The Volares - Godvertising

This Texas trio have some high-powered friends helping out here(Joe Ely, Small Faces` Ian McLagan, Martin Newell, who has now officially joined the band, The Bevis Frond himself, Nick Saloman, Salim Nourallah) but I don`t think they need much help as The Volares sound like they have a confident grasp of what they want to do with their creative vision. And it one uniquely their own. Which makes it hard to pin down exactly who they sound like. While the influences of Richard Thompson, The Waterboys, Martin Newell(they do an excellent cover of "Before The Hurricane", a must-hear song for XTC/Andy Partridge fans), Bob Dylan`s Rolling Thunder period, Skylarking/early 90`s-era XTC, 70`s Pink Floyd, some desert rock sounds and Tom Petty. But these names are not tossed in there merely to identify The Volares sound like "so and so" artist/band. "Godvertising" is shockingly, refreshingly and ebullliently original. A new taste, a sound set-apart, a fresh and good find. Extremely Highly Recommended!

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