12-02-2011, 13:13
some nice tracks here
airplay will do it
Grade - 1.8
released Feb 8th, 2011
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from the album - Fire And Dynamite - 2.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnGqjSWNEk
from all music
Bio
Singer/songwriter Drew Holcomb grew up in Memphis, TN, and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he started to play the guitar and write songs. His first recording was the EP Lost & Found in 2004. Istra released his debut full-length album, Washed in Blue, on May 12, 2005; it was followed in 2007 by Live in Memphis. He then relocated to Nashville and organized a backup band, and when he self-released his next album, A Neighborly Christmas (2007), it was credited to Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors. The group featured Nathan Dugger (guitar), Rich Brinsfield (bass), and Jon Radford (drums), with Holcomb's wife, Ellie Holcomb, joining in on vocals. Again co-credited to the Neighbors, Passenger Seat, Holcomb's second secular studio album, was released on his Magnolia Music label on August 12, 2008. Chasing Someday, produced by Andy Hunt at his East Nashville Wide Studios, appeared early in 2011.
Album Review
Drew Holcomb is an earnest songwriter. Thatâs his strength, and his somewhat melancholy tenor voice -- which can get husky and smoky when he needs it to -- makes everything seem intimate and urgent. Holcomb and his band, the Neighbors, work a sort of folky pop-country territory, sounding at times like a muted, less vital Nashville version of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and like Petty, Holcomb's lyrics only occasionally match his attitude. Chasing Someday is Holcomb and the bandâs fourth studio album (they also released a capable Christmas set in 2007, so one could also call it the fifth album), and while there are some stirring songs and performances on it, including the solemn âLive Forever,â the joyous âMiracle,â the bluesy and desperate âCanât Get Enough of You,â the hooky, jaunty âBaby Tomorrow,â and the absolutely lovely âSomeday,â at least half of the set slips by without much of a fuss, and while Holcomb's lyrics arenât exactly cliché-ridden, at times it feels like they are. Heâs earnest. Heâs sincere. Heâs usually refreshingly hopeful and positive. You want to like the guy and you want to like this band. The songs just arenât always fully there, which makes Chasing Someday feel less like a triumphant arrival of a great band and more like a transitional album thatâs half full of good songs and half full of OK songs that donât stick around very long in oneâs memory. One feels that Holcomb and the Neighbors will get there, though. Songs like âSomedayâ are just too good to not point to a more consistently engaging album down the road. Until then, half a striking album will have to do.
Track Listing
1 Fire and Dynamite Holcomb 4:11
2 Anywhere But Here Holcomb, Ousley 4:06
3 Live Forever Holcomb 4:33
4 Miracle Holcomb, Hunt 4:13
5 Your Love Holcomb 4:19
6 Someday Carlson, Holcomb 3:45
7 Can't Get Enough of You Barnes, Holcomb 3:27
8 Steal My History Carpenter, Holcomb 3:02
9 Baby Tomorrow Holcomb 3:55
10 Hourglass Holcomb, Wertz 4:35
11 Day at a Time Holcomb, Holcomb 3:54
12 Weight of the World Holcomb, Hunt 4:43
airplay will do it
Grade - 1.8
released Feb 8th, 2011
from the album - Fire And Dynamite - 2.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnGqjSWNEk
from all music
Bio
Singer/songwriter Drew Holcomb grew up in Memphis, TN, and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he started to play the guitar and write songs. His first recording was the EP Lost & Found in 2004. Istra released his debut full-length album, Washed in Blue, on May 12, 2005; it was followed in 2007 by Live in Memphis. He then relocated to Nashville and organized a backup band, and when he self-released his next album, A Neighborly Christmas (2007), it was credited to Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors. The group featured Nathan Dugger (guitar), Rich Brinsfield (bass), and Jon Radford (drums), with Holcomb's wife, Ellie Holcomb, joining in on vocals. Again co-credited to the Neighbors, Passenger Seat, Holcomb's second secular studio album, was released on his Magnolia Music label on August 12, 2008. Chasing Someday, produced by Andy Hunt at his East Nashville Wide Studios, appeared early in 2011.
Album Review
Drew Holcomb is an earnest songwriter. Thatâs his strength, and his somewhat melancholy tenor voice -- which can get husky and smoky when he needs it to -- makes everything seem intimate and urgent. Holcomb and his band, the Neighbors, work a sort of folky pop-country territory, sounding at times like a muted, less vital Nashville version of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and like Petty, Holcomb's lyrics only occasionally match his attitude. Chasing Someday is Holcomb and the bandâs fourth studio album (they also released a capable Christmas set in 2007, so one could also call it the fifth album), and while there are some stirring songs and performances on it, including the solemn âLive Forever,â the joyous âMiracle,â the bluesy and desperate âCanât Get Enough of You,â the hooky, jaunty âBaby Tomorrow,â and the absolutely lovely âSomeday,â at least half of the set slips by without much of a fuss, and while Holcomb's lyrics arenât exactly cliché-ridden, at times it feels like they are. Heâs earnest. Heâs sincere. Heâs usually refreshingly hopeful and positive. You want to like the guy and you want to like this band. The songs just arenât always fully there, which makes Chasing Someday feel less like a triumphant arrival of a great band and more like a transitional album thatâs half full of good songs and half full of OK songs that donât stick around very long in oneâs memory. One feels that Holcomb and the Neighbors will get there, though. Songs like âSomedayâ are just too good to not point to a more consistently engaging album down the road. Until then, half a striking album will have to do.
Track Listing
1 Fire and Dynamite Holcomb 4:11
2 Anywhere But Here Holcomb, Ousley 4:06
3 Live Forever Holcomb 4:33
4 Miracle Holcomb, Hunt 4:13
5 Your Love Holcomb 4:19
6 Someday Carlson, Holcomb 3:45
7 Can't Get Enough of You Barnes, Holcomb 3:27
8 Steal My History Carpenter, Holcomb 3:02
9 Baby Tomorrow Holcomb 3:55
10 Hourglass Holcomb, Wertz 4:35
11 Day at a Time Holcomb, Holcomb 3:54
12 Weight of the World Holcomb, Hunt 4:43