulful vocals pierce
and tremble over the bandÆs driving stomp led by Jeremy Fetzer, whose jolting
guitar work in ôThanks To Youö and ôOklahoma City Woman Bluesö plays out like a
thoughtful combination of Neil YoungÆs edginess and the quirky rock endeavors of
WilcoÆs Nels Cline. Binder and Herbert provide the combustive impact behind
ôThird Day of Julyö and a primitive elegance in ôMississippi Women.ö
The EP is verdant with rich tones, driving rhythms, sly orchestrations and
serves as the proper introduction to the band: loud, rock solid, and strangely
spiritual. Appropriately skidding to a halt, VeracruzÆs bookend gem ôTennessee
Roseö features Gillian WelchÆs graceful harmonies accompanying the tale of a
sojourner whose mind lingers at home with his love. As stated in American
Songwriter Magazine, æTennessee RoseÆ is one of those songs that makes you stop
what you're doing, and, like the great American songs, puts an original voice in
a pair of very old shoes." The Deep Vibration are walking in those shoes of
American musical tradition and taking them to strange, new places. They have it,
that inarguable authenticity that accompanies music not made out of will or
want, but whose creation and existence is simply necessary. To have it in such a
city, at such a time, is no easy feat; leaving no doubt that soon The Deep
Vibration will be felt everywhere.